Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket.
\n– Swami Chinmayananda<\/p>\n
\u2026finding a spiritual solution to every problem involves doing the only Kindness if the touch of God. If God is love, kindness is the key to If we want to be rid of darkness, we must turn on a light. Similarly, Notice the acts of kindness other people do rather than their People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read. Man made “God” in his own image. The eternal, the infinite, and …a growing number of followers of traditional religions are able to Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. So how do you know what to commit to? When something resonates in your If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought. The distance doesn’t matter; only the first step is difficult. =====<\/p>\n \n“Unforgiveness makes us sick.”<\/span><\/p>\n For many of us it\u2019s hard to understand that a dear friend suffering Forgiveness might not erase the physical ailment, but her mental state When we have a headache or suffer from indigestion, we are quick to “Am I hanging on to an old hurt? The condition of my body may give me a clue today.”<\/p>\n <\/span>– Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing The Course<\/span><\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n “Mistakes are merely teaching and learning opportunities.”<\/span><\/p>\n When the shame and guilt we cultivate because of our errors create more We can instantly halt the momentum, however. That\u2019s the promise Jesus The holy Inner Voice has only soft, understanding words to offer in “I will look upon my struggles today as opportunities to hear the Holy Spirit\u2019s message.”<\/span><\/p>\n – Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing The Course<\/span><\/p>\n =====<\/p>\n Some of us may have made a decision that no one was ever going to hurt That was yesterday. Today, we don’t have to be so frightened of pain. Maybe our pain is showing us we need to set a boundary; maybe it’s It’s okay to feel hurt; it’s okay to cry; it’s okay to heal; it’s okay “Today, I will not strike out at those – Melody Beattie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket. – Swami Chinmayananda \u2026finding a spiritual solution to every problem involves doing the only thing I can do with my life. That is, giving it away and being simultaneously grateful for the opportunity to do so. – Wayne Dyer, There\u2019s a Spiritual Solution to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthing I can do with my life. That is, giving it away and being
\nsimultaneously grateful for the opportunity to do so.
\n– Wayne Dyer, There\u2019s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem<\/span><\/p>\n
\nhappiness, freedom, and true success. And if God is one, it is
\nimpossible that the practice of love would mean choosing between myself
\nand another. I am being dishonest when I say that I must put myself
\nfirst. I must put love first. Today I will use the most powerful and
\ntransformative of all spiritual practices: I will be kind. I will be
\nkind to myself, to everyone I encounter, and to everyone who crosses my
\nmind.
\n– Hugh Prather, Morning Notes<\/span><\/p>\n
\nif we want to be rid of fear, we cannot fight it but must replace it
\nwith love.
\n– Marianne Williamson<\/p>\n
\nwrongdoing. This is how God views you. We are all good, decent, loving
\nsouls who occasionally get lost.
\n– Wayne Dyer<\/p>\n
\n– Thich Nhat Hanh<\/p>\n
\n– Marcel Proust<\/p>\n
\n– Albert Einstein<\/p>\n
\nvoices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face
\nthe truth.
\n– Katherine Mansfield<\/p>\n
\n– Thomas Jefferson<\/p>\n
\nunnameable was reduced to a mental idol that you had to believe in and
\nworship as ‘my god’ or ‘our god’.
\n– Eckhart Tolle<\/p>\n
\nlet go of identification with form, dogma, and rigid belief systems and
\ndiscover the original depth that is hidden within their own spiritual
\ntradition at the same time as they discover the depth within
\nthemselves. They realize that how ‘spiriitual’ you are has nothing to
\ndo with what you believe but everything to do with your state of
\nconsciousness.
\n– Eckhart Tolle<\/p>\n
\n– Henry Van Dyke<\/p>\n
\nheart, when it sings to you, when it affects you deeply, then you know
\nto commit wholeheartedly to it. It is important not to submit our time
\nandenergy to things that do not mean anything to us as those things
\ndrain our energy. It is important to clarify whether the motivation to
\ndo something comes from the heart or from the mind… is it a desire or
\nis it an obligation? If you are committing to something because it
\ntruly appeals to you, then it will bring you pleasure, health,
\nsatisfaction, and abundance.
\n– Marie T. Russell<\/p>\n
\n– Peace Pilgrim<\/p>\n
\n– Mme. du Deffand<\/p>\n
\nfrom a terminal illness has been made sick by her unforgiveness. She
\nmay not even seem angry or resentful, perhaps. Yet the Course tells us
\nthat hanging on to the past hurts and hinders our present health. Could
\nher acknowledgment of this and willingness to forgive make her well?<\/p>\n
\nwould reflect a more loving attitude, which is where one\u2019s actual
\n“wellness” lies. The body embraces what the mind projects. Fully
\nunderstanding this principle gives us the capacity to create miraculous
\nlives.<\/p>\n
\nlook outside for the cause. While the external environment may be harsh
\nand demanding, it can\u2019t make us sick. It doesn\u2019t determine our
\nattitude. Taking responsibility for who we are is the most healing
\naction we can take.<\/p>\n
\nmistakes they gain momentum. Instead of growing from our mistakes, we
\nlet them diminish us. And so our relationships with others are likewise
\ndiminished.<\/p>\n
\nhas made us. But how do we do it? The decision to look upon every
\ncircumstance through the loving eyes of the inner Spirit helps resist
\nthe knee-jerk response we\u2019ve grown accustomed to making. Until we
\nexperiment with this change, we can\u2019t imagine the results.<\/p>\n
\neven the most difficult of times. Being soothed through the minefield
\nmakes us appreciate the opportunities we have for listening anew.<\/p>\n
\nus again. We may automatically go on “feelings freeze mode” when faced
\nwith emotional pain. Or, we may terminate a relationship the first time
\nwe feel hurt. Hurt feelings are a part of life. It is understandable
\nthat we don’t want to feel any more pain. Many of us have had more than
\nour share, in fact, at some time in our life, we may have been
\noverwhelmed, crushed, or stopped in our tracks by the amount of pain we
\nfelt. We may not have had the resources to cope with our pain or take
\ncare of ourselves.<\/p>\n
\nIt does not have to overwhelm us. We are becoming strong enough to deal
\nwith hurt feelings. And we don’t have to become martyrs, claiming that
\nhurt feelings and suffering are all there is to life. We need only
\nallow ourselves to feel vulnerable enough to feel hurt, when that’s
\nappropriate, and take responsibility for our feelings, behaviors, and
\nwhat we need to do to take care of ourselves. We don’t have to analyze
\nor justify our feelings. We need to feel them, and try not to let them
\ncontrol our behavior.<\/p>\n
\nshowing us we’re going in a wrong direction; maybe it’s triggering a
\ndeep healing process.<\/p>\n
\nto move on to the next feeling, when it’s time. Our willingness and
\ncapacity to feel joy will eventually match our willingness and capacity
\nto feel hurt. Being conscious does not mean immunity from pain; it
\nmeans learning to take loving care of ourselves when we are in pain.<\/p>\n
\nwho cause me pain. I will feel my emotions and take responsibility for
\nthem. I will accept hurt feelings as part of being in relationships. l
\nam willing to surrender to the pain as well as the joy in life.”<\/span><\/p>\n