“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~ Buddha Compassion comes from the heart and, feeling the suffering, desires to alleviate it. All suffering comes from feeling disconnected from Spirit, our Infinite nature. Compassion recognizes that the only reason we or someone else might do something intentionally that hurts or harms you or another is because…
“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something that we don’t have, but rather recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” ~ Frederick Koenig Make note of all that you are thankful for and notice how it makes you feel. And if you don’t know where to start, why…
“The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.” ~ Albert…
“Fear is man’s worst enemy for you attract what you fear. It is faith turned upside down. It is really Faith in evil instead of good.” ~ Florence Scovel Shinn It’s time to face your fears, my friend. You are their only source of power — your belief in them. It’s up to you to…
“One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it consciously or not: what is the purpose of life? From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.…
“You don’t love hatred and evil, of course. You have to practice and see the real gull, the good in every one of them, and to help them see it in themselves. That’s what I mean by love.” ~ Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull Have you ever found yourself in a quandary, not quite sure what…
“Penetration of our mind is our goal, but in the beginning to set things in motion, there is no substitute for sweat.” ~ B.K.S. Iyengar Mastery of mind creates mastery of life. Satisfaction, contentment, happiness, success, you name it — this is what mastery of mind creates. But mastery of anything is not so easy…
“There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From it springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe With every thought you think, every word you speak, every act you perform, come from your heart. And don’t worry should you ever fall from this space of…
“The fastest way to freedom is feeling your feelings.” ~ Gita Bellin Things — like emotions and situations — stick around until you experience them. When you fight, fight, fight, and resist and struggle, you are stuck with it. What you resist persists. But if you let yourself identify and feel whatever it is you’re…
“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.” ~ Voltaire You can decide to be happy or you can decide to be sad, my friend. The choice is yours. Just know, when you make a decision you set life into motion. And just to be clear, a good mood begets…