“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Like it or not, my friend, every aspect of your life is what it is because of the choices you’ve made and continue to make all day long every day. Choices like…
“To people who have not claimed their power, the question “What would you do if it was your life to live?” doesn’t seem like a joke question! If you haven’t claimed your power, you will be led along by others. Your choices will be born out of the popular culture of your time, or a…
“When you get up in the morning, you have two choices – either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale It really is that simple, my friend. Everyone has things in their life to be unhappy about. And everyone has things in their life to be…
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” ~ Marcus Aurelius Thoughts are powerful. And they become even more powerful the longer you focus on them. But there may come some moments when you…
“You know why it’s hard to be happy? It’s because we refuse to LET GO of the things that make us sad.” ~ Bruce H. Lipton, Biology of Belief You know, my friend, our natural state is one of happiness. It’s light, easy, playful, fun. That’s what Life feels like when it gets to flow…
“The real mission you have in life is to make yourself happy, and in order to be happy, you have to look at what you believe, the way you judge yourself, the way you victimize yourself.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz We are most often our own worst critic. We notice every fault, every mistake, every…
July 9th, 2010 was the 40th anniversary of the passing of Bishnu Ghosh, Bikram Choudhury’s guru. We say the word guru means teacher, though a more thorough translation is “one who removes darkness.” Bishnu was the youngest brother of Paramahansa Yogananda, the founder of the Self-Realization Fellowships in the United States and author of the…