\”The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?\” ~Jack Kornfield~ Anger, whether directed inward or extended outward, is a waste of your precious energy. It causes the cells of the body to deteriorate, it creates a filter that taints everything you see […]
“Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.” ~Eckhart Tolle~ Spiritual practice requires an openhearted acceptance of whatever unfolds in your experience. Resistance
“All through your life your soul takes care of you…your soul is alive and awakened, gathering, sheltering and guiding your ways and days in the world. In effect, your soul is your secret shelter.” ~John O\’Donohue~ Do not fear the emotional moments of your experience for they come as teachers, grabbing your attention as they
“The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.” ~Honore de Balzac~ Life embraces the present moment. It offers beauty and growth, change and delight. The flowers strive to receive the sun, the trees breathe with patience, the weather ebbs and
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“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh~ See if you can drop the need to have any defining labels in your experience. The ego seeks to belong and therefore, will often identify strongly with a particular ideology, culture, political
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“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” ~Carlos Castaneda~ Happiness is a choice. So is misery. Each of us is responsible for our own joy; therefore, change begins with consciously changing our thoughts – choosing happiness again and again until it becomes
\”All things in this vast universe exist in you, with you, and for you.\” ~Kahlil Gibran~ See yourself bathed in love. In certain aspects this is easy to visualize, of course. The light from the sun is a beautiful example of unconditional love – shining down on everyone equally, holding back nothing, demanding nothing. Love
“No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.” ~Daisaku Ikeda~ This moment contains limitless miracles and it holds the key to your transformation. For those who have eyes to see, the pathway to Oneness unfolds before us. Put
\\\”To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention.\\\” ~Jiddu Krishnamurti~ All change begins within. It starts with a desire to create peace or healing or joy, and extends outward. We must be willing to allow new perceptions into our experience. The subtle, yet
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\\\”To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention.\\\” ~Jiddu Krishnamurti~ All change begins within. It starts with a desire to create peace or healing or joy, and extends outward. We must be willing to allow new perceptions into our experience. The subtle, yet
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