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Why We’re Art…
The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning. – Nikki Giovanni art & artists God is the master poet who writes profusely and with abandon. It is…
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Why Here, Now?
Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. The Bliss…
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How To Live A Meaningful Life
Like human fish, we are asked to experience meaning in the life that moves through the gill of our heart. – The Way Under The Way – Mark Nepo meaning We are individuations of the…
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Who Are We?
we are small living things awakened in the stream – The Way Under The Way – Mark Nepo who are we? We are a part of the fabric of this Universe. We travel with God in our personal…
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Why Be Idle?
Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected. – George Macdonald being or doing? What keeps us from…
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Why Be Still?
I will be still, and let the earth be still with me. And in that stillness we will find the Peace of God, for it is within my heart. – A Course in Miracles (ACIM) chaos Most days…
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What’s Wrong With Our Thoughts?
Consider how much more you suffer from your anger and grief than from the very things for which you are angry and grieved. – Marcus Aurelius suffer We worry and grieve about a lot…
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Using A Hammer?
If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham Harold Maslow hammer? How often do we use a hammer to solve just about every problem? We do this by…
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Why Forgive?
Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. – Suzanne Somers why? Forgiveness enables deep healing to occur inside us. It’s a healing that makes the mind sane and the body healthier.…
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Do we imprison self?
We forget that we’re the authors of our own mental state. – NamasteNow! our story? The story is told of a man who lived in a home having mirrors as walls. Whatever room he…
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Who’s Religious?
For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. – Romans 8:14 led by spirit? We’re led by spirit if we exhibit the “fruits of spirit” i.e. if we attempt to be…
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What Is God Thinking?
I want to know how God created this world. I want to know His thoughts – Albert Einstein god’s thoughts? If God created all reality; he is the very source of all that is. It would…
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For Who Does The Bell Toll?
Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. – John Donne life is fleeting John wrote this in the 17th century probably referring to the church bells that tolled…
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What Is Zen?
Don’t seek reality, just put an end to opinions. – Sheng-ts’an (Zen Monk) reality? We seek to understand by building up thoughts and opinions about everything we see and…
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How To Influence…
Raise your words not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. – Rumi (the untold story) anger Many of us use our voices, especially its volume, to make a point!…
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Why We Should Listen…
Learn to listen, and reality will show you – Vernon Howard listen? How much do we truly listen? Forget listening to others, how much do we listen to nature and to reality around…
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Why We’re Never Far…
the door is wide and open, don’t go back to sleep – Rumi (the untold story) strangers We’re strangers in our own home. We’re so near the nectar yet we either don’t look for it or…
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The Archer and Us…
One goal, which becomes clearer as we progress, is to detect and eliminate self-contradictions. – Vernon Howard the archer A story from Vernon A teacher and his disciples were…
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How To Simply Life
Live from moment to moment, just as if every new moment is all there is. For that, in truth, is all there is. – Vernon Howard all there is Is this moment. Let’s breathe easy and…
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How To Connect With God
Be still before God and wait patiently for him. – Psalm 37:7 stillness Building on yesterday’s post. Stillness pays the highest dividends in presence of God. God already knows our…
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How To Receive While Giving…
To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe. – Eckhart Tolle stillness When our minds are still we…
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The Power Of Visualization
Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving. – Florence Scovel Shinn creators God thought this world into existence. He endowed us with a similar ability that impacts our…
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How To Feel Peace At Will…
When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful. – Eckhart Tolle this…
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How To Be More Peaceful…
Trust creates peace. – ‘Yogi Tea’ Fortune what’s missing? Something is definitely missing in our lives. What is it? We search for it incessantly and we don’t quite find it. We…
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Where To Find Peace?
There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost. – A Course in Miracles – ACIM running? We’re constantly running, just like our thoughts. Our thoughts are like…
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What’s Our Purpose?
Living in the present is a desire of the soul. It is to realize that we are here for a reason and with a purpose. – From Spirit a tryst Our soul lives firmly in the present. When…
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What Are We Afraid Of?
We yearn for a moment’s peace and quiet, only to turn on the radio, make a phone call, or run an errand as soon as an opportunity for solitude presents itself. – Ronnie Polaneczky…
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Taking Life Too Seriously?
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. – Bertrand Russell seriously? Life is more about fun than just getting…
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What’s Our North Star?
A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. – Lee Segall direction Where are we headed? Why don’t we stop and take a breather? Where…
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What Is Meditation?
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in pure consciousness, knowing without thinking – Voltaire awareness One goal of meditation is to just become aware of what’s going on…
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How To Be Super Successful!
Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come – Audrey Hepburn now We don’t know how much time we have on this planet. We don’t know when things might change in…
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Where Are We Looking?
To find that which we need, we must know where to look. – Namaste Now! where? I was scrambling. I knew I was looking in all the right places but where did it go? No matter where I…
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How To Be Free!
We first make our habits, then our habits make us. – John Dryden chained by habits Habits are unconscious imperatives that run our lives. We live very habitually. Even the way we…
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How To Make The Heart Light
Always be first to forgive; and forgive yourself first always. – Dan Zadra self-hate What do we not like about our own selves? How does this dislike for self translate to…
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Why Be Loud?
If you ask me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud. – Emile Zola loud? If you ask anyone around me they’ll tell you I prefer quiet…
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The Secret To Meditation!
The secret to meditation is to sit for 10 minutes and imagine you have all the time in the world. Do not be in a hurry! Just relax the body and the mind. – Namaste Now! meditation…
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Be Happy…
Tell everyone you know: "My happiness depends on me, so you’re off the hook." And then demonstrate it. Be happy, no matter what they’re doing. Practice feeling good, no matter…
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How To Spend Our Time?
In time and space, the journey is the destination. – Namaste Now! destination? I asked about the destination. Was told that while we’re in time and space the journey is almost…
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How To Feel Better!
You are beautiful. – Neale Donald Walsch beautiful? Whenever we’re feeling blue chances are that we’re not enjoying healthy self-esteem. We don’t think we count for much. To feel…
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How To Reach Personal Bliss!
If you want to reach a state of bliss, then make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. – Deepak Chopra up to us Our…