I need this reminder as we finish out our first month of summer vacation.
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Your child is naturally joyful. Your child is naturally tuned in to Source Energy. And as he is diving through and digging through contrast, it is natural that there would be some things that might disconnect him. Just don't let his disconnection then inflame your disconnection. Many parents have discovered that their children, for the most part, feel good when they do — and the ornerier you are, usually the ornerier your children are. They are a strong reflection of the way you are feeling much of the time.
--- Abraham
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Getting Into The Vortex: Guided Meditations CD and User Guide
The Teachings of Abraham: The Master Course CD Program, 11-CD set
The Vortex: Where the Law of Attraction Assembles All Cooperative Relationships
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Control
You don't need to control everything.
On the contrary, you need to let go of the need to control everything.
Take control of your thoughts, make a plan, and then take control of that which you CAN control.
Let God have the rest.
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Too Perfect: When Being in Control Gets Out of Control
Compelled to Control: Recovering Intimacy in Broken Relationships
Losing Control Finding Serenity: How the Need to Control Hurts Us And How to Let It Go
On the contrary, you need to let go of the need to control everything.
Take control of your thoughts, make a plan, and then take control of that which you CAN control.
Let God have the rest.
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Too Perfect: When Being in Control Gets Out of Control
Compelled to Control: Recovering Intimacy in Broken Relationships
Losing Control Finding Serenity: How the Need to Control Hurts Us And How to Let It Go
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Presence
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old
By Deepak Chopra
Everything you think and feel reflects who you are. If you think and feel from a superficial level of awareness, that is who you are. To dive deeper into yourself and, hopefully, to get to that place where you are love, compassion, trust, and truth, you have to follow the path of your present responses.
Someone who feels unloved can still find love in its purest form, but he will have to work through the layers of resistance that block the feeling of pure love. Your present emotions reflect the present state of your nervous system with all its past imprints.
Whenever you have an experience, these imprints enter into your response, which means that most of your reactions are echoes from the past. You do not really live in the present.
However, at least you are reacting in the present, and that is where the search for your true self begins. Your emotions are the most present-centered thing you have. An emotion is a thought linked to a sensation. The thought is usually about the past or the future, but the sensation is in the present.
Your mind quickly links sensations with thoughts, but when we were infants, our first experience and emotions were much closer to physical sensations. We had no inhibitions or second thoughts about crying when we were wet, cold, lonely, frightened, etc. Our minds didn’t know those powerful words bad and no. Bad teaches you that certain thoughts are shameful; no teaches you to resist your own impulses.
More complex words and interpretations came later. As adults, when we deny ourselves the immediate experience of an emotion, a screen of words is out up by the mind, and this throws us out of the present and into either the past or the future. To feel an emotion fully and completely, to experience it and then release it, is to be in the present, the only moment that never ages.
By Deepak Chopra
Everything you think and feel reflects who you are. If you think and feel from a superficial level of awareness, that is who you are. To dive deeper into yourself and, hopefully, to get to that place where you are love, compassion, trust, and truth, you have to follow the path of your present responses.
Someone who feels unloved can still find love in its purest form, but he will have to work through the layers of resistance that block the feeling of pure love. Your present emotions reflect the present state of your nervous system with all its past imprints.
Whenever you have an experience, these imprints enter into your response, which means that most of your reactions are echoes from the past. You do not really live in the present.
However, at least you are reacting in the present, and that is where the search for your true self begins. Your emotions are the most present-centered thing you have. An emotion is a thought linked to a sensation. The thought is usually about the past or the future, but the sensation is in the present.
Your mind quickly links sensations with thoughts, but when we were infants, our first experience and emotions were much closer to physical sensations. We had no inhibitions or second thoughts about crying when we were wet, cold, lonely, frightened, etc. Our minds didn’t know those powerful words bad and no. Bad teaches you that certain thoughts are shameful; no teaches you to resist your own impulses.
More complex words and interpretations came later. As adults, when we deny ourselves the immediate experience of an emotion, a screen of words is out up by the mind, and this throws us out of the present and into either the past or the future. To feel an emotion fully and completely, to experience it and then release it, is to be in the present, the only moment that never ages.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Relax
“Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand – relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.”
- Osho
- Osho
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Happy Saint Patrick's Day
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book."
- Irish Proverb
- Irish Proverb
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Certainty & Security
"Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security."
- John Allen Paulos
- John Allen Paulos
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Personal Growth
"Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves."
- Gandhi
- Gandhi
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Relax
“Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand – relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.”
~ Osho
~ Osho
Friday, March 11, 2011
Time
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." ~ Will Rogers
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Appreciate Appreciation
Monday, March 7, 2011
Imagine Magick
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Being Mindful
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Irritating People
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves."
- Carl Jung
- Carl Jung
Thursday, March 3, 2011
See the Light
"The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be."
- Shakti Gawain
- Shakti Gawain
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
"We may have all come in different ships, but we're in the same boat now."
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Martin Luther King Jr.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Mindfulness
Monday, February 28, 2011
Goodness
Friday, January 21, 2011
Building from the End
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."
- Charles Swindoll
This is my mantra today. I'm having a little bit of trouble with my 90% of the deal.
But I know that when I'm in bed for the night, and I look back on this day that I'm about to embark on right now, I won't remember specific things that happened throughout the day. Some, yes, but mostly not.
What I'll take with me was the overall tone that my day took on. And the overall tone of my day will be determined by how I'm reacting, and the feelings and thoughts that I nurture throughout it.
I will move through my day nurturing good thoughts and blessing everyone around me. I will share the best part of me because that's the part I want to remember when I contemplate my day, later.
There's something to be said for beginning a new day by contemplating how you want to feel about your day at the end of the day.
Close your eyes and imagine you're in bed for the night. How do you want to feel?
I imagine being tired and near sleep as soon as I lay down. It's been a fantastic and productive day for me, and I'm rightfully tired. I drift off to sleep sending blessings out to all my loved ones, smiling happily to myself.
Now, off I go to shape my day into whatever will make me feel like that later. I will hold my tongue, and just go where the Spirit moves me.
Great Titles by Charles Swindoll
- Charles Swindoll
This is my mantra today. I'm having a little bit of trouble with my 90% of the deal.
But I know that when I'm in bed for the night, and I look back on this day that I'm about to embark on right now, I won't remember specific things that happened throughout the day. Some, yes, but mostly not.
What I'll take with me was the overall tone that my day took on. And the overall tone of my day will be determined by how I'm reacting, and the feelings and thoughts that I nurture throughout it.
I will move through my day nurturing good thoughts and blessing everyone around me. I will share the best part of me because that's the part I want to remember when I contemplate my day, later.
There's something to be said for beginning a new day by contemplating how you want to feel about your day at the end of the day.
Close your eyes and imagine you're in bed for the night. How do you want to feel?
I imagine being tired and near sleep as soon as I lay down. It's been a fantastic and productive day for me, and I'm rightfully tired. I drift off to sleep sending blessings out to all my loved ones, smiling happily to myself.
Now, off I go to shape my day into whatever will make me feel like that later. I will hold my tongue, and just go where the Spirit moves me.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Today I Smile
"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Just smile. Even if you don't feel like it.
That's where I'm at today. Just smile. My attitude sucks because I just can't control everything, and that bugs me. But I'm going to smile anyway.
It is my dominant intention to feel good, so I will smile. And that smile will attract things to make me smile.
And the wrong side of my bed will be but a fading memory.
Today, I smile.
Great Titles by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Thich Nhat Hanh
Just smile. Even if you don't feel like it.
That's where I'm at today. Just smile. My attitude sucks because I just can't control everything, and that bugs me. But I'm going to smile anyway.
It is my dominant intention to feel good, so I will smile. And that smile will attract things to make me smile.
And the wrong side of my bed will be but a fading memory.
Today, I smile.
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