Posts Tagged ‘Creating The Life You Want & Need’

Going Through Change?

Monday, August 30th, 2010

“Who are you? said the caterpillar… “I hardly know, Sir, just at present,” Alice replied rather shyly, “at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have changed several times since then.”  -Lewis Carrol, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, (page 7 in Transitions).

“It takes a long time to be really married. One marries many times at many levels within a marriage. If you have more marriages than you have divorces within the marriage, you’re lucky and you stick it out.”  -Ruby Dee, In Brian Lanker, I Dream a World, (page 55 in Transitions).

“People change and forget to tell each other.” -Lillian Hellman, Toys in the Attic, (page 55 in Transitions).

“Whoever in middle age, attempts to realize the wishes and hopes of his early youth invariably deceives himself. Each ten years of a (person’s) life has its own fortunes, its own hopes, its own desires.”  -Wolfgang Von Goethe, (page 77 in Transitions).

“He has half the deed done, who has made a beginning.”  -Horace, Epistles (page 157 in Transitions).

“Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great.”  -Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol 5  (page 177 in Transitions).

The above quotes are found in Transitions, Making Sense Of Life’s Changes, by William Bridges. This is a very helpful and must read book if you are going through any transitions or changes in life.  The book covers transitions, endings, going through the neutral zone, and new beginnings.

Design Your Life

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

“You can now begin to contemplate how you can deliberately will creative construction; you can do it by consciously formulating, thinking, and willing, a state of happiness, aliveness, fulfillment, truth, love, growth, both in general and in particular detail. The climate of this may first seem strange and unfamiliar. You need to acclimatize yourself to it. Picture yourself in such states and call upon the universal power within to fortify your conscious mind with the necessary creative energy. The will to happiness must be so strong  that the causes for unhappiness must be seen and eliminated, and this, too, must truly be wanted. Then the creative power will grow; the divine self will inspire you and show the way. You will learn to recognize it and receive it in your conscious brain.”

Eva Pierrakos, The Pathwork Of Self-Transformation, page 222.

Going Through a Crises or Ending?

Sunday, 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.

Following Intuition

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

“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.

Passing The Tests In Life

Monday, 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.