30 December, 2016

Insight is knowledge


“If you have insight, you use your inner eye, 
your inner ear, to pierce to the heart of things, 
and have no need of intellectual knowledge.”

Chuang Tsu

Success in life ....


"The standard of success in life isn't the things.
 It isn't the money or the stuff. It is absolutely 
the amount of joy that you feel."

Esther Hicks (Abraham)

29 December, 2016

Earth, Teach Me


Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.
Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.
Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall.
Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.

An Ute Prayer

28 December, 2016

Flow...


“Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: 
Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. 
This is the ultimate.”

Chuang Tsu

27 December, 2016

Natural Vibration...


"You don't have to work at being in the high vibration that is natural to you, because it is natural to you. But you do have to stop holding the thoughts that cause you to lower your vibration. It's a matter of no longer giving your attention to things that don't allow your cork to float or don't allow you to vibrate in harmony with who you really are."

Esther Hicks (Abraham)

26 December, 2016

Wisdom...


"The only true wisdom is in 
knowing you know nothing."

Socrates

25 December, 2016

Gratitude...


"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; 
and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder."

G. K. Chesterton

24 December, 2016

Go Forward


When you are in doubt, be still, and wait;
when doubt no longer exists for you,
then go forward with courage.
So long as mists envelop you, be still;
be still until the sunlight pours
through and dispels the mists
as it surely will.
Then act with courage.

Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800's to 1914)
http://www.sapphyr.net/natam/quotes-nativeamerican.htm

23 December, 2016

Native American Prayers


Oh, Great Spirit
Whose voice I hear in the winds,
And whose breath gives life to all the world,
hear me, I am small and weak,
I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold
the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have
made and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand the things
you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons you have
hidden in every leaf and rock.

I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes.
So when life fades, as the fading sunset,
my Spirit may come to you without shame.

(translated by Lakota Sioux Chief Yellow Lark in 1887)
published in Native American Prayers - by the Episcopal Church.

22 December, 2016

The empty boat


“If a man crosses a river
and an empty boat collides with his own skiff,
Even though he be bad tempered man
He will not become very angry. 
But if he sees a man in the boat,
He will shout at him to steer clear.
If the shout is not heard, he will shout again, 
and yet again, and begin cursing.
And all because someone is in the boat.
Yet if the boat were empty,
He would not be shouting, and not angry.
If you can empty your own boat
Crossing the river of the world,
No one will oppose you, 
No one will seek to harm you” 

Chuang Tsu 

21 December, 2016

New requirements for evolution...



"The requirements for our evolution have changed. Survival is no longer sufficient. Our evolution now requires us to develop spiritually - to become emotionally aware and make responsible choices. It requires us to align ourselves with the values of the soul - harmony, cooperation, sharing, and reverence for life."

Gary Zukav*

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Zukav
Gary Zukav (born October 17, 1942) is an American spiritual teacher and the author of four consecutive New York Times Best Sellers.

18 December, 2016

Vibration Response...


"The Universe is not punishing you or blessing you. The Universe is responding to the vibrational attitude that you are emitting. The more joyful you are, the more Well-being flows to you — and you get to choose the details of how it flows"

Esther Hicks (Abraham)

Choices and excuses...


“When you abandon making choices, 
you enter the vast world of excuses.” 

Wayne Dyer

16 December, 2016

Heaven's way...


"Heaven’s Way does not contend, yet it certainly triumphs. It does not speak, yet it certainly answers. It does not summon, yet things come by themselves. It seems to be at rest, yet it certainly has a plan."

Tao Te Ching 

15 December, 2016

A candle...


13 December, 2016

Thoughts...


"We are what our thoughts have made us; 
so take care about what you think. 
Words are secondary. 
Thoughts live; they travel far."

 Swami Vivekananda

12 December, 2016

Treat the earth well...


"Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children."

American Indian Proverb

11 December, 2016

The Way


"The great Way is all-pervading. 
It reaches to the left and to the right. 
All things depend on it with their existence. 
Still it demands no obedience."

Tao Te Ching 

09 December, 2016

Eternity


"A tree says: my strength is trust. I know nothing about my fathers, I know nothing about the thousand children that every year spring out of me. I live out the secret of my seed to the very end, and I care for nothing else. I trust that God is in me. I trust that my labor is holy. Out of this trust I live."

Herman Hesse

07 December, 2016

Individual expression...


"Each individual is an expression of the collective 
consciousness of humanity and the collective 
consciousness of humanity is an expression 
of the One universal consciousness."

Eckhart Tolle

03 December, 2016

Highest art...


"The highest art is the art of living an 
ordinary life in an extraordinary manner."

Tibetan Proverb

02 December, 2016

Paradise...


"Go beyond your tangled thoughts
and find the splendor of paradise."

Rumi

01 December, 2016

Heaven...


“Heaven is a state of mind, not a location.” 

Wayne Dyer