“Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. It is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.” ~ James Allen, As a Man Thinketh Hidden in the brilliant formula…
“I wondered about the explorers who’d sailed their ships to the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked falling over the edge; how amazed to discover, instead, places they had seen only in their dreams.” ~ Jodi Picoult This is what fear does to us, my friend. It paints…
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” ~ Marcus Aurelius At the heart of each of us is the spark of the divine, Spirit. Spirit is 100% pure goodness. When we are aligned with who we are as Spirit we feel good, we…
“Please remember that pleasing another is not the same as caring for another.” ~ Debbie Ford You know, my friend, it just may be that what someone else wants from you is ultimately not good for them. And what do you do when you understand that but they don’t? Saying “No” would not please them,…
“Life-force enters with the breath and leaves with the breath. This life-force is stored in the body. It is not the result of caloric intake through food. A stout person may obtain many calories from food without being able to utilize this in action. If the caloric theory alone were true, the stout would always…
“It all boils down to who is in charge of your consciousness. Is it the past? Is it society? Is it the environment? Or is it you?” “When I tell you to think deliberately, I am not addressing your mind, I am addressing you. The mind is a good tool and storage device, but on…
“If we have true yearning for realization, we must struggle, and through struggle growth will come. We shall make mistakes, but they may be angels unawares.” ~ Swami Vivekananda We live life and we learn. We have to take action and move forward in our life’s journey and, of course, it’s not all going to…
“In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe There is no escaping nature. You are a part of nature. Your actions, in great or small ways, affect all around you just as you…
“‘Beginning anew’ means being determined to not repeat the negative things we have done in the past. A new era begins when we commit ourselves to living in mindfulness. When we vow to ourselves, “I am determined not to behave as I did in the past,” transformation occurs immediately.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, you are here…
The Dalai Lama was asked what surprised him the most; he said, “Man, because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in…