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網頁版本  |  更新喜好  |  取消訂閱 讚 Tweet 轉寄 http://livingsolitude333.blogspot.com Can Losing the Business You Created be Like Losing a Child? Our January 2013 WOW Gal Shares Her Story... Posted by artheart on 2 January, 2013 Yes! Women of Worth Magazine Has An New WOW Gal... View this Formal Notice in Your Browser Now: http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=fa9409ca8e042d72a8e7dd2d6&id=d977f6df37&e= Embracing the Seasonal Stillness Posted by Linnette Dooley on 2 January, 2013 When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the I Am that is deeper than name and form. Stillness Speaks, Eckhart Tolle My small patch of earth on this beautiful planet is located in the northern hemisphere where winter has arrived. The hot, dry summers of the central valley in northern California leave me reveling in the increase of the water element that comes with the moist air of Fall and Winter. I love the winter landscape. In my yard the trees have revealed their lacy structure, their leaves tucked into nearby flower beds providing a blanket of protection and nutrients for next springs growth. Berry bushes are busy with the flurry of small birds. And I can hear the honking of geese as they pass overhead, spending the cold months in the valley feeding on winter wheat. But mostly the landscape is quiet. My favorite time of day in this season is dusk. The misty winter twilight combined with the holiday lights is the perfect touch of magic. I am noticing that every year the pull to just sit with this seasonal quietness gets stronger. The decorations and gift giving are wonderful expressions of the joy of this heart-filled holiday season. But I am finding that each year the balance shifts a little more to a deeper appreciation of the quietness reflected in the outer landscape. As young children our focus is on the anticipation of Christmas morning and all the excitement around mysterious, wrapped packages. As a mid-life woman I am finding that my focus keeps returning to nurturing an expansive peace and calm of the heart. So projects are put on hold. I keep editing my lists, asking myself to do only what is essential. I take time to breath the air, notice the sky, and live with the underlying magic that is always there. When I lose the inner stillness I ask myself, “What is keeping me from my joy?” I am getting better at this practice. I have come a long way on my healing journey. My space used to be so overwhelmingly noisy with others energy that it was uncomfortable for me to be in my body. Years of energy work, a meditation practice, and learning to embrace myself as a woman have all played a role in helping me to come home. Today, I can say that to be able to sit with myself is a gift. So more than anything this holiday season I am wanting to sit with the quietness within myself. To allow my heart to feel the fullness of the subtler harmonics. It is this quiet fullness that will fill my being, preparing me for another year of growth. This is my gift to me this season. And that is my wish for you too this winter holiday. Peace in your stillness. Love to all. Linnette Compassion Posted by Rick Alexis on 2 January, 2013 Without compassion, the spiritual growth process is impossible. Without compassion for others and ourSelves, sadhana goes only so far. Many people sometimes wonder why they feel stuck, why they feel they can't seem to go any further. Very often it's because the next step can't be taken until the blaze of compassion is awakened in the heart. *Often our anger, our hatred our resentment, needs to be replaced with compassion. If we have compassion for what makes us mad, what makes us sad, what we hate and resent, we are inwardly transformed. This in itself is often the next necessary step we need to take. "Happy New Year"...and lets start this New Year off with new practices and a new way of thinking. Compassion opens the doors to experience true Love... 2013 Prayer For Financial Increase! Posted by Dwayne Neal on 2 January, 2013 This is a powerful affirmative prayer by the late Dr. Raymond Charles Barker; start your year off on the right track, recite this prayer throughout the year to cause the spiritual activity of money to circulate in your life! My Money is God’s Money. The Divine Spirit prospers me in every possible way. I praise the wealth of God. I now claim it for my own. My money is God’s money. I believe in the goodness of God’s wonderful money. I am not self-stingy. I like money and appreciate all I can do with it for myself and those I love. I never condemn money in any way. I know its spiritual origins. I rejoice in all the good things I can do with it. It circulates in all my affairs. It pays all my debts and gives me freedom of action. I have a healthy respect for God’s money, and I use it with wisdom. I always use the power of money rightly. I am open and receptive to unexpected money coming to me in unusual and wonderful ways. I now erase from my subconscious mind every concept of limitation or lack. I never criticize the way other people spend their money. I mind my own business. My financial consciousness is healthy and expanding. And so it is. AMEN! HAVE A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS 2013! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY OF: "Money Is God In Action" THE BLIND EYES Posted by Rushikesh Maslekar on 2 January, 2013 Only the master can look because only the master has eyes. Without meditation you are blind. You can see, but only the most superficial things, only the surface of things, only the circumference and never the center. You cannot penetrate into the nature of things. And truth remains hidden at the very core. Meditation gives the master an insight into himself and the same insight becomes his bridge to the whole of existence. He is no more blind. Only a man of meditation is not blind. Unless you have attained meditation think of yourself as blind. Yes, you can see, but you can see only outwardly. And the real nature is inside you; it is in your interiority, it is in your subjectivity. You live outside the house of your being; you have never entered into the innermost shrine. Not knowing yourself, you know nothing. And if you don't know even yourself, what else can you know? All that you think you know is only inferences -- not knowledge, not authentic knowledge but only guesswork. All your knowledge depends on guessing. Sometimes it works only by coincidence, sometimes it does not work. When it works you think you are very intelligent, when it does not work you think fate is against you. But you never realize the fact that you have no eyes yet to see into things. Two men were riding on a train for the first time. One of them had a bunch of bananas. He offered one to his friend and began to peel one for himself. Just then, the train entered a tunnel. "Have you tasted your banana yet?" asked the first man, very alarmed. "No, I haven't," replied his friend. "Well, for heaven's sake don't!" said the first man. "I took one bite and went blind." Meditation means removing all your prejudices, putting all your conclusions aside -- seeing without any hindrance, seeing without any curtains, seeing clearly without any mediation of any thought, seeing without Buddha standing between you and reality, or Krishna standing or Christ standing. That's why Buddha is reported to have made one of the most strange statements; only a man of the caliber of Buddha can say it. He said to his disciples, "If you meet me on the way, kill me. Don't allow me to stand between you and the truth. Immediately kill me, remove me; otherwise I will be the barrier." Your Daily Reading: “Living Wide Awake™” Creating the Manifestations You Desire 1-2-13 Posted by Catherine Dougherty on 2 January, 2013 Today is a day that reflects your keen insights and organizational abilities. Not only are you able to master whatever you think today by attraction, you can also manage all the work it entails. Opposing Energies: gossip, dishonesty, greed Your beliefs are very strong; and with that energy follows all your intentions, creating the manifestations you desire, like magic. Your ability to completely organize tasks and accomplish them today is amazing. Wide Awake Words™ for today: patience, perseverance, stamina Paying close attention to your inclinations is useful, as there are slight intuitive hunches working in your background. It’s a day you’d love to have 5 days a week! Peace. Catherine “Uniting Spiritual Growth with Conscious Living”™ www.TheNaturalSage.com © 2013 The Sage Lady All Rights Reserved. Healing the World in 2013 Posted by Sherry Woodcock on 2 January, 2013 Daily Spiritual Tools, the Blog December 21, 2012 is behind us, and the world is, not surprisingly, still intact. There will always be periods when fear takes up a good deal of our collective awareness, and that is as it should be, because large-scale fears of doom provide very potent opportunities for us to choose even more intentionally what truth we will serve. I remember another period of fear that happened not too very long ago; it was called “Y2K.” My son was 10 at the time, and worried about all of the predictions he was hearing. On New Year’s Eve I remember telling him that throughout history people have predicted the end of the world, but we are still here. And I explained to him that when people confront their fears and walk out the other side they are better for it, because they grow in their awareness of what is true. He understood that, in his way, even then. I work in healthcare and interact with many people every day, and I am struck by how many people in the past month have said, “2013 is going to be a really good year.” Collectively, we recognize the energy and know it to be true. The end-of-the-world hopelessness that has affected us, even though it was mostly unconscious for the majority of us, has past, and people recognize a new beginning, which is exactly what the Mayan calendar was all about – the end of one period, and the beginning of an entirely new and different one. I believe that people are connecting in their hearts with hope, aware at a very deep level that we are healing, personally and globally. At this point in our human evolution, healing our world and all who inhabit it is the most important and sacred thing that we can do. On the surface the task seems too vast to even consider, and we literally do not know how to begin. But as humanity moves forward in its unavoidable evolution to knowing ourselves as the beings of light that we truly are, we get closer to knowing the true power we have in creating a world that works for all. I write this on December 31 2012, the 27th Annual International World Healing Day. It began on December 31, 1986, at noon Greenwich Mean Time, when 500 million people on 7 continents, in 70 countries, from 500 spiritual and peace-related organizations, took part in the most comprehensive prayer in history, creating a global mind link aimed at reversing negativity on many levels (taken from the website). Our Unity Church took part in this worldwide prayer this morning, as we do every year. Some time after the 1986 beginning the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported “remarkable progress toward a peaceful world,” manifesting as a “break in the pattern of a constant increase in the number of major conflicts with which the world had grown accustomed.” From our limited individual perspectives, this may not seem like truth at all. It often seems as if conflict continues to increase in both frequency and severity, but in looking back over just my lifetime I see that that is not the case. We are definitely more bombarded by it via the Internet and our immediate access to information. Regardless of appearances to the contrary, we can, and we are, using the power of our collective intention for good to move without error toward the truth of who we are, Divine Creators made in God’s image, manifesting through the physical. I leave you with a world healing meditation used by many on December 31 every year.Click Here to Get the Meditation May you hold the light of your intention on healing yourself, our world and all of humanity, and may this tool be a blessing. . . Sherry Daily Spiritual Tools, the Book Spiritual Digital Art Subscribers Posted by Spiritual Digital Art on 2 January, 2013 Greetings for the new year friends. Haven't blogged for a while due to being a little busy with my work and changes on my website. Speaking of which I need to let you know about the current changes I've made. Due to some instances of people copying my images from my site and using them illegally, I have made Spiritual Digital Art a subscribers/membership site. This means in order to download my images you must pay a subscription fee. You can still view my works on the site for free but to download you must subscribe. Sadly this means I will be removing all images from my profile here too. The fee is $9.95 per year. In return you get Unlimited Access To Download my images as Desktop Wallpapers and Facebook/SN Timeline covers, Free Unlimited Access to my Reseller Packs; these are images with NO RESTRICTIONS that you can distribute as you like and yes you can sell them, Free eCard Sending Service; send any image as an eCard, zero advertising from 3rd parties, no questionable software to download. Of course each image is available to purchase through my gift shop at anytime and each image is available to purchase as a print at anytime also. As well as all that, join my facebook page or follow me on twitter and you will be the first to know when I am running specials and discounts! Please subscribe, I'd love to have you aboard and part of my community of followers in the new year. Many blessings to you. Namaste. Craig Hitchens ~ Make Bliss Your Priority ~ By Jafree Ozwald ~ Posted By Agnes MacEachern ~ Posted by Agnes Claire MacEachern on 2 January, 2013 Make Bliss Your Priority By Jafree Ozwald www.EnlightenedBeings.com Whatever we focus our attention on is what grows and expands into our lives. The mind is like a magnifying glass that intensifies and brings closer whatever the object is under it's gaze. You'll notice that when you focus your mind on the feeling of bliss (a pure lightness of being that is free from all worries and concerns) you magnify and magnetize that higher experience into your life. You instantly become a "bliss magnet" and start attracting all sorts of positive easy flowing situations. If you remain connected with this feeling for several hours, then out of the bliss arises an exquisite inner calm, which spontaneously ignites the recognition and experience of a fully awakened manifesting being who is vibrantly alive within you. When you are 100% committed to one specific thing in your life, no matter what it is, all the energy of the Universe flows in that direction. There is a tremendous goldmine of power found in prioritization. You cannot feel powerless, weak or a victim to anything in your life when you discover this secret. You can simply change the priority of your mind's attention and those new manifestations will form for you. The day that bliss becomes the #1 priority, all your problems, illnesses, fears and limitations will miraculously drop away! Yes, miraculous changes can occur overnight when you prioritize the feeling of bliss over everything else. This doesn't mean you give up feeding your children or going to work, you just do it all from a place of joy, freedom and bliss. The benefits of making a close relationship with bliss are incalculable. For starters, you become a bright ball of happiness for everyone to enjoy! People will wake up from just walking beside you along your path. You may notice that others are unconsciously attracted to you, and love your company simply because you're vibrating at this higher frequency. A new world of opportunities will open its doors for you, and success will come bowing down caressing your feet. In bliss vibration, you can never manifest a health problem, a financial issue nor a relationship challenge because your frequency just won't allow for it. When bliss is the priority you'll be having too much fun creating Heaven on Earth, playing the role of an enlightened joy-filled bridge. The more often your body is resonating at this bliss frequency, the more connected you feel to an unlimited source of energy. With infinite energy its super easy to manifest anything you want into your world. Just by touching the surface of bliss, the world begins begging you to give even a little of your attention over. Bliss is one of the most desired and coveted experiences one can have, and the best news of all is that it's always free. You cannot purchase bliss or trade anything in this world for this enlightened state. It is your natural birthright, and to access it you simply become open, available and willing to experience something from the beyond. Perhaps you're someone who thinks you've never experienced bliss or has forgotten what bliss used to feel like, or are unsure that you've truly experienced it in the past. It's good to know that as babies we each came into this world as a bubbling ball of bliss. Heck, 9 months prior to your birth your first cells were forming out of an orgasm, so what else should you expect? Bliss is your very nature, and always was the basic structure for being human. It wasn't until you were conditioned to believe otherwise that it became hidden. So if you aren't feeling your daily bliss, just know that this jubilant experience is buried underneath the busyness, within the stillness, and is always ready for you to experience it at your core. Just Posted by Ade Olude on 1 January, 2013 January 1, 2013 an easy 18 mile meditative run “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will find them gradually, without noticing it, and live along some distant day into the answer. “ Cherish the Moment Posted by Robbie Cornelius on 1 January, 2013 Cherish the Moment. At any moment we are either coming from love or fear. Love can only be experienced by being joyfully focused in the present moment. And when we are coming from fear, it's usually because in the present moment we are worried about what's to come in the future. And in the process of worrying about future events, we rob ourselves of experiencing love in the present moment. A way to overcome fearful predictions of the future is to remind yourself that in reality time doesn't exist. Tomorrow never comes, because when it get's here, it's TODAY! So that means that the only thing that is real, is NOW! It's ok to plan for the future, but don't miss out on your now in the process. All your power is in the now. Even the time you have spent reading this message can't be accessed again. So be thankful that it was spent reading something beneficial. Live in the Moment. Cherish the Moment.. NSideOutLife.com Your Empathetic Journey Posted by Julie Miller on 1 January, 2013 Your Empathetic Journey Ascended Master, El Morya’s Weekly Message ~ January 01 – 07, 2013 Received by, Julie Miller January 01, 2013 Every single dear soul has been in conditions where there were awful misunderstandings, one or the other that was involved in the dialogue had felt misunderstood, sometimes both. As you leave such situations you find yourself confused and bewildered to what had just occurred. You may question how it was possible your intentions were misunderstood. And many times dear ones what we hear most often is, “What did I do?” You may question, “Why could he or she not understand what I am trying to convey? Let me tell you right now dear ones, there is no one person to blame, no reason to criticize what you do not fully comprehend and it is essential dear ones to make your feelings known. While communicating with another it is vital to listen, and not always with your ears but from your other sensory abilities. If you do not understand what is being said, tell the person you do not understand to avoid falsely interpreting what is being relayed. It has been widely observed that whenever a situation becomes difficult even with many people of the cultures of the world today fall into a crude and critical form of language. Even while you are attempting to be civil during a difficult situation this critical sort of language becomes internal and you often think, “Why can’t I do anything right?” Understand dear ones there makes no difference on the language of your mother tongue, what is understood that there is a critical language that speaks onto your self more often than it is necessary. This critical language creates judgements, labels for all people, belittles other people’s efforts, etc. It is a language that is definitely not friendly yet many of you have used this language throughout this lifetime. Throughout your life you must interact and communicate with others, either in person or through other ways that are modern and popular. It is very possible to be able to be able to communicate your feelings, what it is you want without any conflict at all. There is no blaming, no telling how another should do their work, no labeling and there becomes a larger interest in the person’s feelings, what they want and need. This is the language of the heart. It connects each of you to each other and to everything, whereas the critical way of communicating separates you from the community even if that community is your family or friends. What is considered important dear ones is how to communicate during stressful circumstances. Always try to relax in order to hear what is being said clearly, respond by replaying what was just said but in your own words for clarification and when you feel calm enough you will know when to express what is important to you. The more calm both parties are, the better all will be heard and understood. In order to effectively communicate you must be able to understand the words that are being addressed, but if one or both are upset, misunderstandings will be a definite outcome. Take the time to really listen dear ones. If you find yourself in a situation where you are both frustrated with how your conversation is progressing you need to understand your own inner foundation of knowledge that is not dependent on anything, being compassionate to yourself is very important for character building and increases your own self-confidence. When you seek empathy for yourself you are reaching for inner peace and calm – a place to balance and center yourself among any chaos that has crossed your path. Empathy dear ones is a skill that is becoming underdeveloped yet it is a very respectable ability if this skill is honed to mastery. We suggest dear ones to always express yourself with honesty through what you are observing. When you are choosing to express your feelings, speak of them but in a non-evaluative way. Make what you are wanting to achieve not a demand but a goal. When you are able to do this you will see Hope become part of your empathetic journey. When you are on the listening end dear ones, always hear what the other person is trying to say. Observe what is being said, make an attempt to guess or think how this person is feeling and if they correct you that is okay, simply repeat what is being retold so you have heard correctly in order to understand fully. After you understand, express your compassion towards them and offer how you may help. Most times dear ones, all another person really wants is to be heard, they don’t always come to have their problems fixed, they require human comfort and understanding and when you are able to drop all pretenses growth is reached for both or all involved. From what we have been able to see from where we sit, there is an automatic tendency to interpret everything you are observing. It is essential to be always aware of what is happening around you at all times but when you are not in a threatening situation, this sort of evaluating and interpreting doesn’t serve any purpose. What does occur if you choose to continue to always evaluate every situation as threatening, you will be adding toxic definitions to what it is you are observing. Information that is not there becomes added that has much to do with a past similar situation that becomes over imagined to the point worry has been created thus creating unwelcomed things to occur. It is such imaginings and projections that cause so many conflicts between relationships. And it is another good reason why it is incredibly important to communicate, reach with your heart, ask questions, and be in the KNOW. It is true that the majority of humans are not consciously aware of this process as it happens. You require seeing or hearing something in order to trigger a reaction or response. To develop better Compassionate Communication you must become aware of what it is you are observing and how it is possible to be adding your own additional content that includes your own imagination, your own worries and expectations possibly creating an interpretation that is critical, labeled with judgments from what you have analyzed. What needs to be done dear ones is bring this inner process into full consciousness in order for you to look and see if your thoughts regarding what you have observed is correct or if you need to make adjustments. When we hear this common complaint, “I feel rejected”, we are really hearing two distinct declarations. One declaration is that you are experiencing an uncomfortable feeling, the second declaration tells us that there is an accusation that someone did something wrong that caused you to feel rejected. When there is a complaint like this there is reason for discussion because it requires someone to clarify their actions that were possibly misunderstood. But when we hear you say how sad you are, that clearly defines an inner experience that has left you feeing sad. There is no complaint; it is pure feeling on your inner self at a specific moment. Many disagreements have been developed mainly dear ones from misunderstandings. To increase your ability to compassionately communicate you need to take a much closer look at how you really feel and how you are attributing an interpretation to what is happening within the situation. You cannot fully sense your needs, wants or desires while you still carry lingering judgments on them. And you cannot offer guidance to another if you still have judgments about their own values and needs. As you meander through your journey you are constantly distracted by many attractions and what it is you need to survive and to be happy. Such things can be from the most basic needs for shelter, food, love, sense of belonging and discovering your sense of purpose and desire to help make the world a cheerier place. It is whenever you feel what is important to you threatened in any way no matter how big or small is when you automatically react in a protective way. We urge you to understand dear ones the truth is that just about every person that shares this beautiful planet have the same basic needs. But it is when you stop communicating your needs, you stop working together and goals do not get met then you never get to discover that this other person actually does respect you and does wish you happiness. Unfortunately dear ones, many of your needs and desires become buried until you are barely conscious of them. And when it is necessary to express them you end up not being able to articulate them to others especially if you they are a threat of some kind and you fear you will be criticized as you have observed many times throughout your journey. We encourage you, each of you to become more conscious of the needs you have when you feel threatened and understand that all your needs and longings are created through the heart. Be brave dear ones and begin to articulate your feelings, express what it is you want that helps to find a way that is mutual to all that is involved without the need for verbal slander or any other kind of negative reaction. Realize the importance of accepting another person’s needs does not mean you are required to do anything. It is most important that your feelings, what is you want and need is heard and understood. The connection you are making through every communication is important. Through each communication there is ample opportunity for growth, understanding, to demonstrate your wizened heart, to develop deeper compassion for the person that has reached to you and to yourself. As you are helping someone just by listening, you are also helping yourself by reaching a higher level of consciousness that is healing and energizing. We will continue more about empathy and compassionate communication in our next message. It pleasures us to be here today, this new day as every day is a new day to learn something new, to discover a new skill or ability, to raise your consciousness or to master patience or another key virtuous characteristic, the potential for growth is presented to you each and every day dear ones, reach each day and be amazed at what you can achieve when you put your whole heart and soul into every effort. I AM Ascended Master through Julie Miller 40 Tips for a Better 2013 Posted by Sheri Baldwin on 1 January, 2013 Here we are at the beginning of 2013 - the year of manifestation. I wanted to share these tips with each and every one of you as I am sure, they will improve your life if you input them into your new year. 1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. While you walk, smile. It is the ultimate antidepressant. 2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Take this 10 minutes (or even 5 minutes if pressed for time) to think of everything that is going RIGHT and not wrong and to give thanks for what you do have. There are so many people out there who have it much worse than you. 3. Buy a DVR and record your late night shows and get more sleep. Sleep affects your weight, your health and your mental stability. 4. When you wake up in the morning, complete the following statement, "My purpose is to __________ today." 5. Live with the 3 E's - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy. 6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2012. 7. Make time to practice meditation and prayer. They will provide you with your daily fuel for your busy lives. 8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6. There is so much wisdom to learn from people in their 70's, 80's and older. Take time to absorb the information that comes from them. As far as kids go, try to remember what it was like to find everything so exciting and so new. You can learn a lot from kids. 9. Dream more while you are awake. 10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants. Eat less food that is manufactured in factories. 11. Drink green tea and plenty of filtered water. 12. Try to make at least 3 people smile each day. 13. Clean clutter from your home, your car, your desk and let the new and flowing energy come into your life. 14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, or issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment. 15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime. 16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out credit card. 17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the negative blues away. 18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. 22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present. 23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you. 25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words. "In five years, will this matter?" 26. Forgive everyone for everything. 27. What other people think of you is none of your business. 28. Ask, Believe, Receive (and it WILL happen) 29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. 31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful. 32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. 33. The best is yet to come. 34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. 35. Do the right thing. 36. Call your family often (or email them to death!) 37. Each night before you go to bed, complete the following statements: "I am thankful for ________. Today I accomplished ______________. 39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride. 40. May your troubles be less. May your blessings be more. May nothing but happiness come through your door. It just doesn't happen on it's own, YOU NEED to stop thinking negative thoughts and focus on wishing good things in your life and everyone around you. May your 2013 be a happy, blessed year. Please feel free to share the above so we may all have a better world to live in. Namaste, Sheri http://www.soaringfree.ca The illusion of time... Posted by Brett Diethert on 1 January, 2013 As I begin this 'new year', I realize that each moment is the beginning of a new age. Am I free to experience it, or am I stuck in the memories that limit my vision? If the effects of 'Y2K' and the Mayan calendar were so illusory, is dependence on our own calendar any less so? It's fine to use dates and times to organize life, but isn't the concept of time itself borrowed in order to have this amazing human experience? What does that suggest about my role as the creative force in my own life? Becoming A Preacher For The Absolute Truth Posted by Julian Colgan on 1 January, 2013 Once laying my eyes on the infinitely charming form of the Supremely Elegant Couple, what else is there to do but to lay out a royal carpet for each and every lotus foot print that They leave behind. Appearing in multiple forms and incarnations, what makes all avataras bow down to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the sheer love which spans the four ages of the life of Brahman. The Guru, being the concentrated essence of the Absolute Truth, conveys all three aspects of Godhead through His chanting of the holy names. The impersonal formless nature of the manifest creation appears as an eternally bright light that is devoid of any distinguishing qualities. Neutralizing every thought and emotion into a voidless void, the heart of a devotee remains empty and useless without the Lord’s beatific grace. As a preacher for the Absolute Truth, feeling even one moment of divine separation from Chaitanya Mahaprabhu far outlasts the quality of realizations obtained from merging with the impersonal noumenon. Crying red hot tears for Gauranga, the philosophy of liberation and self-annihilation becomes utterly tasteless, for how could a devotee dance with the Lord’s ecstasy if the Lord is not regarded as being infinitely superior to the conditionally chained down living entity. Aspiring for the paramatman, which is the localized presence of the Absolute Truth, devotion begins to manifest as the Lord of your heart is seen everywhere and in everything. Still yearning for a more personal realization of my heart’s sincere calls, the Hare Krishna mantra is my only solace in this world of philosophers and yogis of varying temperaments and opinions. Out of misunderstanding, many think that they can become the Lord through juggling words around and through becoming expert hatha yogis. Stretching the body and mind without stretching the soul’s devotion, yoga without religiosity is a form of healthy atheism. Praising bhakti yoga and the level of Bhagavan realization as being as good as the Absolute Truth’s highest summit of God Consciousness, the only Lord that is worshipable is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whether in the form of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu or Bhagavan Sri Krishna Himself, a devotee is capable of obtaining the boons of every other religious process by surrendering the heart, mind and soul to the devotionally moving experience that is His Name. Destroying all of the boundaries that were set up by contaminated religious authorities, pure devotion is as eternally liberating as seeing the Lord’s most intimate of forms shine forth from a tongue that is in love with the Lord’s Names. Within His Name is everything that the world searches for. Full of knowledge, consciousness and bliss, His Name is the bestower of the Supreme Opulence of Prema. Maddened because of His pastimes, millions of fortunate souls have brushed against the golden aura of Gauranga. Leaving this world completely purified by remembering His Name in happiness and in distress, I, the servant of Gopinatha, offer my realizations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to all who are humble enough to hear such statements of lowly faith. In praise of Bhaktisiddhanta Gosvami Maharaja, who, though having disappeared from this world, lives on through the seed like realizations of his most fallen and surrendered of devotees. Copyright - The Blue Cross And Shining Sunset Academy 修改訂閱 | 取消訂閱