What Is Important

"What is important is to realize that weather we understand fully who we are or what will happen when we die. It is our purpose to continue to grow as human beings to look with in our self to find and build upon that source of peace, understanding and strength Which is our inner self and then to reach out to others with love, acceptance, patient guidance and hope for what we may become together."
~ Elisabeth Kubler/Ross "Death the final frontier"

Wisdom

“I never met any body I couldn’t learn something from, we are all smart and we are all dumb, just in different areas” ~ Will Rogers

The Hardest Work

“The hardest work you have to do is to learn to depend on your inner self. Because you have been taught to look always to some one else.” ~ Venice Bloodworth

Unconditional Love

“Unconditional love Is Gods Love, and we may be able to share it if we learn not to Judge, for until we do we will be disappointed, on how it is received, our expectations will rob us of the joy, that is inherent in it. In India they have a saying about the rain “The rain grows the flowers in the garden and the thorns in the marshes.” You see rain dose not discriminate who it waters, it doesn’t with hold from the marshes because of its thorns, so we can be like the rain giving freely of our love with out discrimination, and see the Joy we will witness in doing.” ~ Father Anthony Demello

Principle

"We have tested the many ways we can live with one another without our basic need to be loving and supportive. We have repressed this need for love and support, avoided it, distorted it, and manipulated it. It is now time to return to it, acknowledge it, surrender to it, and enjoy it. We are exhausted by our attempts to run away from it any longer. We are literally calling to each other in the only ways we know, beseeching one another to return to our basic natures. Principle tells us that every unloving act is a call for love and support. This is particularly true of acts that appear to be angry and attacking. It is the key to our return to a life of peace and harmony. We must recognize that apparent anger and aggressiveness is grounded in frustration- based on a long period of forgetting who we are and what we truly wish from one another. It is time for us to hear one another's call and respond. All we need to do is to respond in love, and the caller will acknowledge in appreciation. There is no limit to the ways we can support each other. A relationship based upon principle is one in which we align ourselves with the Universe and, in partnership with it, explore the many ways we can express our love and support for each other." ~ Arnold M. Patent in his Book "Death Taxes and Other Illusions"

Understanding

“Understanding comes with the awareness of what is. There can be no understanding if there is condemnation of or identification with what is. If you condemn a child or identify yourself with him, then you cease to understand him. So being aware of a thought or a feeling as it arises, without condemning it or identifying with it, you will find that it unfolds ever more widely and deeply, and thereby discover the whole content of what is. To understand the process of what is, there must be choiceless awareness, a freedom from condemnation, justification, and identification. When you are vitally interested in fully understanding something, you give your mind and heart, withholding nothing. But unfortunately you are conditioned, educated, disciplined through religious and social environment to condemn or to identify, and not to understand. To condemn is stupid and easy, but to understand is arduous, requiring pliability and intelligence. Condemnation, as identification, is a form of self-protection. Condemnation or identification is a barrier to understanding. To understand the confusion, the misery in which one is, and so of the world, you must observe its total process. To be aware and pursue all its implications requires patience, to follow swiftly, and to be still.”
~ J. Krishnamu

Locked In

Igmard Gustafson’s locked in
All of my life I spent in a Coconut it was cramped and dark especially in the morning when I had to shave. But what pained me most was that I had no way to get in touch with the outside world. If no one out there happened to find the coconut and was nice enough to crack it open then I was doomed to live my life in a coconut and even die in a coconut I died in my coconut a couple of years later they found me shrunk and crumpled inside Oh what a shame they said only if we could have found him earlier maybe we could have saved him. maybe there are more like him so they started cracking open every coconut in reach No use , Meaningless A waste of time , A person who choose to live in a coconut must be a nut in a million but they didn't know that I have a Brother in law who lives in a acorn

Trials

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
- James Buckham

Traditions

"Do not believe in the strength of traditions even if they have been held in honor for many generations and in many places; do not believe anything because many people speak of it; do not believe on the strength of sagas of old times; do not believe that which you have yourself imagined, thinking a god has inspired you. Believe nothing which depends only on the authority of your masters or priests. After investigation, believe that which you yourself have tested and found reasonable, and which is for your good and that of others."
A Tibetan Buddhist Teaching

Mind

Mind is the Master-power that molds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills:-- He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking-glass. Tempest-tossed souls, wherever you may be, under whatever conditions you may live, know this: In the ocean of life the isles of blessedness are smiling and the sunny shore of your ideal awaits your coming. Keep your hands firmly upon the helm of thought. In the core of your soul reclines the commanding Master; He does but sleep; wake Him. Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. Say unto your heart, "Peace. Be still." ~by James Allen

sense of purpose

We have lost our sense of purpose. In our mad quest to acquire objects, accolades, and experiences, we have forgotten how to live. Our obsession with doing has cost us our being; the race to get there has blinded us to what is here. We have allowed our intellects to strangle our hearts, forgetting that the source of life emanates from within us, not out there somewhere. At a crucial point in our soul's journey we realize that the quality of our life is more important than any material activity or possession. Gandhi

Free Will

"The Universal Law of our Universe is "FREE WILL". The future of the planet is literally determined by this law. If we promote FREE WILL, we will progress in love and peace. But if the path is continued to usurp our free will by Governments, Laws, Institutions, and Religions, and not allow all of mankind to have free will, and self determination we will destroy ourselves and the planet." Andrea Puharich, PhD 1990

Sadness

"For sadness is the most mischievous of all spirits, and the worst to servants of god. It destroys the spirits of all men, and torments the holy spirit... Remove therefore sadness from thyself... Wherefore clothe thyself with cheerfulness, which has always favor with the lord, and thou shalt rejoice in it. For every cheerful man does well; and relishes those things that are good, and despises sadness". II Hermas; 10: 2- 18- 19 Lost Books Of the Bible

Life

"We live in the midst of details that keep us running round in circles and never getting anywhere but tired, or that bring on nervous breakdowns and coronary thrombosis. The answer is not to take to the woods, but to find out what we really want to do and then cut out the details that fritter away what is most valuable in life. Live deep instead of fast." Henry Seidel Canby

Braking the old Paradine

"Since the beginning of mans evolution from the beginning of time till now. we have been coming to a particular turning point. all through the history of man kind the context for our living was very simple there was not engulf to go around. Only one of us was going to get this food and it was either you or me, and if only one of us was going to survive it was not going to be you. In a world of you or me we knew that the way to deal with the enemy was to get rid of them. The way to deal with the enemy is to simply kill them off ,because then we would get rid of them. only then what happens is there kids grow up and then they kill us off, and our kids grow up and kill them off, and so the story goes. the whole history of mankind is an endless tail of not might for right, but might is right. the big fish eat the little fish. and some time around now and the last fifty years something has occurred which now has opened a space witch has never here to for been available. a space has been opened to human being's today that has never before been possible in the history of evolution, it has not been possible. for the first time there is enough to go around. it no longer has to be you or me. The new context is you and me. for the first time the Nobel prize people proved scientifically with out a shadow of a doubt that there is enough to go around. Bucky Fuller proved with mathematics that if we where to divide up the recourses and spread it to every one of the planet , we would all be billionaires. for the first time in humane history the context which is now available, the space that is now available, that we can live our lives out of is you and me! you see up in till this point in a world of you or me people don't count. You don't count, the people in Asia don't count. We count. we do foreign relations like, we are going to take out of our surplus, and give to these people who are to puny and week to help them selves, because they don't count, we count! and that's the way weave done it. Don't believe me, ask them. don't ask us, ask them. why is it that fifty two hostages in Iran "Americans" pushes of the pages of the news papers , pushes off the front page, pushes out of our attention, the fact that fifteen million people, the rill elimination of a whole culture of people is about to happen through starvation. the fact that fifteen children die of starvation for every second that you and I talk! That is not news! if it where news it would be in the news. It would be in our attention, but its not. And its not the news papers because the news papers print what sells. its not worthy of our attention. you see if we lived in a world where people counted, where you and I counted that would be news. we would know what it costs us to turn our back on the child next to us who is starving. that is my brother and my sister, we would know, it would be worthy of our attention. and for the first time in our history a context is opened up that is bigger then any other context in the history of mankind. Bigger then the end of slavery, bigger then freedom in government, bigger then education as an Idea who's time had come. Victor Hugo said non of the forces of the world is as big as an Idea who's time Has come. nothing will stop it. We have sitting in front of us on a silver platter an opportunity which is grander then the declaration of independence, grander then any thing from the past. the opportunity to create a context of a world that works for every one. if you and I would put it out there that the world can work for every one. and create a dream through communication of a world that works for every one its time would come and in that moment a context would start and a process would start and it would manifest. The world can work for every one. its time has come and its time is now!!!!!" © (Gary Acevido 1990) from the "Awakening" a wonderful work shop

Love

"Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person: and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized." Victor E. Frankl

Dharma, Nature

In Buddhist teachings they tell a story of a Master teacher who sees a scorpion in the water drowning. He reaches down to rescue it and the scorpion stings him. He sets it down and it walks off. A few days later he sees the scorpion drowning again and he proceeds to reach down and rescue it again. On picking it up the scorpion stings him again. One of the students who was watching said, "Master, why do you persist to rescue the scorpion when he continues to sting you?" The teacher said, "Because IT IS my dharma to rescue and it is the scorpions dharma to sting. That does not change me and my nature. I am a rescuer and his nature as a stinger does not have to alter what I am."

Honesty

"This is always where you are to start - exactly where you are! This is total honesty, the truth, the only way you can be fully present and centered in the here and now. And you must begin with yourself. Why? Because you will only be able to love others to the extent that you can love yourself; there is no boundary line between you and others. In love, we are all one. In unlove, we are all separate. Love yourself as much as you can, and you will see that you are loving others as much as you can. And love takes in everything else, even unlove. So, pretty soon you are loving even the unloving." Jacquelyn Small, "Transformers, The Artists of Self-Creation"

True joy

"This is the True Joy of Life. The being used for a purpose recognized by your self as a mighty one. The being a force of nature instead of being a feverish and selfish little clad of ailments and grievances. Complaining that the world will not devote its self to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community. And as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it what ever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die. For the harder I work The more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a splendid torch that I've got to hold up for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." By George Bernard Shaw

Belief

Change your mind change your world

"Once the belief seems to us to be true, we are likely to act on it. Our action creates a reaction which further confirms our belief according to the pathways of self-fulfilling prophecy. "In such a way an initial belief can become a lifelong conviction. The tricky part is that we are often not aware of the connection because we are so used to living with it. These automatic or "preconscious" assumptions create automatic responses which can be counterproductive. For this reason, it is useful to know what our inner beliefs are." by Richard Gillett

Awarenass

In the Buddhist tradition there is a story of a disciple who went to the master and said, "Master Could you give me a word of wisdom? Could you tell me something that would guide me through my days?" It was the master's day of silence, so he picked up a pad and wrote, "Awareness," and handed it to the disciple. When the disciple saw it he said, "It's too brief. Can you expand on it a bit?" So the master took the pad back and wrote, "Awareness, Awareness, Awareness!" The disciple said, "Yes, but what does it mean?" The master took back the pad and wrote, "Awareness, Awareness, Awareness, means Awareness."

Life as it is

"Why are you poets so fascinated with man? (Answer) We have "not" in common. You both turn your backs on life. ( Ans. )We both "select" on life. A man has to come to terms with life as it is. (Ans.) Life as it is? I've lived over forty years and I've seen life as it is - pain, misery, cruelty. Under all the voices of god's noblest creatures. Moans form bundles of filth from the streets, of soldiers and of slaves. I've seen my comrades fall in battle or die more slowly under the lash in Africa. I've held them at the last moment. These are men who saw life as it is. But they die - disappearing, no glory, no bray of last words. Only their eyes filled with confusion. Questing why? I do not think they were asking why they were dying but why they had ever lived? Life itself seems so lunatic. Who knows where madness lies. Perhaps it is to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams. This may be madness? To seek treasure where there is only trash. Too much sanity may be madness? But maddest of all is to see life as it is, and not as it should be." Man of LaMoncha

Perception

"Off in the distance I thought I saw an animal. As it came closer I saw it was a man. Even closer I saw it was my brother." "None But the Lonely Heart" 1944

Love

"Unconditional love corresponds to one of the deepest longings, not only of the child, but of every human being: on the other hand , to be loved because of one's merit, because one deserves it , always leaves doubt; maybe I did not pleas the person whom I wanted to love me, maybe this, or that - there is always a fear that love could disappear. furthermore, "Deserved" love easily leaves a bitter feeling that one is not loved for ones self, that one is loved only because one pleases, that one is , in the last analysis, not loved at all but used." Erich Fromm -The Art of Loving

Real Strength

"In our world people often perceive that meanness, cruelty is strength and the opposite is so. Only those who willing truly risk are strong those who are willing to be kind and let you in where you are variable now that takes courage and that's really the only way to enjoy if you don't let me in how can you really see me and see how fun I am only if you let me in can we play " ~ Leo Buscaglia

Idea's

"None of the forces of the world are as big as an Idea who's Time has come. The forces of the universe will change and adapt to bring it in to realization" Victor Ugo

Your Mind

“Your mind is an instrument, a tool. It is there to be used for a specific task, and when the task is completed, you lay it down. As it is, I would say about 80 to 90 percent of most people's thinking is not only repetitive and useless, but because of its dysfunctional and often negative nature, much of it is also harmful. Observe your mind and you will find this to be true. It causes a serious leakage of vital energy.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

True Wealth

“Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth. They are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.” ~ Eckhart Tolle

There is a Light

“There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful then any darkness we can encounter. We some times lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.” ~ Mother Teresa

Luck

Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances -- it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Adversity

“Every adversity carries within it a greater or equivalent benefit.”

~ Napoleon hill

Evolution

I believe that one of the characteristics of the human race - possibly the one that is primarily responsible for its course of evolution - is that it has grown by creatively responding to failure. ~ Glen Seaborg

Peace

"Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. "
-- Saint Francis of Assisi