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"We do not
content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we
desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we
desire to shine. We labour unceasingly to adorn and
preserve this imaginary existence, and neglect the real. And if we possess calmness or generosity or truthfulness, we are eager to make
them known so as to attach these virtues to
that imaginary existence." (Pascal)
Maybe what is needed is the awareness that self, itself,
may be necessity but personal identity itself is
not necessity (as per Bohm).
"Finally,
the mind of man is so constructed that it is taken far more with disguises than
with realities." (Erasmus)
"It is very
necessary that a man should be appraised early in life that it is a masquerade
in which he finds himself, for otherwise, there are many things which he will
fail to understand." (Schopenhauer)
We comprehend the Infinite only to the degree that It expresses Itself
through us, becoming to us that which we believe It to be. ...Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and
visible blessing of
fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the
mind. ... Anacharsis (fl. BC 600)
We have a God of love. Once we open up to that
truth, there is no
circumstance, no event in our life that cannot be used
to bring forth
the expression of Divine Love. We only have to be willing to open to
that love as a flower opens to the warmth of the Sun. ... -Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey
"If a mere code of morals or a better
philosophy
of life were sufficient to overcome alcoholism,
many of us would have recovered long ago. But
we found that such codes and philosophies did
not save us, no matter how much we tried. We
could wish to be moral, we could wish to be
philosophically comforted, in fact, we could
will these things with all our might, but the
needed power wasn't there. Our human resources,
as marshaled by the will, were not sufficient;
they failed utterly." ... Alcoholics Anonymous,
3rd Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 44
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time:
hatred ceases by love
- this is an old rule. ... The Dhammapada (c. BC 300)
"When we retire at night, we constructively
review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? ....
Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, Into Action, pg. 86
How far that little candle throws his beams! So
shines a good deed
In a naughty world. Shakespeare (1564-1616)
One candle in a dark room dispels the darkness.
Sometimes, all we have
to do is remember God just once, and we dispel the darkness. Through
remembering, we are enlightened. -Rev. Mary Manin
Morrissey
The little space within the heart is as great as
the vast universe.
The heavens and the earth are there, and the sun and the moon and the
stars. Fire and lightening and winds are there, and
all that now is
and all that is not. ... The Upanishads
"Sometimes we hear an alcoholic say that the
only
thing he needs to do is to keep sober.
Certainly he must keep sober, for there will be
no home if he doesn't. But he is yet a long way
from making good to the wife or parents whom for
years he has so shockingly treated."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 3rd Edition, Into Action, pg. 82
Three things in human life are important: The first
is to be kind. The
second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. -Henry James
What we're seeking is actually seeking us, because
we live in a
magnetic field of energy. What we desire is magnetically
attracted to
us. What we're seeking doesn't necessarily come back to us in the way
we anticipate but it comes back to us nonetheless. Jesus said, "Seek
and you shall find." -- -Rev. Mary Manin
Morrissey
Although it is true that everything you will ever
want is already here,
it is up to you to get into harmony with it. Clearly, you will never
get into harmony with prosperity, if you insist upon holding images of
lack and limitation in the storehouse of your marvelous mind. Since
you are always magnetized toward something, it follows it can never be
anyone else's fault, when something comes into your life you supposedly
do not want. Understand you have ordered it and it is being delivered
to you right on schedule! -- Bob Proctor, You Were Born Rich
Everything that is real,
is ever present! By definition, anything real you could possibly want is always
present. By definition, all the power that is, is always present. All the
information is always present. Any 'thing' that is part of the whole of Being
is always present.
What is it that separates us from that which is desired? Is it that we desire the experience of the real
instead of the real?
Do we desire imaginary experience because it is
pleasure? Do we fantasize for pleasure and, thereby, miss the pleasure of
infinite Being?
Is it that fantasy is without the awareness of
power that is the essence of Spiritual experience? Perhaps fantasy always
includes the 'separated self', the awareness of self without the awareness of power.
Perhaps productive imagery is the awareness of
'experience' as a hologram -- the awareness that basically, experience is what
Talbot refers to as neurophysiological processes that
include the seer and the seen, the observer and the observed.
What separates us from the experiencing the real
and true? Do we choose the unreal and the untrue? ... -- Lay
Every man must take time daily for quiet and
meditation. In daily meditation lies the secret of power. No one can grow in
either spiritual knowledge or power without it. Practice the presence of God
just as you would practice music. No one would ever dream of becoming a master
in music except by spending some time daily alone with music. Daily meditation
alone with God focuses the divine Presence within us and brings it to our
consciousness. ... H. Emilie Cady, Lessons In Truth
"The highest reward for a man's toil is not
what
he gets for it, but what he becomes by it." --- John Ruskin
We're like the sea, people our waves; Necessarily we are associated with everyone. ... Ni'matullah Wali (1331-1431?)
All things in the world come from being. And being
comes from non-being. .... Lao-Tzu (fl. BC 600)
Meditation is the soul's perspective glass...
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