You are awareness. Remove the distractions, and what remains? \”Awareness is the greatest agent for change.\” ~Eckhart Tolle~ The mind is an instrument. Somewhere along the line humans became so entranced by the physical world that the mind became master (albeit an unstable one). Awareness calls upon us to relegate the mind back into it\’s […]
Our thoughts create energies that amplify as they repeat. \”If you understand it, the world is a great device to make you more conscious. Your enemy is your friend, and the curses are blessings, and the misfortunes can be turned into fortunes. It depends only on one thing: if you know the key of awareness.\”
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When you really pay attention, everything is your teacher. \”The heart that seeks to awaken, to live genuinely, is more real than anything. that nameless drive calls you to be who you most truly are.\” ~Ezra Bayda~ Everything that you see and all that you experience is part of a loving conversation between you and
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Life is a reflection of our state of consciousness. \”Rarely do we experience the presence born of knowing who we really are and what we are doing on this earth. Realizing how rarely we\’re present to life is itself a crucial step in awakening.\” ~Ezra Bayda~ As we awaken, the ego\’s mechanisms become more subtle.
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Judgment and love cannot coexist. \”A great scholar hears of the Tao and begins diligent practice. A middling scholar hear of the Tao and retains some and loses some. An inferior scholar hears of the Tao and roars with ridicule. Without that laugh, it would not be the Tao.\” ~From the 41st verse of the
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Those who challenge you the most on the physical plane love you the most on the spiritual plane. \”[Divine], make me an instrument of your peace.While there is hatred, let me sow love. While there is injury, let me sow pardon. Where there is doubt, let me sow faith. Where there is despair, let me
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Release the need to seek validation from others. \”There is often a vague sense of danger with which we greet almost every person and every situation. If it had a voice, it might whisper, \”Please don\’t hurt me.\” ~Ezra Bayda~ Do not compare yourself with others. There will always be someone younger, older, more beautiful,
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Everything has meaning and plays its part in your awakening. \”What is the path? Residing in this very life, exactly as it is right now… liking or not liking has nothing to do with it.\” ~Ezra Bayda~ It\’s impossible to be \”off your path.\” You may delay or avoid certain lessons or experiences; however, your
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It\’s important to cultivate your ability to live harmoniously in the world. \”The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation and purity.\” ~Buddha~ It\’s easy to live in extremes. The pendulum swings from excess to denial and though each experience has something of value to teach, true mastery lies in discovering
Our level of consciousness determines how we view the world. \”The more we practice with our own struggles and relate to them as our vehicle to awakening, the less we will judge our struggles as defects. Likewise in relationships: the more we can remember that others also have the wish to learn from their struggles,
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