This is the season when people of all faiths and cultures are pushing back against the planetary darkness. We string bulbs, ignite bonfires, and light candles. And we sing.
~ Anita Diamant – Author and thought leader on contemporary Jewish life.
Christmas should be celebrated not only by appropriate festivities and the exchange of material gifts, but also by deep, continuous meditation, making your consciousness a cosmic cathedral for Christ. You should offer therein your most precious gifts of love, goodwill, and service to uplift your inimical brothers, as well as your friendly brothers—physically, mentally, and spiritually. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda, The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within
And when you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. ~ Marcus Aurelius
Love is the way I walk in gratitude. And let your gratitude make room for all who will be freed with you: the sick, the weak, the needy and afraid, and those who mourn a seeming loss or feel apparent pain, who suffer cold or hunger, or who walk the way of hatred and the path of death. Walk then, in gratitude, the way of love.
~ A Course
Love is within us. It cannot be destroyed. It can be ignored. To the extent that we abandon love we will feel it has abandoned us. Denying love is our only problem, and embracing it is the only answer. Through the power of love, we can let go of past history and begin again. Love heals, forgives, and makes whole. ~ Ernest Holmes – Science of Mind
There have been many saints who have gone before to guide us, but I like the ones who are simple, like St. Therese of Lisieux. I chose her as my namesake because she did ordinary things with extraordinary love.
~(Mother Teresa)
I think it is clear from these words spoken by Jesus to his disciples that he sensed he would not be around forever, so it was up to those who lived after him to continue and even expand the work he had started. Yet what I was often told early in my life was that Jesus had already done everything for me and I didn’t have to do anything to
This Week’s Quotation: Every one of us already has the seed of mindfulness. The practice is to cultivate it. Yesterday is already gone. Tomorrow is not yet here. Today is the only day available to us; it is the most important day of our lives.
This Week’s Quotation: This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Book of Psalms, 118:24 Celebrating Life Let us rejoice and be glad in each new day! After all, this is our precious life to
The scripture says, “We will eat the fruit of our words.” Words are like seeds. You are planting seeds when you talk. At some point, you’re going to eat that fruit. When you speak something out, you give life to what you’re saying. If you continue to say it, eventually that can become a reality. Whether you realize it or not, you are prophesying your future. You’re going to reap
I think it is obvious from this professed devotion from Mother Teresa that to her, God was not some remote and separate entity up there or out there somewhere in the universe. Surely to suggest that we are “swimming in God” means that God is the very essence of our being, the ver y core of who we are.
Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains all things. They who have God lack nothing. God alone is enough. ~ Saint Teresa of Avila