Sweet Spirit: Within each of us is a power greater than the tasks that lie before us. Our awareness of Your presence expands now as we take notice. In meditation, we turn within and fix our inner eyes on You. All of the wisdom, ideas, strength and courage that we need today flows easily into our awareness. A…
When you start treating people like people, they become people. ~ Paul Vitale ~ “Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to a divine purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: That we…
Sandeep Maheshwari is the Founder and CEO of ImagesBazaar, the world’s largest collection of Indian images. A world record holder in photography, he has also received many awards and accolades. He is a college dropout from a middle-class background, who started as a freelance photographer and faced countless adversities to become one of the most…
Do you know that Fairies are everywhere! Just because you don’t see them doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Halloween is the time when Fairies are the busiest, particularly the Halloween Fairy. As the evening of Halloween approaches and the veil between the world of the living and the undead is at its busiest, Halloween Fairies…
Loving others as you love yourself is the way to a peaceful life. Peace comes from within the souls of each one of us when we realize our oneness with the Universe. Peace begets power. Gandhi said that power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the power gained through…
It doesn’t matter what religion we are. It doesn’t matter what doctrine we ascribe to. It doesn’t matter what people say. What matters is that we open our inner eyes and see the beauty of the risen One in every heart and every leaf. The Christ is not a Christian concept. The Christ is a…
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ It’s hard to stay peaceful if we’re overwhelmed by life. Find some peace, calm, and stability in your inner world so you can be kinder in your outer world. Do whatever soothes you, daily. Spend time in nature,…
I’ve Learned: That to ignore the facts doesn’t always change the facts. If you make a mistake, don’t look back at it and get depressed. Take the reason of the mistake into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet to come. If…
People who meditate are much happier and healthier than everyone else. They also have greatly extended life spans. There have been numerous studies showing that meditation dramatically reduces, and even reverses, disease of all types, including cancer. But the benefits of meditation don’t stop there. Studies also show that experienced meditators who are able to…
Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one who asks always receives; the one who searches always finds; the one who knocks will always have the door opened to him. ~ Gospel of Matthew, 7:7-8 ~ “We tend to use…
He who stands by his point of view, must be ready to suffer hunger. ~~ Yiddish Proverb ~ Being able to see things from the eyes of another person allows you to understand what they are going through, what they are thinking and why they are saying the things they are saying and doing the…
If love is an action, how do you express self-love? Self-love starts with having the courage to be who you are, regardless of what others might think. It is about having the courage to live your dreams, to do what makes you happy in life, so that one day you won’t wake up saying, “I…
We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone, and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something. ~ Sandra Day O’Connor ~ We need family, the love of friends and the respect of colleagues. We need hugs…
If variety is the spice of life, routine is the bread of it. ~ Richard Paul Evans (Michael Keddington’s Journal, The Carousel) “Ah! realize your youth while you have it. Don’t squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant,…
When we can see the innocent Sacred Presence even in the person we most despise, we are enabled to address that Presence within them. Rather than counter-attacking when we feel attacked, Jesus tells us to search within our common humanity for whatever motive might have caused the attack. We can unite with the attacker from…
To bless is not a prerogative only of ministers, priests, and rabbis; it is not the exclusive domain of saints and holy people. It is a natural human ability, and anyone can do it. But first we must claim that ability. ~ David Spangler (Blessing: The Art and the Practice) ~ We, as Christians, all have…
If I am feeling down, and my spirits are on the ground, I look towards a star because that is where the Angels are. I look to my Lord above, it is He, I love. No other thing will make me feel like a king. He is my Lord and Savior. I don’t know if…
To you the earth yields her fruit, and you shall not want if you but know how to fill your hands. It is in exchanging the gifts of the earth that you shall find abundance and be satisfied. Yet unless the exchange be in love and kindly justice, it will lead some to greed and others to hunger….
Mysticism is a vital part of the Christian heritage. It is actually the core of Christian spirituality. Mysticism is the direct experience of God. Everyone who wants to love unconditionally is a mystic. Mystics understand that there is a plan behind every action in the Universe, and therefore trust that every action has purpose, even…
People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others have idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success often erroneously attributed to…
We don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but even more true, we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives. If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you will keep getting the same results. Don’t go for looks, they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth, even that fades away. Go…
Time, like all the treasures in the world, cannot be taken with us when we reach our final stop. Some may never be willing to embrace happiness in and with the time that we do have. And yet, for many of us, it seems there are not enough hours in a day. How we spend…
The Gothic Fairy is also called the Midnight Fairy. They prefer to be clothed in black to represent their preference for the midnight hour. As the witching hour approaches, the gothic fairy is at last fully revealed in all its supernatural glory. Gothic fairies are known for their love of music and dance. Their music…
There are many people who are not even close to living up what they are capable of. The worst thing is that they don’t make any effort whatsoever to change their circumstances. They obviously want to have a better life, but it’s as if they’re hoping things will magically get better for them further down…