Life 03 (Jun 09 - Jul 09)

[winston]

Spend A Little Time With Yourself

Spend a little time with your Self and you will discover someone who...
is always on your side,
is always rooting for you,
always loves you no matter what,
loves to see you happy,
will do anything for you,
revels in your successes,
always believes in you,
knows your perfection,
adores you,
appreciates you,
admires you,
treasures you.

Spend a little time with your Self and you will discover someone who is...
pure,
whole,
complete and perfect,
healthy,
magnificent,
loved,
lovable,
worthy,
valuable,
powerful beyond measure,
infinitely good.

Spend a little time with your Self and you will discover...
YOU!

Source: followyoursoul.com

[winston]

Creating Your Best Life: Remember to Stretch by Melissa McCreery

As my body ages, I grow more aware of the power and importance of stretching. At some point, it became a necessary part of any workout. In my twenties, I could dash-and-go, but now, if I skip the post-exercise stretch, I notice it. I lose flexibility, I don't feel as good, and my workouts aren't as effective. Post-workout stretching is now non-negotiable.

Deliberate stretching in other areas, challenging our vision of who we are and how we define ourselves, is also important. For many, early adulthood is naturally about stretching--growing and developing into grown up lives; finding careers, connecting with important relationships, creating our families. We are learning and growing simply by the lessons and curves life throws at us daily.

As we get older, life may become more predictable and settled; fewer new things, more maintenance and responsibility. Stretching our minds and stretching with our actions might not happen so automatically. Or, we may tell ourselves we are too busy to take the time to stretch. It can be easy to spend every hour in the day just staying on course with the life we are living.

The thing is, if we don't stretch, we grow stiff, more rigid, and less flexible. We tend to become more confined or narrow in the way we see ourselves and in the options we define. Daily stretching does both a body and a mind considerable good.

"Do one thing everyday that scares you." Eleanor Roosevelt

This is one of my favorite quotes, but, don't let the quote itself scare you. I don't think Eleanor Roosevelt was suggesting that we simply jump into the midst of something terrifying. Stretching is meant to be a gentle act, but, you do want to stretch, don't let a bit of fear or anxiety stop you. Feeling anxiety usually indicates that you are addressing something that you care about. We feel anxious or fearful when we are invested in the outcome. Often, taking a risk that gives us butterflies means we are on the right track.

Slow and steady wins the race. Slow, deliberate, gentle, and consistent are some of the qualities that make stretching so powerful. It's not meant to be sudden or jerky. Aim for stretching the boundaries of your comfort zone on a consistent basis. You can probably stretch a little bit every day. Stretching happens in increments. Sometimes life happens in dramatic leaps, but usually, the new habits, learning and confidence happen by taking things one step--even one inch--at a time. Don't worry about what it will take to get to your final goal, just focus on the stretch you are taking in that moment, on that day.

Don't forget to dream. Stretching happens in both our thoughts and our actions. Sometimes, stretching means literally doing something that requires moving outside of your comfort zone--such as trying an activity you've never tried before. Stretching also has a powerful mental component. The mental stretch is almost always the first step.

If we don't know where we want to go, we aren't very likely to end up there. Very busy people sometimes view taking the time to dream as an indulgence or a luxury. Very successful people never do. Dreaming is the activity that helps us define and map out the direction of our lives. If we don't invest mental energy into thinking and dreaming about where and how we want to stretch, what we'd like to accomplish, or what's on our "bucket list," we tend to find that life just stays full of the same-old-same-old. Even more important, without the flexibility that comes with stretching, even the same-old-same-old can become more difficult and less rewarding.

http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Crea ... _Life.html

[winston]

Love, death, and sorrow are all the unknowable

We know only fragmentarily this extraordinary thing called life; we have never looked at sorrow, except through the screen of escapes; we have never seen the beauty, the immensity of death, and we know it only through fear and sadness.

There can be understanding of life, and of the significance and beauty of death, only when the mind on the instant perceives “what is”. You know, sirs, although we differentiate them, love, death, and sorrow are all the same; because, surely, love, death, and sorrow are the unknowable.

The moment you know love, you have ceased to love. Love is beyond time; it has no beginning and no end, whereas knowledge has; and when you say, “I know what love is”, you don’t. You know only a sensation, a stimulus. You know the reaction to love, but that reaction is not love.

In the same way, you don’t know what death is. You know only the reactions to death, and you will discover the full depth and significance of death only when the reactions have ceased.

The Collected Works vol XI, p 288

Source: jkrishnamurthi.com

[winston]

"Once a young woman asked Hafiz, "What is the sign of someone knowing the Divine?"

Hafiz remained silent for a few moments and looked deep into the young person's eyes, then said, "Dear, they have dropped the knife. They have dropped the cruel knife most so often use upon their tender self and others."

[winston]

Waking Up

When you become present, you awaken to Reality, to the Truth that all is well. Light dispels darkness, abundance fills lack and clarity replaces confusion.

You see no past to get over and no future to worry about. Only now exists. And you know that you are perfect, life is perfect, all is perfect, exactly the way it is.

Until you fully awaken, you mistake your conditioned dream for reality.

Source: follow yoursoul.com

[winston]

Compassion means passion for all

What is the relationship of a mind which has understood sorrow and therefore the ending of sorrow?

What is the quality of the mind that is no longer afraid of ending, which is death?

When energy is not dissipated through escape, then energy becomes the flame of passion. Compassion means passion for all. Compassion is passion for all.

Tradition and Revolution, p 4

Source: jkrishnamurthi.com

[winston]

You could remain in these bodies indefinitely if you would allow your environment to continue to produce new, continuing, life-summoning desire.

You could be one who opened your vortex to continually find new things to want, and those desires would continue to summon Life Force through you: you are living raucously, you are living joyously, you are living rambunctiously, you are living passionately... And then, from that same framework -- you make a conscious decision to make your transition.

--- Abraham

Excerpted from the workshop in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, July 25th, 1999

Source: abraham-hicks.com

[winston]

Every thought leaves an impression on the mind, so be ever alert that contact with evil is avoided.

Ideas which are opposed to spiritual tendencies, that narrow the limits of love, that provoke anger or greed, or that cause disgust, have to be shut out.

For the aspirant, this is the most essential discipline. One must sublimate such thoughts before they cause an impact on the mind, and should concentrate on the very source of the thinking process.

This can be achieved by the practice of equanimity, unaffectedness or balance. The path of devotion and dedication is the easiest for most. It is attainable by love, for love leads you quickly to the Goal.

- Divine Discourse, Nov 14, 1976

Source: radiosai.org

[winston]

Your Own Personal Best

Your best is always changing. As you grow, expand and evolve, your best also expands and evolves.

You cannot judge one person's 'best' based on another's or on yours. Your best is yours and no one else's. We each experience life on an individual and personal level and expand at an individual and personal pace. There are as many 'bests' as there are beings on the planet and even those 'bests' are evolving moment to moment.

Do your own personal best and be happy with wherever you are knowing that your own personal best will expand along with you as you expand.

Source: followyoursoul.com

[millionairemind]

And you say you have enough of life?? and your life is full of shit??

Get a grip and look around, we are all very very blessed.

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