“Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.” ~ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull Your physical senses will only get you so far, my friend, as they can only perceive the physical. But…
“First, listening. It’s called respect, it’s called appreciation, it’s called anticipation — and it’s called leadership.” ~ Frances Hesselbein, when asked “What habits have helped you reach your full potential?” There is nothing more validating than the connection established when truly listening, my friend. It both offers and commands respect at once.
“Be careful what you think. Your cells are listening.” ~ Emmy Cleaves, Principal Teacher, Bikram Yoga headquarters Are you listening to what you’re thinking, my friend? Chances are you’re not. But get this, when you think a thought you create a vibration. When you create a vibration you subject every cell in your body to that…
“Now sound is my passion, it’s my life. I wrote a whole book about it. So I live to listen. That’s too much to ask from most people. But I believe that every human being needs to listen consciously in order to live fully—connected in space and time to the physical world around us, connected…
“When you listen from the heart, you experience the listening as a doorway to other people’s experience; you hear what is being said from their perspective.” ~ David Pond, The Pursuit of Happiness If you truly want to understand another, there is no substitute for listening from the heart. The same goes for when…
“Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.” ~ Mother Teresa Before you speak, before you act, before everything you do, connect with Spirit. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, ask for guidance, open your eyes, and then act. With clear intention, one breath…
“The idea of forgiving is a daily possibility, and, if it is sincerely done, it will lift man to higher and higher levels of being. He will experience a daily Easter, and Easter is the idea of rising transformed.” ~ Neville Goddard, Awakened Imagination & The Search All it takes is forgiveness, my friend. With…
“The art of living is the art of forgiving. Forgiveness is, in fact, experiencing in imagination the revised version of the day, experiencing in imagination what you wish you had experienced in the flesh. Every time one really forgives — that is, every time one relives the event as it should have been lived —…
“Spring is the time of year when the millions of seeds which all Winter lay buried in the ground, suddenly spring into visibility that man might live; and, because the mystical drama of the crucifixion and resurrection is in the nature of this yearly change, it is celebrated at this Spring season of the year;…
“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.” ~ Nelson Mandela This is true, my friend, for all of us all the time, regardless of the circumstances. We are imprisoned by our…