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Part 1:
\nThe four conditions of happiness are simple: clear eyes, a quiet mind,
\na sense of beauty, and an open heart. Unhappiness is the dark effect of
\nrefusing to cultivate these essential elements for having imagined, by
\na false light, a contentment that does not exist.<\/p>\n
Part 2:
\nThe real limitation in life is a creation of the illusion that outside
\nof us exists something that — if we could only gain it — would have
\nthe effect of making of us more than we already possess the potential
\nto be.<\/p>\n
Part 3:
\nWe can only begin to change the world around us by becoming a conscious part of all that is changing.<\/p>\n
– Guy Finley<\/p>\n
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The places in our personality where we tend to deviate from love are not our faults, but our wounds…<\/p>\n
– Marianne Williamson<\/p>\n
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Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.<\/p>\n
– (Christopher Robin to Pooh) A.A. Milne<\/p>\n
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To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world
\ntells that you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.<\/p>\n
– Robert Louis Stevenson<\/p>\n
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There is only One, and that One is Spirit. It is present everywhere,
\nall at once, its perfection fully formed in all of its creation. It has
\nthe power to create anything I can imagine, and this power to create
\nworks naturally and effortlessly by means of spiritual laws. These laws
\nare impersonal, immutable, unchangeable, and utterly reliable. This One
\nis also the infinite intelligence of Life, knowing how to accomplish
\nwhatever I give it to do, and to do it with panache.<\/p>\n
I was not created to suffer, to learn lessons, to improve myself, or to
\nsomehow ‘get better’. I was created by the King of the Universe to
\ncreate a life that contains…whatever I choose. Because the laws of
\nthe Universe operate upon what I truly believe, if I believe that I
\nmust suffer to experience a life of spiritual connection, I receive
\nsuffering in abundance. If I believe that I’m here to learn something I
\ndidn’t pick up the first time around, life brings me many learning
\nopportunities until I learn by choice or by force. In precisely the
\nsame manner, if I believe that I am here to give and receive love
\nwithout limit, abundance without end, and joy without boundaries, that
\nis what I receive.<\/p>\n
I pay close attention to the subtleties of my mind and my heart. I
\nnotice when I’m believing in less than a perfect universe operating
\nperfectly. I see clearly each instance in which I act upon the belief
\nthat Life is finite, lacking intelligence, or capricious…AND CHANGE
\nMY MIND. I do this by using my innate and inherent spiritual power to
\nguide my beliefs to the Truth. Anything in me that is out of alignment
\nwith the greater _expression of Truth for me is now obliterated by
\nmeans of this treatment. I’m no longer willing to live life halfway. I
\ntrust in the infinite promise of Spirit, that I may have life and have
\nit more abundantly. I trust in the impersonal laws of Spirit, knowing
\nthat they work for me as well as anyone, and that they work perfectly,
\nevery time. I place my faith in the creator of all life, which
\nobviously includes me, knowing that this creator loves me without
\nlimit, and is always guiding me to my greater experience.<\/p>\n
I live this day knowing that I’m here to love, to give, and to celebrate! And I do. And so it is.
\n
\n– The GoodStart List<\/p>\n
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The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not the
\npossessing entity – the thinker. Knowing this enables you to
\nobserve the entity. The moment you start watching the thinker, a
\nhigher level of consciousness becomes activated.<\/p>\n
You then being to realize that there is a vast realm of intelligence
\nbeyond thought, that thought is only a tiny aspect of that
\nintelligence. You also realize that all the things that truly
\nmatter – beauty, love, creativity, joy, inner peace – arise from beyond
\nthe mind.<\/p>\n
You begin to awaken.<\/p>\n
– Eckhart Tolle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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