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MajestyJo
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 Posted - 09/04/2007 : 00:05:11
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Look inside for direction
“If you see your path laid out in front of you -- Step one, Step two,
Step three -- you only know one thing... it is not your path. Your path
is created in the moment of action. If you can see it laid out in front
of you, you can be sure it is someone else's path. That is why you see
it so clearly.”
-- Joseph Campbell
What? No one to follow? Now that’s a scary thought!
And yet, that’s what life asks each of us to do – to chart our own
path. We are each unique. We’re told our uniqueness is our gift to the
world. And so why would we even want to follow in someone else’s footsteps?
Can we trust ourselves to carve our own trail?
“To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow
intuitive feeling.”
-- Jean Shinoda Bolen
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2007 : 00:08:40
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Look inside for direction
“If you see your path laid out in front of you -- Step one, Step two,
Step three -- you only know one thing... it is not your path. Your path
is created in the moment of action. If you can see it laid out in front
of you, you can be sure it is someone else's path. That is why you see
it so clearly.”
-- Joseph Campbell
What? No one to follow? Now that’s a scary thought!
And yet, that’s what life asks each of us to do – to chart our own
path. We are each unique. We’re told our uniqueness is our gift to the
world. And so why would we even want to follow in someone else’s footsteps?
Can we trust ourselves to carve our own trail?
“To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow
intuitive feeling.”
-- Jean Shinoda Bolen
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2007 : 00:10:56
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"Sing Your Own Song"
"Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of
time, you are incomparable."
-- Brenda Ueland
Great forces are directing you to conform to the patterns of your
society. You have DNA that has been handed down from generation to
generation, coding repeated behaviour patterns into your being. You have
archetypal energies setting the standards for how you behave as a man or a
woman, as husband or wife, as father or mother .... You are immersed in
consensual reality, whereby the world around you reflects societal
understanding of how life has been and is to be.
At the same time, you have an even greater force within you inspiring
you to wake up and recognize the reality of who you are. This force, the
creative power underlying the entire universe, is urging you to create
brand new standards of reality.
The status quo is blind to our creative power. Create a brand new world
for yourself, one that meets your deepest needs, and you will help
raise the quality of consciousness of the entire world.
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-- Gandhi
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
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Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2007 : 00:12:06
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Higher perspectives
“Bias and impartiality is in the eye of the beholder.”
-- Lord Barnett
According to Andrew Schneider, the radical difference between
personality awareness and soul consciousness is a difference in perspectives.
Acquiring a soul perspective allows us to see things differently – and we
always see a more inclusive, universal picture. This expanded view
adds to an understanding, enjoyment and appreciation of life.
If I insist on hanging on to a personality perspective that is contrary
to a soul perspective, the two perspectives will clash. This
challenges me to find a way through to a deeper truth than I previously knew.
This kind of tension between soul and personality positions is typical of
the prelude to transformation that is a vital part of the soul
journey.
“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is
born again.”
-- Sylvia Plath
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2007 : 10:46:41
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Seek union over separation
“Beliefs separate. Loving thoughts unite.”
-- Paul Ferrini
Our ego focuses on how we are different from the rest of the world. We
connect with soul when we experience how we are the same.
Any time you separate yourself from other people or from situations,
you know your personality is in control. At such times, shift your
perspective to build connection and you will move into soul.
“As a holistic being you shatter the illusion of your separateness and
reveal your connection to everything. This empowers you in a way that
the ego-driven self could never contemplate.”
-- Wayne Dyer
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
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Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2007 : 11:04:00
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Time for stillness
“We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value
that we forget that the inner value, the rapture that is associated with
being alive, is what it's all about.”
-- Joseph Campbell
The sages all say that the path to liberation is found in entering the
stillness within. To experience that stillness, we need to be willing
to regularly stop the activity for a while.
How do we do this in a busy life? We set our priorities. Perhaps it
means giving up a TV program or using a coffee break to grab a few moments
of solitude. Perhaps we have to ask our partner, relative or neighbour
to give us 30 minutes of time away from the kids. If we really want
something, we can make it happen.
"Learn to pause... or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you."
-- Doug King
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2007 : 11:08:25
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| I really like the last quote. My head can get busy and the rest of me tends to follow although not as much as it use to. I am grateful for that stillness. It is important for me to be grounded and centered and maintain a balance within myself. |
Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
Edited by - MajestyJo on 09/10/2007 18:49:20 |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2007 : 00:00:51
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We experience what we believe
"You are free to believe what you choose and what you do attests to
what you believe."
-- A Course of Miracles
You most likely believe that your experiences have taught you what is
real and what is true – at least for you. However, what you may not know
is that your beliefs – conscious and unconscious – have determined
what you would experience.
Experiences do not determine what you believe. What you first of all
believe is what you will experience. It follows, then, that if you wish
to experience life in new ways, you need to examine your belief systems.
Change your consciousness and you’ll change your life.
“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”
-- Richard Bach |
Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2007 : 09:44:20
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We experience what we believe
"You are free to believe what you choose and what you do attests to
what you believe."
-- A Course of Miracles
You most likely believe that your experiences have taught you what is
real and what is true – at least for you. However, what you may not know
is that your beliefs – conscious and unconscious – have determined
what you would experience.
Experiences do not determine what you believe. What you first of all
believe is what you will experience. It follows, then, that if you wish
to experience life in new ways, you need to examine your belief systems.
Change your consciousness and you’ll change your life.
“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”
-- Richard Bach
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2007 : 09:47:40
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Smart questions to keep handy
“Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better
questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”
-- Anthony Robbins
Last time, we talked about questions to avoid. Today, let’s consider
some that are truly empowering:
- Is there a message for me in this experience?
- What’s the gift in this situation?
- What can I learn from this?
- What’s the most loving thing I could do now?
- What’s the most important thing for me to focus on now?
- What would I do if I knew I could not fail?
- What would I do if there were nothing to fear?
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
-- Francis Bacon
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/13/2007 : 12:04:29
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Speak kindly to yourself
?What is this self inside us, this silent observer,
Severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us,
And urge us on to futile activity,
And in the end, judge us still more severely,
For the errors into which his own reproaches drove us??
-- T. S. Eliot
How do you talk to yourself? Would you talk that way to anyone else?
Our thoughts create our reality. How do you typically think about
yourself? Do you berate yourself for being stupid, sloppy, forgetful or
insensitive? Do you watch yourself with interest, respect and compassion?
Stay alert to your self-talk and let go of judgments that don?t serve
you.
"Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to
myself."
-- Nathaniel Branden
This reminds me of one of my favorite saying heard in recovery. "Are you your own best friend." |
Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/14/2007 : 22:15:08
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Accepting reality
“...self-contempt never inspires lasting change.”
-- Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter
I can suck myself down into a deep, black hole when I focus on what I
think I SHOULD be… more loving, sexy, productive, whatever. Thinking I
should be something else means I’m not good enough now. This is poverty
thinking and a guaranteed way to be miserable.
I can let go of this suffering by accepting WHAT IS. I can say, “This
is how I am right now and that’s okay.”
When I first tried this, I could say it but not believe it. Then I
began to experience the freedom this perspective brings – just by changing
my mind! Now I’m beginning to believe it. What a gift!
“When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and
fearless.”
-- Byron Katie
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/15/2007 : 10:59:05
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What heals?
“Paradoxically, a group of humans becomes healing and converting only
after its members have learned to stop trying to heal and convert.
Community is a safe place precisely because no one is attempting to heal or
convert you, to fix you, to change you. Instead, the members accept you
as you are. You are free to be you. And being so free, you are free to
discard defenses, masks, disguises; free to seek your own
psychological and spiritual health; free to become your whole and holy self.”
-- Scott Peck
I really like this last line. I often think of my HP as my Higher Self, or (W)Holy Spirit. It may not be spelled right but it feels right.
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2007 : 08:46:38
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Limited perspectives
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who
could not hear the music.”
-- Angela Monet
We never have enough information to enable us to fully understand the
truth of the reality around us. And there is never only one correct
perspective about anything.
Knowing this helps me let go of my tendency to label things as good or
bad. I suffer least when I can accept reality just as it is. And I
benefit most when I open my heart and mind in appreciation.
“If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you,
but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out
that judgment now.”
-- Marcus Aurelius
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 02:07:20
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"We should be encouraged, not discouraged, by seeing how muchwork we
have to do on ourselves. It means we are awakening toour actual
condition, we are seeing our self-defeating attitudes.People who live in
self-images of being positive and wise andpleasant see no need whatever to
work on themselves, so theyremain in the suffering caused by living in
dreamland. The worsewe see ourselves to be, the more encouraged we should
be, for ifyou know all about darkness, you also know about dawn."
This reminds me of a discussion at my home group on Monday night. A fellow member and I were discussion how much growth we experienced as a result of working through the feelings as a result of quitting smoking. Under the anger there was a not of rejection and abandonment issues that I hadn't dealt with because I had never felt due to stuffing them with smoking and eating.
No pain, no gain.
Love Always,
Jo
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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MajestyJo
Average Member
Canada
590 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2007 : 18:13:37
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The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the
measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by one's
ability to succeed in times of trial where others may fail. But of no
less importance, and perhaps foundational to any form of greatness, is
one's willingness to start over in spite of failure, when success seems
farthest away.
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Love Always,
Each Day is a New Beginning, so have a great one. |
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