Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them. ~ Leo Tolstoy ~ At all costs, this love compels us to give so that we alleviate the suffering of others. Instead of seeking to fulfill our emotional…
In the stillness of meditation, I am renewed. When you are in a relaxing, comfortable seating position, bring your attention to the flame. As you stare at the hypnotically-flickering flame, your mind will begin its usual wanderings. Eventually your thoughts will slow, and then fade altogether and you will experience transcendence of thought…
Open doorways in a dream invite us to explore opportunities being offered in our life. Passing through a doorway in a dream typically represents embarking upon a new and exciting period in our life and might herald new developments in our career, relationships, or home life. Running through a doorway and banging a door behind us might be a…
Your hidden feelings are exposed in your dreams. Dreams are a way for our minds to cope with all the information and experiences that make up our lives. If you pay attention to your dreams, your subconscious will reveal in the dream state the issues that you need to resolve in your waking life. Dreams…
I once read in an essay on Buddhism that nothing is so fragile as action without prayer. Prayer aligns our internal energies with truth in a way that mere action cannot. Events ultimately unfold according to subconscious rather than conscious programming, and prayer is a way of healing and releasing the subconscious mind. When we…
You were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life? ~ Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi ~ Your spiritual journey through life has many features. You grow and develop spiritually while you are on this journey. You manifest and radiate angel qualities. When this happens you grow angel wings. These do not appear physically. These wings…
The Power of the Crystal can be found in its structure, growing and reaching up toward light from the deepest parts of earth. It is a conductor of energy for body, mind and spirit. Crystals used in crystal healing will cleanse, balance and amplify all healing energies to their highest capacity. Crystal healing is considered…
Or is that too much work, to think before you speak? For some people, it is. It’s a lot of work. For all of you who want to walk a spiritual path, I suggest you stop and take a look at all the things you think and all the assumptions that you make before you…
We do well to listen to this Inner Voice, for it tells us of a life wonderful in its scope; of a love beyond our fondest dreams. ~ The Science of Mind ~ We all have an inner voice, but are we listening to it? It’s time to start tapping into your inner…
The success of conversation consists less in being witty than in bringing out wit in others. The man who leaves after talking with you, pleased with himself and his own wit, is perfectly pleased with you. ~~ La Bruyere, “Characters” ~ Listening shows respect. It conveys the sense that what you have to say is…
“Dear Child, Sometimes on your travel through hell, you meet people that think they are in heaven because of their cleverness and ability to get away with things. Travel past them because they don’t understand who they have become and never will. These type of people feel justified in revenge and will never learn mercy…
Candles enhance the mood of many experiences. Candles can set a romantic mood, they can enhance the dining experience and they are used for many reasons in churches of all denominations. They are very popular in today’s homes. A candle is a symbol of light, progress, comfort and hope that can show and shine one’s way…
Universal Mind: I am willing to be at peace. I am willing to look at all things through eyes of love. I am willing to be everything I can be. I am willing to be healed. I am willing to serve. I am willing to release the past. I am willing to live full-out. I…
The more love we give, the more we will receive; Love will expand and grow, it will heal and cure. Love is to accept the true nature and understand that we all can be weak and it is perfectly natural to be so. And we all feel overwhelmed and we all feel like doubting ourselves….
Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity. Successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. ~~ Dupree Jordan ~ Your thoughts are your plan, and your feelings…
The Truth makes me free from the fear of poverty or bondage, and emancipates me from the thought of limitation. ~ The Science of Mind. ~ Spiritual truth does not require belief in a specific religion or even deity because it is innate and instinctual. Spirituality is inner directed, a deeply personal experience. It requires…
It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one. ~~ George…
I am ready to live from a higher place. Being calm and relaxed energizes my whole being. All the muscles in my body are releasing and relaxing. All negativity and stress are evaporating from my body and my mind. I breath in relaxation. I breath out stress. Even when there is chaos around me, I…
Father/Mother/God: I retreat from the noise that is all around me and enter the silence of meditation. Quiet my restless and wandering thoughts. Speak to me in the sweet stillness of Your love. In Your name, I enter the internal sanctuary of my heart. By Your peaceful presence, I am renewed. I release the empty…
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it. ~~ Groucho Marx…
Angels come to help and guide us in as many guises as there are people who need their assistance. Sometimes we see their ethereal, heavenly shadow, bright with light and radiance. Sometimes we only feel their nearness or hear their whisper. And sometimes they look no different from ourselves. ~~ Eileen Elias Freeman ~ Angels…
When you are full of problems, there is no room for anything new to enter, no room for a solution. So whenever you can, make some room, create some space, so that you find the life underneath your life situation. ~ Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now) ~ Make time to meditate. Try meditation. Use…
A day without laughter is a day wasted. ~~ Charlie Chaplin ~ Laughter Cures. If you want to be healthy, you gotta laugh. Life gives us so very much that is fun and funny, even absurd. That is the beauty of it. If you keep that attitude about you, you add the power of adding…
A verse from the Veda says, “What you see, you become.” In other words, just the experience of perceiving the world makes you what you are. This is a quite literal statement. What you see you become. What you see is a selective act of attention and interpretation. Although you are inundated by billions of…