posted June 07, 2018 10:34 AM            

"An emotion usually represents an amplified and energized thought pattern, and because of its often overpowering energetic charge, it is not easy initially to stay present enough to be able to watch it. It wants to take you over, and it usually succeeds - unless there is enough presence in you. If you are pulled into unconscious identification with the emotion through lack of presence, which is normal, the emotion temporarily becomes "you". Often a vicious circle builds up between your thinking and your emotion: they feed each other. The thought pattern creates a magnified reflection of itself in the form of an emotion, and the vibrational frequency of the emotion keeps feeding the original thought pattern. By dwelling mentally on the situation, event, or person that is the perceived cause of the emotion, the thought feeds energy to the emotion, which in turn energizes the thought pattern, and so on.

Basically, all emotions are modifications of one primordial, undifferentiated emotion that has its origin in the loss of awareness of who you are beyond name and form. Because of its undifferentiated nature, it is hard to find a name that precisely describes this emotion. "Fear" comes close, but apart from a continuous sense of threat, it also includes a deep sense of abandonment and incompleteness. It may be best to use a term that is as undifferentiated as that basic emotion and simply call it "pain". One of the main tasks of the mind is to fight or remove that emotional pain, which is one of the reasons for its incessant activity, but all it can ever achieve is to cover it up temporarily. In fact, the harder the mind struggles to get rid of the pain, the greater the pain. The mind can never find the solution, nor can it afford to allow you to find the solution, because it is itself an intrinsic part of the "problem". Imagine a chief of police trying to find an arsonist when the arsonist is the chief of police. You will not be free of that pain until you cease to derive your sense of self from identification with the mind, which is to say from ego. The mind is then toppled from its place of power and Being reveals itself as your true nature.

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posted June 11, 2018 07:58 PM            

The Law of Balance: Finding the Middle Way

If gravity is the glue
that holds the universe together,
balance is the key
that unlocks its secrets.
Balance applies
to our body, mind and emotions,
to all levels of our being.
It reminds us that anything we do,
we can overdo and underdo,
and that if the pendulum
of our lives or habits
swings too far to one side,
it will inevitably swing to the other.

The Law of Choices: Reclaiming Our Power

We are both burdened and blessed by
the great responsibility of free will -
the power of choice.
Our future is determined in large part,
by the choices we make now.
We cannot always control our circumstances,
but we can and do choose
our response to whatever arises.
Reclaiming the power of choice,
we find the courage
to live fully in the world.

The Law of Process: Taking Life Step-by-Step

Process transforms any journey
into a series of small steps,
taken one by one,
to reach any goal.
Process transcends time,
teaches patience,
rests on a solid foundation
of careful preparation,
and embodies trust
in our unfolding potential.

The Law of Presence: Living in the Moment

Time is a paradox,
stretching between a "past" and "future"
that have no reality
except in our own minds.
The idea of time
is a convention of thought and language,
a social agreement.
Here is the deeper truth:
we have only this moment.

The Law of Compassion: Awakening Our Humanity

The universe does not judge us;
it only provides consequences and lessons
and opportunities to balance and learn
through the law of cause and effect.
Compassion is the recognition that
we are each doing the best we can
within the limits
of our current beliefs and capacities.

The Law of Faith: Trusting in Spirit

posted June 14, 2018 04:44 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by SDragon:
The Laws of Spirit - Dan Millman
Chapter Preface

The Law of Balance: Finding the Middle Way

If gravity is the glue
that holds the universe together,
balance is the key
that unlocks its secrets.
Balance applies
to our body, mind and emotions,
to all levels of our being.
It reminds us that anything we do,
we can overdo and underdo,
and that if the pendulum
of our lives or habits
swings too far to one side,
it will inevitably swing to the other.

The Law of Choices: Reclaiming Our Power

We are both burdened and blessed by
the great responsibility of free will -
the power of choice.
Our future is determined in large part,
by the choices we make now.
We cannot always control our circumstances,
but we can and do choose
our response to whatever arises.
Reclaiming the power of choice,
we find the courage
to live fully in the world.

The Law of Process: Taking Life Step-by-Step

Process transforms any journey
into a series of small steps,
taken one by one,
to reach any goal.
Process transcends time,
teaches patience,
rests on a solid foundation
of careful preparation,
and embodies trust
in our unfolding potential.

The Law of Presence: Living in the Moment

Time is a paradox,
stretching between a "past" and "future"
that have no reality
except in our own minds.
The idea of time
is a convention of thought and language,
a social agreement.
Here is the deeper truth:
we have only this moment.

The Law of Compassion: Awakening Our Humanity

The universe does not judge us;
it only provides consequences and lessons
and opportunities to balance and learn
through the law of cause and effect.
Compassion is the recognition that
we are each doing the best we can
within the limits
of our current beliefs and capacities.

The Law of Faith: Trusting in Spirit

Faith is our direct link to universal wisdom,
reminding us that we know more
than we have heard or read or studied -
that we have only to look, listen,
and trust the love and wisdom
of the Universal Spirit
working through us all.

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posted March 22, 2020 09:37 AM            

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Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?
This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;
Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?

Did you give a cheerful greeting to the friend who came along?
Or a churlish sort of "Howdy" and then vanish in the throng?
Were you selfish pure and simple as you rushed along the way,
Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?

Can you say tonight, in parting with the day that's slipping fast,
That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;
Does a man whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead?

posted March 22, 2020 06:16 PM            

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Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.

posted March 25, 2020 08:27 PM            

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We are not hens’ eggs, or bananas, or clothespins,

to be counted off by the dozen.

Down to the last detail we are all different.

Everyone has his own fingerprints.

Recognize and rejoice in that endless variety.

The white light of the divine purpose streams down from heaven

to be broken up by these human prisms

into all the colors of the rainbow.

Take your own color in the pattern

and be just that.

posted April 01, 2020 06:32 PM            

I heard of two artists who were asked to illustrate peace. Each was assigned the task of depicting a peaceful scene on canvas. The first artist drew a beautiful picture of a countryside on a warm, spring day. A soft sun illumines green grass. A picturesque farm house and grazing cattle are bathed in its warmth. A farmer walks contentedly behind strong plow horses making his field ready for spring planting. The picture is one of beauty and quiet tranquility.

The other artist took a different approach. He drew a majestic, rugged cliff. Gnarled trees, twisted by years of violent winds, jut from the craggy mountainside. Dark clouds hang low and fierce while jagged streaks of lightening slash across an angry sky. The picture is one of violence, chaos and rage.

But as one looks closely, something else becomes visible. There in one of the crevices of the rocky mountain, tucked back just out of reach of the wind and rain -- a nest with two small birds. Apparently unconcerned about the impending storm, they appear calm, cozy and peaceful as they patiently wait for the turbulence to pass.

And isn't that the way it so often is? We may want to be surrounded by peace, but storms rage. Problems and pressures without threaten to steal peace of mind within.

The answer is imperturbability: inner peace which doesn't leave when circumstances change. It's a peace which is greater than the problems of life, built on assurance that the tempest will finally pass, we will survive the storm, we may grow stronger because of it and, in the meantime, we will not endure it alone. Imperturbability -- it's the result of a peace which passes understanding. For serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.

posted April 04, 2020 02:14 PM            

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Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, the eagle sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm. When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God's power to lift us above them.

posted April 04, 2020 02:21 PM            

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The beauty of the trees,
the softness of the air,
the fragrance of the grass,
speaks to me.

The summit of the mountain,
the thunder of the sky,
the rhythm of the sea,
speaks to me.

The faintness of the stars,
the freshness of the morning,
the dew drop on the flower,
speaks to me.

The strength of fire,
the taste of salmon,
the trail of the sun,
And the life that never goes away,
They speak to me.