It is important not to need what you are calling to you but rather to have a certain detachment about it. Let it be all right if it doesn’t come, or if it comes in a different form than what you expect. After you have asked for something, surrender to whatever comes as being appropriate.
You can choose to go, do, be, and have, and in the end you’ll exclaim, shocked and bewildered, that because of all the synchronicities of your life, all the “clicks” and “coincidences,” and the many happy “accidents,” your bounty and good fortune must have been your destiny.
Or, you might choose to wait for a miracle, a savior, or divine intervention, and in the end you’ll exclaim, shocked and bewildered, that because of all the synchronicities of your life, all the missed chances and disappointments, and the many unhappy accidents, your lack and misfortune must have been your destiny.
The silence is a kind of stillness, a place of retreat into which we may enter and having entered, may know the Truth. We go into the silence by observing the instruction, “Be still and know”. The only way to really know is to become perfectly still, to get away from the outer and from looking for things, into the inner quiet where we are alone with wisdom. In the silence, wisdom is given for every need. The silence is like the sun: it is always shining. It brings forth the best in us.
Most of the things we get down about are like little pebbles. Hold a pebble close to your eyes and it fills your whole world. Hold it at a proper viewing distance and it can be examined and properly dealt with. Drop the pebble at your feet and it becomes part of the gravel of the path on which you walk.
Time and Space: Where you chase things you pretend you don’t have – love, friends, and abundance – while worrying about things you pretend you do have – problems, challenges, and issues – until one day you happen to notice the prophetic powers of pretending.
You are not happy because you are well. You are well because you are happy. You are not depressed because trouble has come to you, but trouble has come to you because you are depressed. You can change your thoughts and feelings, and then the outer things will come to correspond, and indeed there is no other way of working.
May I not increase the ignorance of wrongdoers by my intolerance or vindictiveness. Inspire me to help them by my forgiveness, prayers and tears of gentle love.
Here I am, Father, use me as an instrument of Your love… an agency of Your peace. I am in the flow of life, and I relate easily and lovingly, patiently and understandingly with all persons. I know that no matter what any person is or does, what I am and what I do may mean that I will let him or her go and get along without the person. But in every case, I know that my responsibility is simply to keep in the flow, to keep seeing with eyes of love, to be willing to receive and to be responsive to the all–sufficient flow of life, love and wisdom. I go forth in the joyous certainty that whatever person or situation may come to me in this day, it will be good, for I will be in the flow of good. And if I should have even a fleeting moment of concern, I will simply let go… and let flow.
The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.
Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now.
Aha! Do you know what your thoughts did last week?!
Oh, yes you do.
They became the things and events of this week. The things you thought would be difficult became difficult; easy became easy; boring became boring; and fun became fun. Where you thought there might be surprises, you were surprised. And where you thought there might be land mines, there were land mines.
Bravo! You can add this week to the list of your most creative accomplishments.
Now, can you guess what your thoughts this week are going to do?
When you are aware that you are the force that is Life, anything is possible. Miracles happen all the time, because those miracles are performed by the heart. The heart is in direct communion with the human soul, and when the heart speaks, even with the resistance of the head, something inside you changes; your heart opens another heart, and true love is possible.
All major mystical traditions have recognized that there is a paradox at the heart of the journey of Return to Origin. …Put simply, this is that we are already what we seek, and that what we are looking for on the Path with such an intensity of striving and passion and discipline is already within and around us at all moments. The journey and all its different ordeals are all emanations of the One Spirit that is manifesting everything in all dimensions; every rung of the ladder we climb toward final awareness is made of the divine stuff of awareness itself; Divine Consciousness is at once creating and manifesting all things and acting in and as all things in various states of self–disguise throughout all the different levels and dimensions of the universe.
When mystics use the word Love, they use it very carefully –– in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to know; to love is to act. If you really love, from the depths of your Consciousness, that love gives you a native wisdom. You perceive the needs of others intuitively and clearly, with detachment from any personal desires; and you know how to act creatively to meet those needs, dexterously surmounting any obstacle that comes in the way. Such is the immense, driving power of Love.
Peace and clarity are the attributes of an open mind. An open mind does not cherish opinions or harbor prejudices. It is not preoccupied with judgments or interpretations.
An open mind is unfettered and free to respond to the challenges of the moment. It does not dwell on the past or fantasize about the future. It is present right here and now. As a result, it is open to all of the possibilites that might arise.
When there is conflict between the intellect (what we think) and the heart (what we feel), the heart ALWAYS wins. But sometimes the feelings of the heart become translated into symptoms or illness so that we are forced to stop and feel them fully.
I’d like to remind you, that there’s simply nothing you have to do – that there’s no one path you can’t turn away from – no one person you have to make happy – you don’t even have to work as hard as you now work – yet still, you can have it all.
On this day of your life I believe God wants you to know …
…that no man is hurt but by himself. Diogenes said that, and he was right. Every person’s experience is created internally, by him or herself. No one outside of you can tell you what anything means, or whether you are “hurt” or not. If you feel hurt by something or someone, it is the result of your decision to feel that way. This may be tough to hear, but it is true. You can change your mind at any moment about how something is affecting you.
The creatures that inhabit this Earth, be they human beings or animals, are here to contribute in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, the pursuit must go on.
Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes. Even between the land and the ship.
You have everything you need to reach within yourself and access a personal and very direct connection to God. Through that connection, you will grow in perpetual peace and unconditional love for everyone and everything. Through that connection, you will be guided by a power within you greater than you have ever imagined yourself to be. You will know every word to speak and every action to take. You will not know doubt or fear. You will not lack confidence. You will not lack anything. You will finally once and forever know beyond any doubt that you are a brilliant and beautiful creation of Spirit.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.
You are living and alive within an eternal experience, without beginning and without end. Resolve to live this day and every day as if it were the only day there is; because in fact it is.
When you know your own divinity, you know it is not for just a day but for always. As a child of God, you are richly endowed with an all sufficiency in all things. You know that God is your instant, constant and abundant supply.
I am open to abundance and prospered in every way.
As I greet the sun and behold the blessings of an abundant universe, my heart thrills to God's provision. I begin this day filled with a spirit of thanksgiving. I am grateful for the many ways my life is enriched, for the loving relationships, supportive surroundings and creative outlets for expressing my own God-given gifts. As I use my gifts to touch the lives of others, I am even more blessed in return. Giving from the abundance that comes my way, I am assured that by sharing, I open to even greater prosperity and fulfillment. My appreciation for God's blessings grows with each passing day.
Wherever you go in the midst of movement and activity, carry your stillness within you. Then the chaotic movement around you will never overshadow your access to the reservoir of creativity, the field of pure potentiality.
Wherever you go, the love of God goes with you. It moves with your legs, reaches with your hands, speaks with your voice and sees with your eyes. Because of you, love goes forth into the world. Without you, it would be invisible.
The people we are in relationship with are always a mirror, reflecting our own beliefs, and simultaneously we are mirrors reflecting their beliefs. So relationship is one of the most powerful tools for growth… If we look honestly at our relationships we can see so much about how we have created them.
And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and I will be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.
We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us, how we take it, what we do with it; and that is what really counts in the end.
Every day should be a day of thanksgiving for the gifts of life: sunshine, water, and the luscious fruits and greens that are indirect gifts of the Great Giver. God makes us work so that we may deserve to receive His gifts. The all-Sufficient One does not need our thanks, however heartfelt, but when we are grateful to Him our attention is concentrated, for our highest benefit, upon the Great Source of all supply.
Many people want to be helpers, but they do not help themselves. They feed others, but they do not feed themselves. Is it any wonder that they burn out, become tired and disillusioned?
If you are not fed by what you do, how can you feed others? Your happiness is not secondary. It is of the primary importance. Abundance flows from your happiness. The gifts of God flow through your love and acceptance of yourself.
When you are honest, you see that the aspects of your life that prosper are the ones that bring you the most joy. They are areas to which you give your greatest energy and attention.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest… a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. – – Albert Einstein
It’s as if before you there are countless doorways, all leading to new and different hallways. So you wonder and think, calculate and stress over whether or not you’ll knock on the “right” one.
But what you can’t yet see, is that all of the hallways beyond all of the doorways eventually lead to the same great room, in the same great house, with the same great party.
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July 19, 2009
On this day of your life I believe God wants you to know …
…that winning an argument is never the goal of a true spiritual master. Winning someone’s heart is.
The setting aside of one’s integrity is not required to win someone’s heart, but the setting aside of one’s anger may be. It is possible to make a point without making an enemy. It is possible to be right without being righteous. Debating does not have to be debasing.
If there is someone with whom you are disagreeing this day, would it not be wonderful of you to disagree without being disagreeable?
On this day of your life I believe God wants you to know …
…that you are loved on this day for all the wonder that you bring to your world with the gift of being you.
Hard to believe, isn’t it, that you are that special in the eyes of God? Yet your are — and not because of what you have done, but because of who you are. You are God’s own creation, an expression of Divinity in human form.
The fastest way to experience this is to be the vehicle through which others sees it in themselves. Each person is walking his or her path and doing his or her best. God knows this, and that is why God loves you all.
Self-realization is the knowing in body, mind, and soul, that we are one with the omnipresence of God; that we do not have to pray that it come to us, that we are not merely near it at all times, but that God’s omnipresence is our omnipresence: that we are just as much a part of Him now as we ever will be. All we have to do is improve our knowing.
Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same. Every wonderful sight will vanish; every sweet word will fade. But do not be disheartened. The source they come from is eternal, growing, branching out, giving new life and new joy. Why do you weep? The source is within you and this whole world is springing up from it.
On this day of your life I believe God wants you to know …
…that love is the center and the core of everything, and that Self is the place where all love must begin.
Those who love others grandly are those who love themselves grandly. Those who have high toleration and acceptance of others are those who have a high toleration and acceptance of themselves.
You cannot show another a part of you that you cannot show yourself. Therefore, begin where all growth, where all evolution, where all love must begin: with the person in the mirror.
Will you not love yourself grandly today? For the world’s sake?
Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world.
Peace and clarity are the attributes of an open mind. An open mind does not cherish opinions or harbor prejudices or interpretations.
An open mind is unfettered and free to respond to the challenges of the moment. It does not dwell on the past or fantasize about the future. It is present right here and now. As a result, it is open to all of the possibilities that might arise.
Some people have trouble with all those shall’s and shall not’s in the Ten Commandments. Folks just aren’t used to talking in those terms. So, in middle Tennessee they translated the King James into Jackson County language. No joke, these are posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Gainesboro, TN.
