"When you open your eyes in the morning, sit for a moment and appreciate the gift of a new day, create a peaceful thought and enjoy some moments of silence throughout the whole day." ~from Positive Thoughts
Karina Loureiro
"A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour." ~Positive Thoughts
"An authentic life is a life lived from your heart, speaking your truth, standing in your truth, living in your truth." ~Positive Thoughts
"As you make your way today, remember this feeling. This feeling that you have all you need to create what you desire already inside you. Knowing that you are on purpose. . . embracing each moment for its sweetness and beauty--even when it seems difficult. As you do this, you will attract what you most passionately desire." ~Positive Thoughts
"Allow yourself time to be lazy and unproductive. Rest isn't a luxury, it's a necessity." ~Positive Thoughts
"Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too." ~Positive Thoughts
"Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to experience it again." ~Positive Thoughts
"Choose friends who you are proud to know, people you admire, who love and respect you – people who make your day a little brighter simply by being in it." ~Positive Thoughts
"Either you own your situation or it will own you. Either you take responsibility for your life, or someone else will. Blame is a scapegoat – it’s an easy way out of taking accountability for your own outcome. It’s a lot easier to point the finger at someone or something else instead of looking within. Blame is not constructive; it does not help you or anyone else – nobody wins in the blame game. The amount of energy and stress it takes to place blame elsewhere takes away from your ability to move forward and find a real solution.
And remember, the road you are traveling may be the more challenging one, but don’t lose faith. Don’t listen to the doubters, don’t let setbacks keep you down, and most of all, don’t give up on yourself." ~Positive Thoughts
"Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind. What we sow is what we reap." ~Positive Thoughts
"The means create the ends - and the ends will be great if the means is LOVE." ~Positive Thoughts
"Unconditional love takes you beyond the illusions of space and time and helps you bring whomever you love into your presence . That doesn't mean the physical aspect of the person appears; rather, unconditional love flows between you and that person and connects your heart and soul with theirs." ~Positive Thoughts
How to Realize Unconditional Peace"God is silent but He watches you day and night. He listens to your prayers and He has something special for you. Just stay strong, focused, and hardworking and keep praying to God." ~Positive Thoughts
"The mind is always scheming. Looking for ways to make you happy; ways to make you feel good.
How you can avoid feeling the things you don't want to feel and how you can feel more
what you would like to feel.
There is nothing wrong with this, it is the nature of the mind.
But it is also how stress is created.
Because there is what is here in this moment and there is how you would like 'here' to be.
If you really look this manipulation is happening most of the time.
Even when you sit to meditate the mind is scheming.
The last thing the mind wants to do is to let go of its control and experience this moment.
But what happens if you let go of all the scheming and simply feel what is here.
Not just in meditation but in daily life.
If you find yourself in a situation where you are confronted with something you do not wish to feel.
Whether there is a feeling of loneliness, jealousy, fear, awkwardness, whatever feeling is there instead of letting the survival instinct kick in and control it, mask it, distract yourself from it, what if you simply allowed yourself to feel that feeling.
If you allowed yourself to be completely vulnerable to that feeling.
I am not talking about analyzing it or dramatizing it but simply to feel the sensation of that feeling.
To just allow it.
If you allow yourself to feel what you have been avoiding feeling suddenly you are immersed in this moment in a way you might never have been before.
You are so immersed in this moment, so open to what is here, that there is nothing to hold on to, nothing to know.
And although it may leave you feeling completely vulnerable to what is here, it also leaves you completely in peace.
If you are completely surrendered to your experience of this moment then you are at one with this moment.
You begin to recognize the underlying experience of deep fathomless peace that is here all the time.
And in this peace you can learn through practice to remain in it; to remain aligned with it.
All of the things that you used to avoid now become opportunities to move deeper into peace.
It is the practice of moving beyond the mind, beyond knowing into your natural state."
~Blessings~
"I wish you light in your darkest hours. When life seems to be confusing or empty, and when your path seems to be hidden in the shadows of pain, doubt, despair, or unrest, may you find the light inside of you that will help you to see things as they truly are, for every night comes to an end, every storm runs its course, and light and peace always return to us." ~Positive Thoughts
"If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart to. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally; not only because they love you, but because they are teaching you to love, and they are opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them." ~Positive Thoughts
"If you have an open, loving, positive attitude, anything burdensome in life can be lightened." ~Positive Thoughts
"It takes a lot of vigilance to be the guardian of your thoughts, words, and deeds; and you’re often at the mercy of years of conditioning that make you operate as if you’re on autopilot." ~Karina Loureiro
"Let people love you for who you are, and not for who they want you to be. Or let them walk away if they choose. They can’t harm you either way; it’s their understanding that is faulty, not yours." ~Positive Thoughts
"Limiting beliefs are like a cage locked tight with no opening in sight." ~Positive Thoughts
Taupo Lake, New Zealand
October 2009
October 2009
"Listen to the song inside you that wonderful resonance inside you that longs to be heard. And when you listen to its sweet call, you are present, you are loved, you are infinite, you are divine. Allow this magnificent feeling to wash over you to move through you as if you were on a beautiful sandy beach of your Dreams smelling the salt sea air, feeling the gentle trade winds move through your hair, feeling the soft sand at your feet, feeling grounded." ~Positive Thoughts
"Love someone who is honest. Honest with you, with others, and with themselves. You cannot love someone you do not trust. Find someone who willingly shares responsibility. You will be a team in every single sense. Find someone you cherish togetherness with. And someone who understands the importance of alone time. Someone who values your opinion. Someone with a willingness to learn. A person with an open mind. Find someone who makes it easy to feel grateful. For everything. Wit is important. Life is too short not to love someone who loves to laugh. Make sure they are somebody who lets you cry, too. Despair will come. Find someone that you want to be there with you through those times. Do not settle for second best. This sort of love is out there.
Believe it!" ~Positive Thoughts
"Love your man. Study him. Understand where he is in his emotional development and be a good role model for him. Men need the essence of the sacred feminine in their lives to evolve, whether they know it or not. But make sure you honor yourself in the process. Respecting yourself helps others respect you. It also teaches others to respect themselves." ~Positive Thoughts
"May the pain you have known and conflict you have experienced
Give you the strength to walk through life
Facing each new situation with courage and optimism." ~Positive Thoughts
"May you discover enough goodness in others to believe in a world of peace." ~Positive Thoughts
"May you see your future as one filled with promise and possibility. Learn to view everything as a worthwhile experience." ~Positive Thoughts
"Quit planning how you are going to use what you know, learn or possess. God's gifts just are; be grateful and their purpose will be clear." ~Positive Thoughts
"Remember a happy, peaceful time in your past. Rest there. Each moment has a richness that takes a lifetime to savor." ~Positive Thoughts
"Set your own pace. When someone is pushing you, it is okay to tell them they're pushing." ~Positive Thoughts
"Surround yourself with people who reflect the person you want to be." ~Positive Thoughts
"Take a moment to reflect. . . to embrace the real you, the True you that honors people and is creative, the True you that is sacred, as are your Dreams in life." ~Positive Thoughts
"Take nothing for granted: watch water flow, the corn grow, the leaves blow, your neighbors mow." ~Positive Thoughts
"The beauty you see around you, is your beauty." ~Positive Thoughts
"The means create the ends - and the ends will be great if the means is LOVE." ~Positive Thoughts
"To experience life is to experience truth. To see the truth makes a huge difference in your world; to become the truth is the real goal, because that is the real you." ~Positive Thoughts
"To seek happiness is not enough, we must have courage and strength to address our problems, face our pain, even when it feels like an unfair game. Then we can see clearly that much of life still remains magical and wondrous." ~Positive Thoughts
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Today is a blank canvas upon which you have the delightful opportunity to create. At this moment you are standing at the beginning of an impressive adventure, with the very real and present opportunity to shape the upcoming years into the happiest ones ever." ~Positive Thoughts
"True forgiveness is extremely cathartic - it will cleanse you and set you free. It is an incredible powerful process , one that will immediately shift you from a place of pain and anger to a higher vibrational frequency of love." ~Positive Thoughts
"True self-worth stems from within" ~Positive Thoughts
"When you think about using the power of your mind in daily life, remember that peace is the most important goal, because thoughts of peace open the heart to love, and then close the mind to fear." ~Positive Thoughts
"When you walk with someone, don't think about what you'll say next. Thoughts will spring up naturally if you let them." ~Positive Thoughts
Sunrise in Bohol
November 2011
November 2011
"With the beginning of each sunrise, think to yourself; 'Here's a brand-new day coming into my life. I can't wait to see how will get along! I wonder what's in store for us? What an adventure spending time with a day I've never met before!" ~PT
"Write a note of appreciation to your spouse or child and watch them light up inside." ~Positive Thoughts
"You can become a better reflection of life by changing the language you speak. You can change the way you deliver a message, the way you communicate with yourself and with other people." ~Positive Thoughts
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From Along the Path to Enlightenment
1. To become more conscious is the greatest gift anyone can give to the world; moreover, in a ripple effect, the gift comes back to its source.
2. Spiritual development is not an accomplishment but a way of life. It is an orientation that brings its own rewards, and what is important is the direction of one’s motives.
3. What can you actually do to be helpful to the world? Make a gift of your life and lift all mankind by being kind, considerate, forgiving, and compassionate at all times, in all places, and under all conditions, with everyone as well as yourself. That is the greatest gift anyone can give.
4. Out of all-inclusive, unconditional compassion comes the healing of all mankind.
5. In a universe where “like goes to like” and “birds of a feather fly together,” we attract to us that which we emanate.
6. Every act or decision we make that supports life supports all life, including our own. The ripples we create return to us.
7. One basic principle has the power to resolve the problems of the social marketplace: Support the solution instead of attacking the supposed causes.
8. In truth, we exist and survive, not because of the ego, but in spite of it.
9. To best serve the world, seek enlightenment and transcend illusions rather than contribute to them.
10. To transcend the world requires compassion and acceptance, the result of inner humility, by which the world is surrendered to God with increased peace of mind.
11. What the ego cannot lift with all its might is like a feather to the grace of God.
12. To win in life means to give up the obsession of “who’s at fault.” Graciousness is far more powerful than belligerence. It is better to succeed than to win.
13. By its nature, the pathway to God is not easy. It requires considerable courage, fortitude, willingness, and forbearance. It is strengthened by humility and a benign conscience.
14. An extremely valuable insight that is learned by all spiritually evolved persons in the course of their development is seeing one’s own personal consciousness as the decisive influence that determines all that occurs in one’s life.
15. Holding a goal in mind is inspirational and actually helpful to its accomplishment, because what is held in mind tends to actualize. However, it is a mistake to attack oneself with guilt for failing to achieve the ideal. Upon examination, it will be frequently discovered that it was not really the goal that was desired, but the satisfaction that was associated with it.
16. It’s pleasing to discover that it isn’t necessary to drive oneself forward; instead, one can simply allow oneself to move forward as blocks are removed. Thus, one becomes attracted by the future rather than propelled by the past.
Source: Positive Thoughts
Author: David R. Hawkins
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Quotes from Authors as Gleaned from Positive Thoughts:
"When we focus on abundance, our life feels abundant; when we focus on lack, our life feels lacking. It is purely a matter of focus." ~Susan Jeffers
Difficulties arise in the lives of us all. What is the most important is dealing with the hard times, coping with the changes, and getting through the other side where the sun is still shining, just for you.
It takes a strong person to deal with tough times and difficult choices. But you are a strong person.
It takes courage. But you possess the inner courage to see you through.
It takes being an active participant in your life. But you are in the driver's seat, and you can determine the direction you want tomorrow to go in.
Hang in there and take care to see that you don't lose sight of the one thing that is constant, beautiful, and true: everything will be fine- and it will turn out that way because of the special kind of person you are.
So beginning today and lasting a lifetime through- hang in there, and don't be afraid to feel like the morning sun is shinning just for you.
-Douglas Pagels
"It is not a difficult thing to change the pattern of your vibration, especially when you understand that you can do it a little bit at a time. Once you have an understanding of how vibrations work, how they affect your experience, and, most important, what your emotions are telling you about your vibrations, now you can make steady, fast progress toward the achievement of anything that you desire." ~The Vortex
"Keep in mind at all times that you are very capable of dealing with any complications that life has to offer. So do whatever you must feel whatever you must and keep in mind at all times that we all grow wise and become more sensitive and are able to enjoy life more after we go through hard times." ~Susan Polis Schutz
"Realize that what you feel you lack in one regard may be more than compensated for in another. What you feel you lack in the present may become one of your strengths in the future. See your future filled with promise and possibility.
Learn to view everything as a worthwhile experience." ~Sandra Hauss
"Start thinking of yourself as a magnificent, powerful, and courageous being. Then sit back and enjoy the gifts the universe showers on you. These new, fresh experiences will reflect your healthy, empowered vision of yourself." ~Lucinda Bassett
"Everything we think and feel is creating our future. If you're worried or in fear, then you're bringing more of that into your life throughout the day." ~Marci Shimoff
"What does it mean to live in truth? It means to live honestly at all levels. It’s not just about what you say; it’s about thoughts, actions, and the way you live. This involves authenticity—to live in alignment with who you know your true self to be. What you’ll receive is very empowering. You become free to live and explore the truth of who you really are as you move toward the future. You’re at liberty to change, develop, and go further in you own life within your own true spirit and mind." ~Denise Marek
"When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you." ~Positive Thoughts
"What will I give to the world today? What will I add to the experiences of the people with whom I have contact on this day? I can't say for sure just whom I'll deal with today, but I can decide right now whether I want my contribution to this day to be positive or negative, helpful or hurtful, constructive or destructive, uplifting or not.
Today, I want to contribute pleasantness whenever I meet someone, whether I know them or not. I don't have to wear a pasted-on smile in order to be pleasant, but I do have to avoid sarcasm or judgment. When people receive my pleasantness, it may be the first pleasantness of their day, so I'll try to be very pleasant.
I'd also like to contribute kindness to this new day. This means that I must use words that are kind and act in a kindly way, avoiding looks and actions and words that simply are not kind. Perhaps someone will appreciate this kindness and pass it on to someone else.
I'd also like to contribute encouragement. I'll have plenty of opportunities to do so. And if I am encouraging, it may just happen that someone else finds the strength and courage to continue something very important to them.
I'll try my best to contribute praise and avoid criticism. If the praise is sincere, I may just be able to make someone else feel better about him or herself.
I want to contribute peacefulness. If I can face all of my duties and problems with a quiet confidence, looking calmly for solutions rather than complaining about the way things are, I can act as a role model for peacefulness. In this way at least I won't be adding to the stressful input of those people who are around me.
It would be nice if I could also contribute some hope to this day, for someone, somewhere. It could be in the form of letting them know that I've been through what they have, and things worked out okay, or in the form of helping them to see the strengths they have that will help them to do what they need to do. Either way, the hope they get can be very valuable for them." ~Positive Thoughts
"Respect your body when it's asking for a break. Respect your mind when it's seeking rest. Honour yourself when you need a moment for yourself." ~Positive Thoughts
"There always is light for us to access." ~Positive Thoughts
"You see behind the masks and beneath the fears to the beauty within every heart." ~Positive Thoughts
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Words of Wisdom
It‘s not where we stand but in what direction we are moving.
Sometimes we find ourselves running in place, struggling to get ahead simply because we forget to address some of the simple truths that govern our potential to
make progress. So here’s a quick reminder:
The acquisition of knowledge doesn’t mean you’re growing. Growing happens when what you know changes how you live.
You can’t have good ideas unless you’re willing to generate a lot of bad ones.
Change is often resisted when it is needed the most.
Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want right now.
People seldom do things to the best of their ability. They do things to the best of their willingness.
You can’t change other people; you can only offer guidance, and lead by example.
Right now, there’s a lot you don’t know. And if you never challenge your own beliefs, the list will never shrink.
If you’re talking to someone you don’t know well, you may be talking to someone who knows way more about the topic of conversation than you do.
The most common and harmful addiction in the world is the draw of comfort.
Growth begins at the end of your comfort zone.Stepping outside of your comfort zone will put things into perspective from an angle you can’t grasp now.
When you spend time worrying, you’re simply using your imagination to create things you don’t want. It’s usually only as good or bad as you think it is.
Most of what we see is only what we think about what we see.
Most of the bad things you worry about will never happen.
Most of the bad things that do happen will have never crossed your worried mind. Some circumstances are uncontrollable, but we can always decide how we react to those circumstances.
Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.
Whenever somebody discredits you, and tells you that you can’t do something, keep in mind that they are speaking from within the boundaries of their own limitations.
Every problem you have in your life right now is your responsibility, regardless of who initially caused it.
It’s not so much about finding opportunities as it is about creating them.
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