“In our tradition, the most important lesson we have to learn is obedience to God. Most people think this means to be like children who do what the school teacher tells them. They do not know that the word obey in our Greek language means ‘to listen.’ To obey God is to listen out for…
“You see what you choose to see, because all perception is a choice. And when you cease to impose your meanings on what you see, your spiritual eyes will open, and you will see a world free of judgment and shining in its endless beauty.” ~ Paul Ferrini Try it, my friend. Suspend the meaning…
“Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.” ~ Florence Scovel Shinn And you, my friend, get to choose whether you follow it or not. But, being that it’s guidance from Spirit, you will. Right? Let’s hope so!
“Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.” ~ Swami Vivekananda Every religion, every teaching, has goodness and truths. There’s nothing new out there. In all these thoughts and quotes we share, not one is unique. But it may just be,…
“The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want. Clarity is power.” ~ T. Harv Eker When you know what you want you know where and how to focus your energy. Before then, a bit of your attention goes here and a little goes there…
“Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.” ~ Bruce Lee Treat everything you do as an art, my friend, and master doing it efficiently, precisely, and with grace. The key is presence — presence of mind guided by the heart. … in ALL you do …
“If someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn’t walk away, you will surely endure many years of suffering with him or her. Walking away may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose…
“There is a vast difference between deciding to choose one thought over another and choosing to think in ways that limit us. The former is discipline, the latter is a prison.” ~ Kim Huggens Whether consciously or not, we are choosing our thoughts all day long. Take a look at your life, my friend. The…
“In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.” ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison Who you are, what…
“When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.” ~ Deepak Chopra The keyword here, my friend, is denied. We all have our shortcomings — some more prominent than others. But it’s the ones that we deny about ourselves that bother…