“The basis of all healing is a change in belief.” — Thomas Troward We march along on this circuitous path we call life, and react to outside stimulus in an almost robotic rhythm. This continues for decades, until we reach a chasm involving an abrupt reversal in consciousness. In that moment we may not recognize [...]
“Life holds every man dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear, than life.” — William Shakespeare At first glance, this quote from Shakespeare seems a “play on words.” It is reflecting a simple concept sometimes lost on many individuals. When reaching a certain plateau in life, our core values become tantamount [...]
” A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Meretricious examples of humanity abound throughout our experience in this life’s journey . . . until one day we meet an individual who ignites our creativity, perception, perspective, awareness, curiousity and consciousness. [...]
“Everything is fine today, that is our illusion.” — Voltaire Critical thinking takes an inordinate amount of focal consciousness. In our everyday lives we take a compendium of events for granted, given the manner in which we move through daily living. Our orientation, environment and expectation which propels our mindful genesis, contributes to the unbrella [...]
“What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash — one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone.” — Eckhart Tolle, from Stillness Speaks This quote is quite [...]
“Your eye is the lamp of your body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light.” — Luke 11:34 How we perceive the world in which we exist, emits volumes about who we are. I once understood from various sources, that we transmit the composite of our being through the energy [...]
“The past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, nor just for tomorrow, but in the here and now.” — Carl Sandburg Recently, I have come to understand the polemic discourse that ensues when individuals become so empassioned, emotionally infused and self involved with their polarizing opinions, viewpoints and conditioned orientation [...]
“You are the consciousness through which everything is known. And that cannot know itself; it is itself.” Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks The prism through which we look is not our ego, assets, accomplishments, status, material acquisitions, social class/level, intellectual prowess or the attachment to our “stuff.” No, this identification to the ego is an illusion. [...]
“When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.” — Plato Over a limited period of time, I have experienced individuals who give the appearance of engaging in discourse but in reality are caged hostages of their own minds. It becomes painfully obvious, that these individuals are completely involved with the combustion of noise [...]
“. . . refuse to carry the corpse of a mistaken yesterday.” — Ernest Holmes Over several recent conversations, an extremely close friend and I discussed how certain individuals . . . chose to embrace their failures, disappointments, mistaken choices, misdirected hurts, missed opportunities and elected irresponsibilities to color the tapestry of their present lives. [...]