{"id":782,"date":"2005-08-13T03:25:07","date_gmt":"2005-08-13T07:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peacefulhippo.wordpress.com\/2005\/08\/13\/782\/"},"modified":"2005-08-13T03:25:07","modified_gmt":"2005-08-13T07:25:07","slug":"782","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/2005\/08\/13\/782\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My heart, do not take pride in every thought,<br \/>\ndo not flutter like a moth around every light.<br \/>\nUntil you know yourself<br \/>\nyou will be distant from God.<br \/>\n&#8211; Rumi<\/p>\n<p>Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.<br \/>\n&#8211; Albert Einstein<\/p>\n<p>Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.<br \/>\n&#8211; Michael Pritchard<\/p>\n<p>Everything, every moment, every person, every stirring in your heart<br \/>\nmatters. Let yourself love and value life, and be overjoyed at the<br \/>\npositive difference that each of your moments can make.<br \/>\n&#8211; Ralph Marston<\/p>\n<p>Just because everything is different doesn&#8217;t mean anything has changed.<br \/>\n&#8211; Irene Peter<\/p>\n<p>Shifting your perception is the only change that you can affect.<br \/>\n&#8211; Carson&#8217;s Commentary<\/p>\n<p>If you can stop for a moment in your thinking and your questing and<br \/>\nlisten to the silence, you may start becoming aware of many levels of<br \/>\nconsciousness. You may become aware that you are on all levels of Light<br \/>\nsimultaneously. The trick is to learn to shift your awareness to where<br \/>\nyou wish to be.<br \/>\n&#8211; John-Roger, from <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Loving Each Day<\/span>, Volume 1, p. 247<\/p>\n<p>I am you.<br \/>\nYou are me.<br \/>\nWherever you go,<br \/>\nthere I am.<br \/>\nI am strewn everywhere.<br \/>\nEverywhere you collect me.<br \/>\nAnd as you do,<br \/>\nyou recollect yourself.<br \/>\n&#8211; Gnostic Gospel of Eve<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever felt like you don&#8217;t matter?&nbsp; Maybe you sometimes<br \/>\nfeel as though you are invisible?&nbsp; What about those times when<br \/>\nyour heart feels alone and unloved? &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are people who do not listen no matter how clearly or loudly you<br \/>\nmay be speaking to them.&nbsp; For now, we are not talking about<br \/>\nthem.&nbsp; We are talking about the other side of that situation&#8230;<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s the part where you are not, for whatever reason, letting others<br \/>\nknow what you need.<\/p>\n<p>What are some reasons you have, that you allow to keep yourself from asking others for their help in meeting your needs? &nbsp;<br \/>\nAsking for your needs feels selfish?&nbsp; Asking for help leaves you<br \/>\nfeeling weak or helpless?&nbsp; Asking for anything from anyone leaves<br \/>\nyou feeling vulnerable?&nbsp; Maybe you don&#8217;t like that feeling of<br \/>\nobligation that sometimes occurs when people do you a favor?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we expect others to know what we need without us having to<br \/>\nspeak it.&nbsp; Observe yourself in the next few days.&nbsp; What other<br \/>\nreasons do you find for keeping silent and allowing yourself to go<br \/>\nthrough your life feeling as though your needs are being ignored?<\/p>\n<p>Blessings of Light,<br \/>\nMarlana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My heart, do not take pride in every thought, do not flutter like a moth around every light. 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