Monday, February 28, 2011

Facing our True Selves

"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
-The Gnostic Christ (Dead Sea Scrolls)

Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Summit of Happiness - Erasmus

"The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is"
 - Erasmus

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Quote on Self and Life

"All that happens in life is self-revelation". :
The Book of Theanna p115

Monday, February 21, 2011

Quotes of Self Love

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection.~Buddha

By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.~Edwin Elliot

Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.~Alan Cohen

Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it.~Thaddeus Golas

All that you need is deep within you waiting to unfold and reveal itself. All you have to do is be still and take time to seek for what is within and you will surely find it. ~Eileen Caddy

You are as amazing as you let yourself be. Let me repeat that. You are as amazing as you let yourself be. ~Elizabeth Alraune

It's not your job to like me...it's MINE! ~Byron Katie
When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight. ~Michael Bridge 

You are much deeper, much broader, much brighter than any idea you could have of yourself. ~Harry Palmer

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. ~Richard Bach

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets. ~Clark Moustakas

If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. ~Vincent Van Gogh

The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins. ~Bob Moawad 

There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ~Aldous Huxley

It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~George Eliot

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. ~Rita Mae Brown

The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing. ~Joseph Wood Krutch

Poem - A Reminder by Dan Coppersmith

A Reminder
I am enough
Just me alone
With no one’s approval
Only my own
I am complete
With no need for more
Containing within me
An infinite store
I am abundance
I am magic and light
I am creation
I am joy and delight
I am Source of it all
I am boundless, and yet
Being still human
Sometimes I forget.
~Dan Coppersmith
spiritwire.com

Poem - Only You by Dan Coppersmith

Only You

No one on Earth
Exists quite like you
And no one is able
To do what you do

The person you are
The talents you bear
Gifts that only
You can share

Only you have learned
From the things you've done
Gaining perspective
From the battles you've won

Times when you've lost
Have been priceless too
The lessons contribute
To what makes you you

The rest of the world
Can't see through your eyes
Which is why your insight
Is such a prize

Because you are you
There are lives you affect
Much more than you
Would ever expect

The things you do
The things you say
Send ripples throughout
The Milky Way

You're unique, amazing
Like no one else
You have the exclusive
On being yourself.

~Dan Coppersmith
Excerpted from
The Elusive Here & Now

A Smile by Thich Nhat Hanh

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile is the source of your joy.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Poem - Hello World by Dan Coppersmith

 
Hello World
 I am amazing
Incredible me
Celebrating the being
I choose to be


I'm uniquely spectacular
I am one of a kind
Creativity oozes
From my heart and mind


I'm stupendous, tremendous
I stand out from the crowd
I do things
That aren't allowd


I'm inspired, desired
I am wonderfully weird
I am unbridled passion
I am highly revered


I'm outrageous, contagious
I am daring and bold
I am honered and cherishd
 I'm a treasure to hold


I am gifted, uplifted
I am endlessly blessed
I am sought out
For the skills I possess
I'm delightful, insightful
I am loved and adored
I live a charmed life
I'm renewed and restored


I am grateful, elateful
I am centered and wise
I am wealthy and worthy
I am God in disguise


I declare my brilliance
It won't be denied
the world cries out
For what I provide


I am powerful, masterful
I am focused and clear
Life becomes brighter
Because I am here


I am blazing, amazing
I can't be contained
I'm a glorious, fabulous
Radiant flame


I choose to exude
All this and much more
My wings are spread
Watch me soar!
Dan Coppersmith
SpiritWire

Universal Love - A quote from Teilhard de Chardin

From: Teilhard de Chardin "The PHENOMENON of MAN"Translated by Bernard Wall

"How can we account for that irresistible instinct in our hearts which leads us towards unity whenever and in whatever direction our passions are stirred ?A sense of the universe, a sense of the all, the nostalgia which seizes us when confronted by nature, beauty, music ---these seem to be an expectation and awareness of a Great Presence. The ' mystics ' and their commentators apart, how has psychology been able so consistently to ignore this fundamental vibration whose ring can be heard by every practised ear at the basis, or rather at the summit, of every great emotion ? Resonance to the All ---the keynote of pure poetry and pure religion ; ...the severed particle which trembles at the approach of ' the rest ' ...

p. 267 A universal love is not only psychologically possible ; it is the only complete and final way in which we are able to love."

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

John Lennon on Love

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
- John Lennon
 
 It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love
-John Lennon

Kind Words

Kind Words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless

- Mother Teresa