“Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what’s behind the words.” ~ Roy T. Bennett People feel your thoughts and intention before…
“There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and anyone who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi How often do you worry? Ever notice how you feel when you’re worrying? Silly question, of course, but it’d be worth your while to take heed; worry…
“If you fill your heart with love and gratitude, you will find yourself surrounded by so much that you can love and that you can feel grateful for, and you can even get closer to enjoying the life of health and happiness that you seek. But what will happen if you emit signals of hate,…
“An awakened imagination works with a purpose. It creates and conserves the desirable, and transforms or destroys the undesirable.” ~ Neville Goddard “What’s an awakened imagination?” you ask. It’s your mind, my friend, when you’ve realized that your imagination is the genesis of your life experience. An awakened imagination knows the importance of working deliberately.…
“No candle can light itself. Another lighted candle must come and touch it. That’s the way Truth passes from person to person.” ~ Sri Swami Satchidananda Truth is shared in a myriad of ways — through art, music, prose, a few choice words. The ability to connect with another, to establish a spirit to spirit…
“The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun — when they are concentrated they illumine.” ~ Swami Vivekananda These powers are your powers, my friend. Heightened ability to concentrate leads to heightened ability to illumine — and create! Now, don’t be afraid. You can pretend to leave your powers latent if…
“The words ‘This, too, will pass’ are pointers toward reality. In pointing to the impermanence of all forms, by implication, they are also pointing to the eternal. Only the eternal in you can recognize the impermanent as impermanent.” ~ Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth You know, my friend, we are spirit having a human experience, but…
“Gratitude is the tuning device to the greater flow in this Universe and when we are looking for what’s missing or what’s wrong we miss the great opportunities that are available to every single one of us.” ~ Mary Morrissey “How does this show up in my life?” you might ask. If you step back…
“The only people I am aware of who don’t have troubles are gathered in peaceful, little neighborhoods. There is never a care, never a moment of stress and never an obstacle to ruin a day. All is calm. All is serene. Most towns have at least one such worry-free zone. We call them cemeteries.” ~…
Challenge Creates Change Spirit wants us to understand the beneFITs of challenge, and let’s just admit that there’s probably no better time to do so than now! Life isn’t meant to be easy all the time. Imagine how boring that would be. With all that goodness we’d have nothing to complain about! Where would we…