“Deep awakening is giving up the effort to become something different or to experience something different.” ~ Harry Palmer, The Avatar Path Acceptance. Surrender. Letting go. Any way you release resistance brings you closer to the only thing that really matters, Spirit. Relax into contentment, my friend.
“Do not seek with cold eyes to find blemishes, or the roses will turn to thorns as you gaze. Ingratitude is a sign of ignorance, for those who know the truth are thankful.” ~ Mahmud Shabistari, The Secret Rose Garden Appreciation is like a magic wand that ushers in more to appreciate. But remember, my friend,…
“People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.” ~ Indira Gandhi With everything in life, my friend, there is give and take. It’s obvious within your own life as you set your priorities and make choices. In order to have one thing, you have to sacrifice another. The same goes within every community…
“It usually takes some experience to grasp the absolute futility of the mindset that clings to right versus wrong, good guys versus bad guys. (It’s just impossible to get the bad guys to agree that they are indeed the bad guys!) Eventually you learn to get out of the argument. At the heart level, the…
“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.” ~ Gilda Radner Like what we’ve just gone through here in Texas, life is going to throw a few curve balls our way, my friend, it just is. Some we can…
“At a certain point, we forgive because we decide to forgive. Healing occurs in the present, not the past. We are not held back by the love we didn’t receive in the past, but by the love we’re not extending in the present.” ~ Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love Forgiveness is the most powerful step you can…
“Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow — it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a…
“Deep rest cultures your talents and abilities and brings you closer to your nature. Even a slight feeling that the Divine is with you will give you deep rest. Prayer, love and meditation are all flavors of deep rest.” ~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Have you ever noticed that at the end of a good…
“When humility enters our souls, we are at last able to perceive that we do not live alone in this world but with millions of brothers and sisters, and that hidden in the heart of each is the same animating spirit.” ~ Uell Stanley Anderson What does it take for us to find humility? For…
“Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life.” ~ Adele Brookman Did you know, my friend, that some people think they don’t have any imagination? That’s what they think. They draw a blank every time they try to imagine anything positive for themselves. They don’t seem to realize…