July 11th, 2010
“Crises precede transformation. Before every quantum change, ‘problems’ emerge – limits to growth, stagnation, unmanageable complexity, impending catastrophes, disintegration. From the perspective of the present, the crises look like mistakes, deadly errors in the system. But from the perspective after the quantum transformation, these problems are seen to be ‘evolutionary drivers,’ vital stimulants which trigger astounding design innovations.” Barbara Max Hubbard, The Evolutionary Journey, page 27
“Each crises can be a turning point that leads to the death of an old way of being and to the birth of a new life. Indeed, evolution proceeds through a process of deaths and rebirths, of endings and new beginnings. Out of fear and ignorance, we often resist our endings, our deaths. Our human conditioning may lead us to believe that “all is lost forever.” Yet wisdom and faith allow us to see beyond the appearance of tragedy, to the new life beyond. We then begin to see each ending, each death, not as a tragedy, but as a prelude to transformation.” page 135
“The key element in dealing effectively with crises is that of a mindful awareness: a willingness to consciously experience our discomfort without denial or distraction. Awareness is essential for transformation.” page 134
“A question we often hear is, “What is the divine plan for my life?” The answer can rarely be stated in words, but it can be found by simply looking at what is in front of us. Step by step, day by day, the plan unfolds before our very eyes. The path we must take is the path we are on.” page 138
The above quotes are from Robert Brumet’s, Finding Yourself in Transition, Using Life’s Changes for Spiritual Awakening.
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July 9th, 2010
“Because everything you see or notice about yourself and your situation is viewed through the lens of self-worth, your seeing is incomplete.” page 105
“Misperception occurs when seeing is believing, which is what we call judgment, or when believing is seeing, which is what we call blind faith. All human perception is incomplete and is therefore misperception at the moment we say, “This is it!” page 106
“Quantum physicists assert that at any given moment, infinite possibilities are present. Some go as far as to say that there are infinite universes coexisting. The moment you act as if something is so, the universe of infinite possibilities collapses into one inevitable happenstance. When you look at something and say, “This is what it is,” you are pouring your creative energy (attention and awareness) into that specific perception. The moment your awareness locks on to one possibility, all other universes collapse. While in any given situation there may be many possibilities, innumerable paths, the instant you decree “This is it!” all others vanish. This is why it is so important not to give your power to your perceptions, as if they accurately describe what is going on. When you realize your perception is incomplete and mediated by your need to feel safe and okay, you will pause before drawing concrete conclusions.” page 107
“What inner quality or resource are you missing? As you look inside yourself, you will see that you are missing a clear connection to your own sense of worth. If you felt whole and confident, you could see that the judgment is about what the other person needs or that it is about what the relationship needs or that it is about what you said or did which created some tension.” page 112
“Shifting your attention from the feeling of defensiveness to the question “What am I making this mean?” allows you to reframe the experience as an opportunity to discover what’s missing in the relationship. In Principle, no one is against you; therefore, what you are making this experience mean is the true enemy.” page 112
Read more about the Truth Principles in, The I of the Storm, Embracing Conflict, Creating Peace by Gary Simmons.
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July 6th, 2010
“To hold joy, we may sometimes have to fight for it, we may have to strengthen ourselves and go full-bore, doing battle in whichever ways deem most shrewd. To prepare for siege, we may have to go without many comforts for the duration. We can go without most things for long periods of time, anything almost, but not our joy, not those handmade red shoes.” page 254
“…It is from a poem by Charles Simic and it is the ultimate instruction to us all: ‘He who cannot howl, will not find the pack.’ If you want to re-summon Wild Women, refuse to be captured. With instincts sharpened for balance-jump anywhere you like, howl at will, take what there is, find out all about it, let your eyes show your feelings, look into everything, see what you can see. Dance in red shoes, but make sure they’re the ones you made by hand. I can promise that you will become one vital women.” page 254
Read the story of The Red Shoes in “Self-preservation” on page 215 of Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.
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June 30th, 2010
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“Clear vision is like a man with a compass; he knows where he is going. Let intuition be your compass and it will always get you out of the woods. Even a man without a compass, led by intuition, would find his way out of the jungle, or be able to steer a ship at sea. Intuition will tell you to walk over the rope. It is amazing how people have overlooked their most important faculty-intuition. Always on man’s pathway is his message or lead. Often our leads seem trivial or silly. A person purely on the intellectual plane would dismiss them at once but the Truth student always has his spiritual ear to the ground, knowing he is receiving orders from the Infinite. The Bible speaks often of “the still small voice.” It is a voice which is not an actual voice, though sometimes actual words are registered on the inner ear.”
“When we ask for guidance and lay aside the reasoning mind we are tapping the Universal supply of all knowledge; anything necessary for you to know will be revealed to you. Some people are naturally intuitive and are always in contact with the Universal Intelligence, but by taking an affirmation we make a conscious contact. Prayer is telephoning to God, and intuition is God telephoning to you. Many people have a “busy wire” when God telephones and they don’t get the message. Your wire is “busy” when you are discouraged, angry, or resentful. You’ve heard the expression “I was so mad I couldn’t see straight.” We might add, “I was so mad I couldn’t hear straight.” Your negative emotions drown out the voice of intuition.
“When you are discouraged, angry, or resentful, is the time to make a statement of Truth, in order to get out of the woods of despair and limitation, for “Whosoever calleth on the name of the Lord shall be delivered!” There is a way out- “Reveal to me the way.”
“We must stop planning, plotting and scheming and let Infinite Intelligence solve the problem in Its own way. God-power is subtle, silent and irresistible. It levels mountains and fills in valleys and knows no defeat! Our part is to prepare for our blessings and follow our intuitive leads.”
“We now give Infinite Intelligence right-of-way.”
Florence Scovel Shinn, The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn, Four Complete Books, The Game of Life, The Power of the Spoken Word, Your Word is Your Wand, The Secret of Success, page 337 & 338.
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June 24th, 2010
“To accept the innate godlike power of our Spiritual Self is very frightening to the ego mind, and we will often fight for the viewpoint that various things are impossible and that our powers are limited. Such power is actually the opposite of the ego, which feels its boundary to be of the body. But remember that our ego has no power beyond that which we give it, and in the moments we come to this full realization, then the ego will cease to exist, or at least for that moment will loose its primary place in our thoughts. By recognizing our own potential divinity, we will loose nothing but our mistaken sense of littleness, the feeling of being out of control of our lives, and our fears and suffering in relationships.” Henry Grayson, PH.D, Mindful Loving, page 85.
“The connection between our thoughts and our lives is inseparable. The degree to which our thoughts are out of control is the degree to which our lives and our relationships feel out of control. Just as we can easily understand that an athlete or musician cannot perform well if his thoughts are out of control-that is, not focused-so it is true in every arena of our lives. A person with angry thoughts is likely to be an angry person. A person who houses fear thoughts is likely to be a frightened person; and, as we saw above, this often attracts like a powerful force field what he is afraid of into his life. A person with a disorganized mind is likely to be disorganized in his life. A person with hopeless, judgmental, guilty, or powerless thoughts is likely to be depressed. And on it goes, all affecting how our relationships progress.” Henry Grayson, PH.D., Mindful Loving, page 85.
“What we need to experience, and what we can experience, is a saner and gentler state of mind. This experience is not found in something outside of us…We must work with our minds, with our abilities, in order to have peaceful, rich minds.” Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Transforming Mental Afflictions and Other Selected Teachings.
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June 16th, 2010
“When you commit to a spiritual relationship with another human being, you begin to see that what is necessary to the health of your partnership is identical with what is necessary to your own spiritual growth, that each of you hold the pieces that the other is missing.” – Gary Zukav
“Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without the words
And never stops-at all.”
-Emily Dickinson
“If thou wish to reach the perfection of love,
it befits thee to set thy life in order.”
-Catherine of Siena
The above quotes are taken from Sandra Anne Taylor’s, Secrets of Attraction.
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June 7th, 2010
“Jesus knew that life is lived from within out, and the Kingdom of God is within.” He knew that life is an opportunity to discover our divinity and release our “imprisoned splendor.” He knew that, as a student enrolls in difficult courses of study so that he can further his education, so man, in his eternal unfoldment, often draws the most challenging experience to him because of the opportunity it affords for personal growth. Thus, in His analysis of the man born blind, He said, “This is not a case of punishment for previous wrongs. This is a case of man moving on to the next grade, ready for the more difficult tests that will lead to his greater development-if he can pass the tests.”
Eric Butterworth, Discover The Power Within You.
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June 2nd, 2010
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is.” Jesus
“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” Norman Vincent Peale
“Give your thoughts no tongue.” William Shakespeare
“When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.” W.Clement Stone
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” Albert Einstein
“The more man meditates on good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.” Confucius
“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.” Swani Vivekananda
“Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.” Soren Kierkegaard
“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.” Robert H. Schuller
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May 31st, 2010
“Compassion is not codependency. It does not arise from an avoidance of one’s own pain. Codependency arises from a perceived need for love and approval from outside oneself. Compassion does not arise from any such deficiency. Codependency arises from one’s own unacknowledged suffering and unhealed wounds. Compassion arises from our willingness to embrace all our life experiences-both pleasant and unpleasant.”
“We cultivate compassion for others as we cultivate compassion for ourselves. We cultivate compassion for ourselves when we treat ourselves as friends and consider ourselves with the same kindness that we desire for others. We cultivate compassion for ourselves as we begin to acknowledge our own pain rather than deny it or discount it. To truly love others, we must first love ourselves. To develop compassion for others, we must first develop compassion for ourselves.”
“Love is a divine idea, has infinite possibilities for expression. Compassion is a quality of love. It can be expressed in infinite ways. Compassion can be expressed as a feeling, such as a deep sense of warmth and caring. Nevertheless, true compassion is more that just feeling or intention. True compassion is action. True compassion is kindness, service, and commitment to the well-being of others.”
Robert Brumet, The Quest For Wholeness, Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World, pages 218 & 219.
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May 30th, 2010
“We are whole creatures in potential,
and the true purpose of desire is to unfold
that wholeness, to become what we can be.”
Eric Butterworth
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