Aging

 

"You just wake up one morning and you got it!" Moms Mabley I am so busy living I do not think about getting old. I am so grateful in my recovery from alcoholism that tomorrow, the future, and age are secondary. In my sickness, I was always living in the future: What will tomorrow bring? Will I die crippled, lonely, and afraid? My projections into the future produced emotional pain. Today I do not need to do this. I welcome age because I bring into it the joy and experience of my sobriety. My...

On this day of your life

 

I believe God wants you to know ...   ... that all families have troubles in them. Problem-free families do not exist. Indeed, the challenges in families are family's greatest gifts.   How else could we be healed of all the false notions we have about what it means to be human? How else could we learn of real love, and of true compassion, and of total acceptance?   There is, of course, nothing to learn. There is only for us to remember what we have always known. And families give us the greatest opportunity to do that. Therefore, don't condemn "Uncle Charlie" or "Aunt Matilda". Rather, embrace them even more fully, and show them what it means to be fully human... so that they can find their way back home.

Sharing Peace (OM)

 

Having strangers in our homes can be difficult, but we can choose to treat their energy as an exchange of gifts as well as an exercise in acceptance. When we have created a sanctuary in our home, it can be jarring to have the outside world come in. It is easy to share our space with those we know well, but often strangers are asked in as household help, contractors, or technicians that help us make our homes more comfortable. Acquaintances of our spouses or children also bring something new and different into our space. If we resist their presence, treating it as an intrusion, we restrict the free flow of energy and may miss the gift they bring. Instead, we can choose to treat their energy as an exchange of gifts as well as an exercise in acceptance. Before their arrival, we can prepare by envisioning light surrounding our bodies and radiating outward from the core of our homes. We may want to create a calm and welcoming environment by playing meditation music or lighting incense. We can remove tension for all involved by putting away our valuables. Then when they arrive, we claim our boundaries by guiding them through their visit—asking them to remove their shoes, offering coasters or a place to set down tool boxes, and indicating by example to speak softly or not use harsh language. If something still causes stress, we can remember that what begins as an irritation to an oyster becomes a pearl. After they depart, we can burn sage and clear our space if we like but not without first finding the pearl. Finally, remember that we learn about life by relating with others. People may have been sent to our homes because we ignored some of the universe’s messengers outside. Our homes need not be a way to keep people out but can be the place where we are ourselves while accepting and allowing other’s choices. When we share the joy of our homes, we radiate our light rather than hide it behind closed doors. The more we do this, the more the outside world can become like the sanctuary we’ve created inside.

NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 905

 

• ·       The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength. - Marcus Aurelius

  ·       "Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues." - M. C. Collins

  ·       “It is high time that man had a religious experience so personal and so sublime that it could be realized and expressed only by 'feelings that lie too deep for words.'”

  ·       Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind. - Plato

  ·       How pleasant it is to demand nothing, how noble it is to be contented. - Seneca

  ·       “Fatherhood is the relationship out of which we reason ourselves into the recognition of brotherhood.”

  ·       "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

  ·       “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”~ Maya Angelou

  ·       “You will long use faith and be dependent on revelation if you hope to progress quickly and safely.”

  ·       He has the most who is content with the least. - Diogenes

  ·       Before you judge a person, walk five miles in their shoes. That way, when you do judge them, you are five miles away and you have their shoes. -Freida Norris

  ·       “Remember, even if prayer does not change God, it very often effects great and lasting changes in the one who prays in faith and confident expectation.”

  ·       Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily. - Epictetus

  
  

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Ambition

 

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want in life is this: decide what you want." Ben Stein For many years I thought that ambition was a negative emotion, something to avoid. I had confused ambition with arrogance.Today we understand that an arrogant person is somebody who would climb the ladder to success by standing on and crushing the lives of others. Today I understand that ambition is a powerful spiritual attribute that enables achievement. Mother Teresa trusted in God,...

13 (Real) Buddha Quotes that will Change the Way you Think.

 

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We’ve all read fake Buddha quotes; they’re all over the internet.

Although they encompass the real teachings of Buddhism, the problem is that the Buddha didn’t actually say them.

The Buddhist scriptures—also known as sūtra—are the only authentic words and oral teachings of the Buddha.

I feel that reading them preserves the authenticity of Buddhism and the nature of Siddhartha Gautama. Although I always share lots of quotes from renowned Buddhist monks and teachers, the original teachings are by far my favorite.

They’re straight-forward, honest, and liberating. We might find it hard to accept them at first, but if we delve deeper into their meaning, we will find that the Buddha’s sole purpose and wish was to liberate us from suffering.

May these quotes open our hearts and minds:

“But truly, Ananda, it is nothing strange that human beings should die.”

“A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated—this is the greatest blessing.”

“Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.”

“The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.”

“Whatever is felt is within suffering.”

“Pleasant feeling is impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen, bound to decay, to vanish, to fade away, to cease—and so too are painful feeling and neutral feeling. So anyone who, on experiencing a pleasant feeling, thinks: ‘This is my self,’ must, at the cessation of that pleasant feeling, think: ‘My self has gone!'”

“He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.”

“Those who cling to perceptions and views wander the world offending people.”

“Conquer anger with love, evil with good, meanness with generosity, and lies with truth.”

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.”

“Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation.”

“Whoever doesn’t flare up at someone who’s angry wins a battle hard to win.”

“Any kind of material form whatever, whether past, future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near, all material form should be seen as it actually is with proper wisdom thus: This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.”

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NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 904

• ·       The Bible tells us to love our neighbor and also to love our enemies, probably because they are generally the same people. - G. K. Chesterton

  ·       “To doubt God or distrust his goodness would be to prove untrue to the realest and deepest thing within the human mind and soul—the divine Adjuster.”

  ·       The greatest freedom is to be free of our own mind. – Osho

  ·       Remember, nothing is evil, lest thinking make it so. – Shakespeare

  ·       Today I take the time to be with me and find peace and love and truth. It is mine if I just stop. It is mine if I just think the thoughts I want to feel. - Ruth Fishel

  ·       “Religious faith is available alike to the learned and the unlearned.”

  ·       Persist in your efforts. Resist giving in to distraction, discouragement, or disorder. - Ryan Holiday

  ·       Studies show that gardeners have a lower incidence of heart disease and osteoporosis than nongardeners. Mindful gardening . . . what a treat!

  ·       “God is not the mere invention of man's idealism; he is the very source of all such superanimal insights and values.”

  ·       Too many people believe that everything must be pleasurable in life. - Robert Greene

  ·       "Choice, not chance, determines one's destiny." - Author Unknown

  ·       “It is a marvelous and transforming experience to become the living channel of spiritual light to the mortal who sits in spiritual darkness.” - Jesus

  
  

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Concepts

 

Mindfulness meditation, in its pure and classic sense, is about finding your true self. It is about waking up to the true nature of the present moment. As you look deeply into yourself and other beings in the world, you will have the opportunioty to free yourself from the concepts that you have abpout everything, including who you are. - Andrew Weiss Am I willing to look deeply into the concepts I have carried for years aznd examine them? Am I willing to let go of the concepts I have carried...

NUGGETS OF WISDOM - 903

 

• ·       “There lives within every human mind a divine spirit, the gift of the Father in heaven. This good spirit ever strives to lead us to God, to help us to find God and to know God.” - Jesus

  ·       You are not your mind. - Eckhart Tolle

  ·       "I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it." - Igor Stravinsky

  ·       “Never forget that the sincere prayer of faith is a mighty force for the promotion of personal happiness, individual self-control, social harmony, moral progress, and spiritual attainment.”

  ·       Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. - Carl Jung

  ·       Every flower must grow through dirt. - Author Unknown 

  ·       “God is inherently kind, naturally compassionate, and everlastingly merciful. And never is it necessary that any influence be brought to bear upon the Father to call forth his loving-kindness.”

  ·       Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens. - Jordan Peterson

  ·       Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. . . . Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. - Samuel Johnson

  ·       “Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

  ·       “God is our protector—he stands by the side of his creatures—and those who learn to know him become immortal.” - Hinduism

  ·       You’re worried, but you also aim for perfection. You’re stressed, but you also never slow down. - Maxime Lagacé