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The secret to finding peace
Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart. – Marianne Williamson As we become…
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The present is the only time there is
God exists in eternity. The only point where eternity meets time is in the present. The present is the only time there is. – Marianne Williamson All we have is now. All that we…
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We are all meant to shine, as children do
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask…
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Living a conscious life
The conscious mind knows the secret of living impersonally. – Vernon Howard The whole world doesn’t revolve around you. When someone says something or appears to mean a certain…
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Are you making a life or a living?
True masters are those who have chosen to make a life, rather than a living? – Neale Donald Walsch On what topic do we spend most of our thoughts, daily? The whole idea of…
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Flow with life
True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way. It can’t be gained by interfering. – Lao-tse Lao-tse, the father of Tao, is pointing to how your lack of reaction to…
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Let your light shine forth!
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. – Stephen R. Covey (Seven Habits of…
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Prayer of St. Teresa
May today there be peace within May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are meant to be . May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of…
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It’s up to you!
Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person. – Mother Teresa Only you can change the world. And you can mainly do that by changing your own self. When there’s enough of…
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Dwell on the present moment
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. – Buddha Which is why the Now moment is called the eternal present. The now…
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Only through love
Life in abundance comes only through great love. – Elbert Hubbard How filled with love is your life? How about your pursuits, desires and even mundane activities? Imagine how much…
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The butterfly way of life!
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. – Rabindranath Tagore How do you live your life? Straddled by thoughts and resentments of the past? Or buried by…
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How to be creative
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties. – Erich Fromm (Interview) 2 comments on creativity. Don’t think you’re not creative. Any thing that’s beautiful or good…
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Are you awake today?
Only that day dawns to which we are awake. – Henry David Thoreau It could be an entire day before we realize it’s gone! Does that happen to you? We must become aware of ourselves…
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Paint the outcome you desire
If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal. – Norman Vincent Peale You control your thoughts…
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To understand is to forgive
To understand is to forgive, even oneself. – Alexander Chase Do we understand why the person who irritates you acted in that fashion? Do we understand why we got irritated, what…
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We’re called human ‘beings’ for a reason!
If you think your life is about doingness, you do not understand what you are about. Your soul doesn’t care what you do for a living – and when your life is over, neither will…
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Savor this moment
You will learn that you increase your burdens and decrease the likelihood of success by taking yourself too seriously. – The Urantia Papers No matter what, you lose out if you’re…
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You are on the path…
The question is not, why start off on such a path? You have already started off. You did so with the first beat of your heart. The question is: Do I wish to walk this path…
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Where’s the fruit?
Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. – H. Jackson Browne If we don’t stretch ourselves, who will? How will we grow? We can go out on a limb when we…
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What are you looking for?
What we see depends mainly on what we look for. – Sir John Lubbock Do we ever pause to think, where our thoughts come from; I mean how did a particular thought arise or what…
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Happiness is a present attitude
Happiness is a present attitude–not a future condition. – Hugh Prather It’s all here, it’s all now. 3 words, Happiness, Present and Attitude. These 3 words sum it all up!…
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How much of your life are you spending in fear?
Few persons live up to the faith which they really have. Unreasoned fear is a master intellectual fraud practiced upon the evolving mortal soul. – The Urantia Papers Why do we let…
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We must want to change
God changes not what is in people, until they change what is in themselves. – The Koran Why is it that we always have such rich suggestions for others :)? Like Gandhi once said…
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Yesterday’s Post……
Reposting because it didn’t make the email rounds! https://namastenow.com/index.php/stretch-your-wings-out/
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Stretch your wings out
Even when the air currents are ascending, no bird can soar except by outstretched wings. – The Urantia Papers This quote is informing on two fronts! That there is a Universal (or…
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Living life consciously
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. – Henry David Thoreau What does it take to be happy and to…
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The best of now and here
No longer forward nor behind I look in hope or fear; But, grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here. – John Greenleaf Whittier There’s a lot of good and goodness…
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What we truly want
Ultimately, contentment is more a shift in attitude than a change in circumstances. – Linda Dillow What do we truly want and where are we headed? These questions are at the heart…
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How to really understand someone
You truly understand another when you see him free from your personal feeling toward him. – Vernon Howard Can we really see another as they are? To do that we would have to do at…
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Connecting with your deep self
In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. – Mahatma Gandhi Imagine entering…
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The art of being fearless
There is an art in defeat which noble souls always acquire; you must know how to lose cheerfully; you must be fearless of disappointment. – The Urantia Papers What do you…
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A unified you!
Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others. …
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Improve your life on every front!
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind. – William James (1842 – 1910) Which is why our thoughts, all…
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Why spiritual progress is necessary
The highest happiness is indissolubly linked with spiritual progress. Spiritual growth yields lasting joy, peace which passes all understanding. – The Urantia Papers We all seek…
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Truly resting your mind……
True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. – William Penn (1644 – 1718) How do you obtain true rest? True…
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What would you rather think?
Would you not be better off to think the thoughts you want to think, than those of others? Are you not better armed with creative thougths thoughts than reactive thoughts?…