Ego is not Self, it just pretends to be. Without ego, there’s still someone who likes chocolates or avoids cooked carrots, who cusses up a storm or speaks very gently, still someone who represents a unique snowflake of God’s power operating through one individuated form. ~ Bo Lozoff (It’s a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes…
Movement and change are the ways of the Universe. We never want or expect misfortune to come our way. It is much more pleasant to have success, health, good fortune and a fun and interesting life all the time. Life doesn’t happen that way. Each negative event in our life carries with it opportunities, no…
Everyone dreams. From the time we are babies until the day we die, our minds constantly produce dreams. They are believed to be the mind’s way to maintain sanity. From early morning until late at night, our mind registers data delivered by our senses. The subconscious retrieves and processes this data when we sleep. Your…
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use ~ Galileo Galilei ~ The physical senses can’t discern spiritual things. This isn’t speaking only of understanding spiritual truths with our minds; this also applies to seeing spiritual realities with…
It’s possible to mend our world only by finding the courage to mend ourselves. ~ Dr. Sonya Friedman ~ If for no other reason than for yourself, forgive to release yourself from the negative experiences of the past. Take time to meditate, and give thanks for the wisdom and knowledge gained from your suffering and pain….
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. ~ Maya Angelou ~ Start by pretending to be happy. Smile, and smile a lot! Happiness is something you can fake until you feel more positive. While making yourself smile should start to make you feel better, it’s even better…
According to this law [the law of Dharma], you have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it. There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world – and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs. When these needs are matched with the creative…
Life is like a rainbow. You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear. Don’t miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow because you are too busy looking for the pot of gold. The only way to see a rainbow is to look through the rain. Are you one of…
The angels stand between us and God, but they are translucent, even transparent, and they beckon us to penetrate their luminosity. ~ Peter Wilson But are we to pray to the angels? God has given us the unseen angels, who are “ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation” (Hebrews 1:14). But we…
I’ve Learned: That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere. Feelings of bitterness can affect the way a person is with friends and family. These feelings surface where deep hurt has been caused. It causes you to put up personal boundaries to prevent you from getting hurt again, as you are hurting inside. Bitterness…
I am sowing seeds of joy, peace and love. The angels guide my steps. St. Thomas Aquinas says that human beings need guardian angels to guide them to choose what’s right because sin sometimes weakens people’s ability to make good moral decisions: “By free will man can avoid evil to a certain degree, but not in…
Oh my soul, find peace in the stillness. In the dark silhouette of tree on sky, mountain on the fire in the clouds, find the calm you are choking for. Listen now, slow the beat and listen, all things will find their way to you, all things will settle and the lacks will flood over…
Don’t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side. Every fool can find a greater fool to admire them. It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way. It is said that only a fool…
Monthly Horoscopes – – Daily Astrology – – If things are not going your way, you must learn to be patient. It’s important to see things and situations in a positive light to make your life less stressful. Patience is a virtue because it requires self-control. It requires you to have the insight to think about other…
If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot? ~ Gloria Steinem ~ You can ask people for advice on what to do and what they did in similar situations like yours. You can also ask for more practical help. You don´t have to solve every problem on your own and sometimes it…
We trust in plumed procession; For such the angels go; Rank after Rank, with even feet; And uniforms of snow. ~ Emily Dickinson ~ We do not really know what angels look like. We do know of a few visual descriptions mentioned in the Bible. Those that covered the throne in heaven were mighty Seraphim…
Home Brewing your Beer — It’s not only tastier and cheaper than any commercial beer, it’s also healthy for you. No artificial ingredients. Sadly, major domestic breweries add nearly 60 chemicals to their beers, some of them inorganic. These include heading agents, stabilizers, emulsifiers, clarifiers, coloring agents, and the list goes on. Home brewers have…
Good work is Good! Great work is extremely rewarding. Do great work, have fun and lend a hand along the way. Do it with fun and style, and you are not a prisoner of your labor, but rather a master of your craft. If you help others along your journey in life, either by teaching…
Remember, as you start this day, and duty crowds your mind, that kindness comes so quickly back, to those who first are kind. Giving works as surely as reflections in a mirror. If hate you send, hate you’ll get back, but loving brings love nearer. Let that thought and this one, direct you through each…
General Christmas Prayer Lord, in this holy season of prayer and song and laughter, we praise you for the great wonders you have sent us: for shining star and angel’s song, for infant’s cry in lowly manger. We praise you for the Word made flesh in a little Child. We behold his glory, and are…
Since ancient times Jasmine has been thought of as the queen of flowers. It’s oil was used for anointing kings and wealthy people of society. It has a cooling and soothing effect. The Jasmine flower releases its fragrance at night after the sun has set and especially when the moon is waxing towards fullness. This…
Royal Jelly is the food of Queens — Queen Bees. A supply of royal jelly bee pollen is like holding a whole health food store in the palm of your hand. Royal jelly is a substance secreted from the glands in the heads of worker bees. People take royal jelly as a natural health supplement…
In spite of all her physical disabilities, Helen Keller did say that “Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” How many people have almost made nothing out of their lives because they refused to dare themselves into new adventures? People like Helen Keller have provided role models for many who have chosen to take…
God does not look upon trouble as we do. We must trust in God, for God wants us to stop worrying and not be afraid. Where we see stress he sees opportunities. Where we see crisis, He sees growth and betterment. Life is a series of problem-solving opportunities. God’s purpose in times of crisis and…