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Why We Are Challenged…
People do not grow when their environment is too comfortable, when they are not challenged. – Daisaku Ikeda adversity We are lazy and we refuse to learn from history. Our only…
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Live Life King Size…
Believers react to this temporal life as if immortality already were within their grasp. – The Urantia Papers faith This is faith. To believe in the ultimate triumph of the life…
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What It Takes To Relax…
Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. – Chinese Proverb what ought to be Tension is what we think we should be. Stress is made up of regrets of the…
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How To Heal Anything…
The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind. – Caroline Myss we don’t have to We don’t have to figure it all out. Universal Intelligence…
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When Will We Change?
How short would your life have to be before you would start living differently, today? – Thought Provoking Questions when? We all want to change many things about us and our…
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What Is Self-Knowledge?
Self-knowledge is the discovery from moment to moment of the ways of the self, its intentions and pursuit, its thoughts and appetites. – Krishnamurti why? Why should we care about…
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Why Draw Closer To God?
the fruits of the divine spirit which are yielded in the lives of spirit-born and God-knowing mortals are: loving service, unselfish devotion, courageous loyalty, sincere…
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Why Here And Why Now?
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 auto pilot Thinking is a faculty we…
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Why Are We Not Loved?
What does it mean to you to allow another person to fully love you? our deepest need We often feel that we aren’t loved. We feel lonely and neglected. We don’t feel important. Why…
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What is Meditation??
Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation – Francis Quarles meditation? What is it? How do we do it? Why is it important? zen The quote above is actually…
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Subject: Death is Not the End
death is only the beginning of an endless career of adventure, an everlasting life of anticipation, an eternal voyage of discovery. – The Urantia Papers death? This morning…
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What Is Faith?
Infinite patience produces immediate results. – A Course in Miracles (ACIM) what? We want things now. We want people to just understand us. We want everything taken care of ASAP.…
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Where’s The True North?
A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. – Lee Segall the north? How do we decide what’s right or wrong? On what basis do we make…
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Why Slow And Steady Wins…
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. – Abraham Lincoln take it easy We are all in a daily rush to get nowhere reflection When we Take it easy Breathe more deeply Reflect more…
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How To Be The Greatest!
He who would be greatest among you, let him become server of all. – Jesus, The Urantia Papers forget the norm Forget what society tells us, forget what we’ve been raised to…
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Are We Doomed To Our ‘Default Future’?
Just remember that the story you tell is the basis of your life. So tell it the way you want it to be. – Abraham Off blogging till April, 23rd, see you back here! which story?…
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How To Master Life!
The process of Mastery, then, is one of acceptance. It is a quiet embracing of what is. It is a non-resistance. It is a gentle walking into the moment, knowing that it holds for…
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What Do We Prioritize?
An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can’t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold. – Chinese Proverbs most important? What do we hold most important? What do our daily…
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How Can Joy Be Experienced?
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. – Thich Nhat Hanh joy When it comes to joy does it matter why it exists? It…
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Why We Must Thank YOU!
But now," says the Once-ler, "now that you’re here, the word of the Lorax seems perfectly clear. UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.…
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Do We Care Enough?
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not. – Dr. Seuss, The Lorax nothing will get better Nothing, unless we care, unless you care…
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What Can It or I Be?
It’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become. – Dr. Seuss, The Lorax what is It’s not about what we are today or what we think we are. It’s not about what a situation…
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Unless!
Unless! – Dr. Seuss question Had the pleasure of watching The Lorax this past weekend. It’s not the best movie out there but certainly one that carries a message that deserves to…
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Why No One Is Ever Wrong!
You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him find it within himself. – Galileo you’re wrong We’re told that we must be transparent and say it like it is. Nothing wrong…
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Who’s At Fault?
I searched for the crooked, met not a single one When searched myself, I found the crooked one! – Kabir crooked? Our ego plays games with us. We always find fault in the others’…
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How To Clear Our Mind And Unleash Creativity!
I must through self-knowledge, be aware of the whole process of my thinking. – Krishnamurti how we think If we follow our own thinking we can do several things. We can understand…
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To What End??
The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last. Think of the end of worldly honor, wealth and pleasure and ask yourself: And then? And…
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How To Be Attached In A Balanced Way!
This world is only a bridge; you may pass over it, but you should not think to build a dwelling place upon it. – The Urantia Papers attachment It’s natural to be attached to all…
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When Are We Good Enough?
At what point are we good enough? When are we self-improved enough to accept ourselves? – Question when? In some ways we’re never good enough, because we aren’t perfect yet! But…
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The Meaning Of Life?
Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human. – Viktor Frankl life What does it mean to be alive? What’s our responsibility?…
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Why Patience Is Necessary…
Have patience with all things – St. Francis De Sales life Life often doesn’t go the way we want it to go. What should we do? frustration We get frustrated, we realize our lack of…
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How To Listen To God
Jesus taught his followers that, when they had made their prayers to the Father, they should remain for a time in silent receptivity to afford the indwelling spirit the better…
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The Fragility Of The Life That We Live…
How can one meditate on life without meditating too on its brevity, its precariousness, its fragility? – André Comte-Sponville life is fragile Extremely fragile. Just this morning…
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Why Desire A Quiet Mind?
The memory of God comes to the quiet mind. – A Course in Miracles (ACIM) FYI: Hosted site is acting up lately, so you’re not receiving blogs via subscriptions fix promised soon! a…
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What Matters Most?
What will matter to us most when we are old? – Questions time is passing With every breath and with each passing day, time is passing. It’s passing much faster than we realize.…
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Why *WE* Must Choose!
Our attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. – Tara Brach up to us We create and therefore choose our thoughts. Our thoughts determine…
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Why Listening Is So Powerful!
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. – Shel Silverstein the gift The ultimate gift we…
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How To Get Anywhere…
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein which mind? Many of us live in our reasoning minds. It’s the mind that’s run by our brains.…
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How To Be Safe!
Life carries you where it will because you are a part of itself; then there is no problem of security, of what people say or don’t say, and that is the beauty of life. …
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How To Handle Debilitating Fear…
the big things and the real things of this world and the universe are on your side. The sun rises every morning to salute you just as it does the most powerful and prosperous man…