Whatever we focus on is bound to expand. Where we see the negative, we
call forth more negative. And where we see the positive, we call forth
more positive. Having loved and lost, I now love more passionately.
Having won and lost, I now win more soberly. Having tasted the bitter,
I now savor the sweet.
Love in your mind produces love in your
life. This is the meaning of Heaven. Fear in your mind produces fear in
your life. This is the meaning of Hell.
In asking God to heal you, you are committing to the choice to be healed. This means the choice to change.
– (all the above by) Marianne Williamson
I know God promises not to give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn’t trust me so much.
– Mother Teresa
Evil
(ignorance) is like a shadow– it has no real substance of its own, it
is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by
trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other
form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to
disappear, you must shine light on it.
– Shakti Gawain
I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.
– John Cage
When
you indulge your anger, jealousy, vengefulness, or any other form of
fear, you turn your back on the nourishment the Universe provides
you. Indulging in your emotions with the intention of learning
from them is like eating from a banquet that never ends.
– Gary Zukav and Linda Francis
The
Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world. There is evil and disorder
in the world because people have forgotten that all things emanate from
one source. Return to that source and leave behind all self-centered
thoughts, petty desires, and anger. Those who are possessed by nothing
possess everything.
– Morihei Ueshiba
Don’t look outside
yourself for answers. Don’t seek refuge in the ideas, opinions and
advice of other people. Don’t go into your head and try to figure
things out. Surrender all of that, and seek the place where love
begins, in your own heart. It is your responsibility to reconnect with
the Source of love when you need to. No one else can do it for you.
– Paul Ferrini, Return to the Garden
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God
is all that there is. No matter what I am experiencing, it’s happening
within this one perfect Presence. That which I perceive, the act of
perception, and the perceiver are one. I see the face of God everywhere.
Today,
I decide to let my heart be completely opened to this Presence. Rather
than hold myself back or stand off to the side in skepticism, I dive in
to the complete experience of God.
The truth is that I can
experience God in many ways – as immutable law and unconditional Love.
As perfect principle and as the comforting presence within. I look
within myself and discover that I am ready to know God as both love and
law. I use the lawful nature of God intelligently, deliberately, and
with immediate results. There’s no need to check my intelligence at the
door to have a heart-centered experience of God. So with the amazing
intelligence I have been given by God, I now experience the radiant
presence within my own heart.
It’s nothing I need to reach,
to accomplish, or to find; it’s everywhere I am. There’s no ‘deserving’
that needs to take place; for this I was created. God is with me
always, and I know it with all of my mind – and all of my heart. In
complete gratitude, I let this word unfold in surprising and wonderful
ways. And so it is.
– The GoodStart List
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