Living the effortless spiritual life…
Posted in Meditation Tips, Quotes - 2010, Stillness on Dec 8th, 2010
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there—buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day. - Deepak Chopra
essentials
There are numerous definitions of meditation. One popular idea is that thoughts must cease for us to enter a meditative state. Certainly [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2010 on Dec 7th, 2010
Compel your lower nature to obey your higher nature… - The Urantia Papers
the higher and the lower
The lower nature is that which frets, worries, fears, feels less than, is jealous, always wants more and never satiated.
The higher nature is that which loves, is kind, serves, is confident, has faith, is peaceful, thoughtful, deliberate, [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2010 on Dec 6th, 2010
Adventure isn’t hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life — facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential. - John Amatt
what do we [...]
Posted in Gita, Quotes - 2010 on Dec 5th, 2010
4.16 What is work? … I will teach thee the truth of pure work, and this truth shall make thee free.
4.18 The man who in his work finds silence, and who sees that silence is work, this man in truth sees the Light and in all his works finds peace. - The Bhagavad Gita (Chapter [...]
Posted in Quotes - 2010 on Dec 2nd, 2010
I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. - Mexican Proverb
the best prayer?
Just today I was chatting with a friend about what a prayer ought to contain. We both agreed that we should be asking for wisdom and understanding. We also agreed that we shouldn’t [...]
