Walk the talk

Sundar Singh was raised a devout Sikh, and consecrated from his youth to become a Hindu sadhu. However, his spiritual longings were not fulfilled until emotional and spiritual turmoil drove him to urgently ask the true living God to reveal Himself fully, lest he take his own life in the hope of finding peace in the next. The outcome was strikingly similar to that described in Acts 9:3-5 of the Bible's New Testament. Thereafter, the born again Sadhu became a living witness of the eternal security, peace and comfort he had freely received.

The Sadhu spoke of his own experience -- the Rest and Peace which he enjoys (Bisram, Santi, Aram). Previously he had no lack of everything which the world could give -- wealth, family etc., but he did not enjoy Peace through them. But in Christ he had found peace (Santi) when he realized his relationship with Him. A doctor friend of the Sadhu's related that a man whose arm was broken through an accident came to him and said, "Doctor, my arm is very painful. Take the pain away for me." The doctor told him that first of all the two broken bones must be set and be knit together; then the swelling and the pain would go away of themselves. In the same way people want peace and they want blessings but they don't want to come into right relationship with God, the Giver of blessing. When we come into this right relationship with Him, our restlessness will go and in its stead we shall have wonderful peace.
SOURCE: http://sadhusundarsingh.homestead.com/files/introduction.html

Similar to Tomas Vieira's message about "A Course in Miracles". You can study it for 25 years but when are you going to live it.

THE ESSENCE OF THE VEDAS

Live in the spirit of the teachings of the Vedas. Learn to discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent. Behold the Self in all beings, in all objects. Names and forms are illusory. Therefore sublate them. Feel that there is nothing but the Self. Share what you have,-physical, mental, moral or spiritual,-with all. Serve the Self in all. Feel when you serve others, that you are serving your own Self. Love thy neighbour as thyself. Melt all illusory differences. Remove all barriers that separate man from man. Mix with all. Embrace all. Destroy the sex-idea and body-idea by constantly thinking of the Self or the sexless, bodiless Atman. Fix the mind on the Self when you work. This is the essence of the teachings of the Vedas and sages of yore. This is real, eternal life in Atman. Put these things in practice in the daily battle of life. You will shine as a dynamic Yogi or a Jivanmukta. There is no doubt of this.
SOURCE:
http://www.dlshq.org/religions/vedas.htm

SIGNS OF A JIVANMUKTA

The Jivanmukta or liberated sage is absolutely free from egoism, doubt, fear, and grief. These are the four important signs that indicate that one has attained perfection.

The Jivanmukta has perfect contentment, unruffled peace of mind, deep abiding joy and bliss, possession of supersensual spiritual knowledge, and ability to clear any kind of doubt of aspirants. Doubts vanish when one remains in his company.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WORLDLY MAN AND A LIBERATED SAGE

The phenomenal universe does not vanish from the vision of the Jivanmukta. The Jivanmukta sees the world as a dream within himself. Just as the mirage appears even after the illusory nature of the water is understood, so also, the world appears for the Jivanmukta even after he has attained Self- realisation, even after he has clearly understood the illusory nature of the world. But, just as the man who has understood the nature of the mirage will not run after the mirage for drinking water, so also, the Jivanmukta will not run after sensual objects like the worldly-minded people, though the world appears to him. That is the difference between a worldly man and a liberated sage.

SOURCE:
http://www.dlshq.org/saints/jivanmukta.htm#difference

Transition

It is not wise to cling to those who have gone from the body.

Living with memories isn't fulfilling God's plan for your life. God is life, within you, eagerly seeking unity with other life, yearning to picture forth the health and joy and strength and usefulness that there is in all God life. God is love that must be converted into loving--loving things of the present, those about you, the thoughts and words and works that are adding to the wealth and peace and beauty of the world now.

So bless the past and the old friendships, and turn from them, knowing that they are not the vital issue now. All that another has meant to you has left its imprint upon your soul so that you profit by it daily. And this is all that is of value to you.

Myrtle Fillmore's Healing Letters



There is no peace except the peace of God,
And I am glad and thankful it is so.

The head/ heart connection.
Take Me to Truth

Quantum physics riddle

What does this mean?
How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics.

Hint: Drive 2 fence posts into the ground about two feet apart.
Lay across the fence posts a board that overlaps the posts about three inches on each side.
Stand back and look.

Jane Roberts/Seth Material

http://www.sethlearningcenter.org/ has audio of Jane channeling.

Notice the constant tonality in the voice.

THE MESSAGE OF NEW THOUGHT

by ABEL LEIGHTON ALLEN
Published 1914.

Excerpts

New Thought is largely a restatement of old thought, vitalized with new life and meaning from the discoveries of modern psychology and the latest deductions of science. The reader must bear in mind, however, that the Old Thought was suppressed in the Western Hemisphere for nearly two thousand years; for the first time it is sending its illuminating rays to gladden the Western world.
* * * * * *Everything vibrates and oscillates through the broad stretches of infinity. Since motion produces change, everything in Nature is passing through perpetual change.
* * * * * *The adherents of New Thought worship the omnipresent God, the indwelling God, in whom we live, move, and have our being. They do not conceive of God as distant or separated from man, but as a universal Spirit permeating all Nature, finding its highest expression in man.
* * * * * *With most of us the Christ within is asleep in the ship, and only as the winds and waves of life beat therein, threatening us with shipwreck and destruction, do we find courage to wake the Gentle Master to still the raging tempests.
* * * * * *It has been said that he that knows but one Bible, knows none. There is perhaps much truth in the statement. The Vedas and Zend Avesta contain many truths later found in the Hebrew Bible. How many who accept the Bible literally and as the inspired word of God, ever read those ancient Bibles?

[... it was said in the Vedas thousands of years ago that if any two people would unite in their psychic forces, the could conquer the world! That is the reason Jesus told us -- "If any two of you shall agree as touching anything they shall ask, it will be done unto them. ... ~ "The God in You" ~ Robert Collier ~ 1937]* * * * * *New Thought is in harmony with the latest utterances of science and philosophy, regarding the unity of life, that it pervades and animates all nature and all created beings. Only as we recognize this fact can we find a rational and substantial basis for the brotherhood of man.
* * * * * *
The real secret of man's power, then, is to create proper ideals or thought forms, and thus control the subconscious divinity within him. As thought controls the subconscious, the great reservoir of intelligent forces, so man directs his own welfare and destiny. The key, then, to man's power is to think constructively, think positively, create ideals of health, of cheerfulness, of happiness, and of accomplishment. When he has learned this secret, he has become master over things and circumstances. At last we come back to the great truth, as a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
* * * * * *
The experiments referred to, by which thoughts were transformed into visible forms, were conducted by Dr. Charles W. Littlefield. He asserts that he created mental images in solutions of inorganic compounds placed upon photographic slides, and the forms thereby created were successfully photographed and the photographs exhibited for inspection. Dr. Littlefield, in giving the results of his experimentation, says: "In the chemical analysis of all living things we find two classes of compounds, the organic and the inorganic. The former class is represented by albumen, sugar, starch, and oil, while the latter is represented by the compounds of soda, lime, magnesia, iron, potash, and silicon, as made up by the union of these with sulphur, phosphorus, chryoline, fluorine, and oxygen, making twelve mineral compounds, commonly known as tissue salts.
* * * * * *New Thought is not a religion of yesterday, or a philosophy for tomorrow but for today. It is a religion of life and for man's use. Its purpose is to teach man how to live now, and to find the highest and best in life. Our yesterdays are gone, our today is here. "Yesterday is only a dream, tomorrow is only a vision." We cannot control the past, but we can perform the duties of today. Today will be the past tomorrow, we can only make it glorious by acting well today.
* * * * * *
The great lesson for man to learn is that such negative thoughts as malice, envy, and hatred do not injure or affect the person against whom they are sent, so much as the one who gives them wings and sends them forth. Giving and receiving is the work of life. What we give, that we receive. This law holds good in all we give; whether we send forth thoughts to another or to our own subjective minds, they come back, either as benedictions or otherwise, according to the character of the thoughts sent forth.

* * * * * *The principles enunciated in New Thought have never been tried in the solution of the social and economic problems that constantly confront society. After all the centuries of theological teaching, the world is still divided by contentions and disagreements. Men are still separated by antagonisms and dissensions, each individual and class seeking to take advantage of the other. Selfishness still dominates man. Man's hand is still raised against his fellow-man. If it is not individual against individual, it is organization against organization, class against class. Labor is arrayed in fierce warfare against capital, and capital against labor. Labor is in antagonism also with itself. Public servants are still dishonest. The briber still plies his trade. The grafter is abroad in the land.
It is lamentable that these conditions should exist in this twentieth century. There must be a cause. There is a cause for every effect. Conditions can only be changed as the cause is changed. True reform is centered at the cause.
* * * * * *We live in the great present, the eternal now, the grandest epoch in all the ages. Our ideals must be great, to harmonize with the ; great present. We cannot live the full life by taking our standards from the past. We must feel the thrill of the present, to develop the best within us.
* * * * * *
Let us remember that we may create, that we may build, that we may be a positive force in the world, that we may lift the burden from some struggling life, that we may radiate joy and kindness, gratitude and love from our lives, that we may leave the world a little brighter and mankind a little better than we found them.


"Our lives are songs;
God writes the words.
And we set them to music at leisure;
And the song is sad, or the song is glad
As we choose to fashion the measure."
"We must write the song,
Whatever the words,
Whatever the rhyme or meter,
And if it be sad, we must make it glad,
And if sweet, we must make it sweeter."

Marriage

Commitment
Although it's not always easy,
this is part of loving someone
unconditionally
with all your heart and
with all you have to give!

It's a promise that should last a lifetime.

It
describes you as a person
and
describes the essence of your soul.

It's a promise to be there,
one for the other,
no matter what happens,
no matter who falls.

For better or for worse.

For better
or
for worse.
(Lynn Johnson)

Joseph Murphy in "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" suggests:

It must begin on a sound spiritual balance. It must be of the heart, and the heart is the chalice of love. You don't marry for position or for security. "

Divorce begins in the mind.

Nagging is a cry for attention but pushes the partner away. It also reflects a desire to make the partner conform to a certain way.

Discussing marital problems with family or friends who give the wrong advice.

Degrading or belittling the other in the eyes of anyone else is always a reflection of that persons thoughts and feelings.

Don't remake your partner.

But, of course adjustments are needed.

Pray together, stay together.

Maybe the goal of marriage should be as Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Vieira set for theirs.
To remove the blockages so that we may realize love in and all around us.
Real love.



Decide what's important. Loving now or holding on to the past.

A hug and a kiss from a dog are priceless. Dogs look into your soul.

True-believer syndrome

is a term coined by M. Lamar Keene in his 1976 book The Psychic Mafia. Keene used the term to refer to people who continued to believe in a paranormal event or phenomenon even after it had been proven to have been staged.

Thoughts

ONE . Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully .

TWO . Marry a man/woman you love to talk to .
As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other .

THREE . Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want .

FOUR . When you say, 'I love you,' mean it .

FIVE . When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye .

SIX . Be engaged at least six months before you get married .

SEVEN . Believe in love at first sight .

EIGHT . Never laugh at anyone's dreams . People who don't have dreams don't have much .

NINE . Love deeply and passionately . You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely .

TEN . In disagreements, fight fairly . No name calling .

ELEVEN . Don't judge people by their relatives .

TWELVE . Talk slowly but think quickly.

THIRTEEN! . When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'

FOURTEEN . Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk .

FIFTEEN . Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze .

SIXTEEN . . When you lose, don't lose the lesson .

SEVENTEEN . Remember the three R's:
Respect for self;
Respect for others; and
Responsibility for all your actions .

EIGHTEEN . Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship .

NINETEEN . When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it .

TWENTY . . Smile when picking up the phone . The caller will hear it in your voice .

TWENTY- ONE . Spend some time with just yourself, knowing you are never alone .
Center For Spiritual Living (Kitchener)

A History of the New Thought Movement

by Horatio W. Dresser
First published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York, 1919
http://horatiodresser.wwwhubs.com/ahotntinx.htm

This is a very informative and should appeal to anyone on a spiritual path.

A few excerpts:

“...the heart of the spiritual method as developed by Mr. Quimby. To address oneself as a spirit to another spirit is far more than merely to transfer thought or feeling to another. “

“The New Thought has been defined by Elizabeth Towne as "the fine art of recognizing, realizing and manifesting the God in the individual." The first organizations were established to teach this fine art as applied to mental healing. Hence recognition of "the Christ within" was the cardinal principle. The later organizations have sought to make this fine art known in its relation not merely to mental healing but to the whole of life. Hence the New Thought has become a recognized phase of liberal Christianity throughout the world.”

“Quimby's radical proposition was that disease was "the invention of man," a sheer "error" in contrast with divine truth; whereas the old theology had taught that suffering was "an infliction of wise providence" to be patiently indulged. Quimby maintained that it was the right of man to be well, and that by profound searching man could press through his errors to "the explanation" which should be "the cure." The New Thought has taken up this radical proposition and Quimby's method and endeavored to prove them both. It has encouraged every man to be his own physician and seek his own health by spiritual wisdom. This constructive effort is its special contribution. This much attained, the New Thought is ready to join with other activities which are meeting the great social issues of our time, in a far larger program than that with which it began. For in very truth the new age is a return to the original gospel, whose mission was to make man every whit whole, to bring society into the fulness of life. Or, shall we say, that ours is the age which is coming to understand Christianity for the first time? Christianity was thought to be for the sake of individual piety, a scheme of salvation through right doctrine. Our age teaches the inseparability of the individual and society. The war has made the races and nations intimately akin. We do not want the mere "healing of the nations." We want cooperation and brotherhood. We want true service and social justice. It is the love which Christ taught which will overcome the class hatreds which have organized themselves to bar the way. All our problems are inseparably connected. All activities making for social betterment must be seen as intimately one. What we are witnessing in our day is a fruition of that power of the Holy Spirit which went forth into the world at the time of the incarnation to bring all men unto the Christ.”

"New Thought methods and motives are not intended to qualify a few individuals to more readily prey upon the mass. Nor are they designed to enable the individual to attain his desires at the expense of others. But they mean the exaltation of each and all, and they ever center about the conception of Unity.”

"When we adopt the religion of humanity, we find that what we have called our duty to God is the duty we owe to our Self and our fellow-beings. With the elimination of the conception of an anthropomorphic God, it becomes possible to conceive of a heaven here, and to understand that man's highest duty is to man. And with the conception of the essential unity of humanity, man's duty to the Self and to others is seen to be one and the same. If he would receive, he must give; if he would be loved, he must love; if he would benefit the Self, he must be of advantage to others. One may rise only as he raises others with him, and one may fall only as he falls with others. . . ."

As important today as it was 90 years ago.

Lessons from New Thought authors and ACIM

It is not WHO it is WHAT you are that really matters. -- Imelda Octavia Shanklin, Unity

Meaningful seeking is consciously undertaken, consciously organised and consciously directed. The goal must be formulated clearly and kept in mind. Learning and wanting to learn are inseparable. You learn best when you believe what you are trying to learn is of value to you. However, not everything you may want to learn has lasting value. Indeed, many of the things you want to learn may be chosen because their value will not last. (T4,V,5.3-8)

Preoccupations with problems set up to be incapable of solution are favourite ego devices for impeding learning progress. In all these diversionary tactics, however, the one question that is never asked by those who pursue them is, “What for?” This is the question that you must learn to ask in connection with everything. What is the purpose? Whatever it is, it will direct your efforts automatically. When you make a decision of purpose, then, you have made a decision about your future effort; a decision that will remain in effect unless you change your mind. (T4,V,5.6-11)

The truly helpful are God’s miracle workers, whom I direct until we are all united in the joy of the Kingdom. I will direct you to wherever you can be truly helpful, and to whoever can follow my guidance through you. (T4,VII,8.7-8)

The dream of unreality!

In reality we are all dreaming; when man fully awakens he knows that planets are thoughts, suns and moons are thoughts, and his own consciousness is the space which sustains them all. He begins to realize that the whole world is a thought. For example, he becomes aware of the fact that the body is not real, but it is a thought or idea held in consciousness. The body has no life apart from consciousness. He realizes that there is absolutely no reality to matter or the body of man; it is a group of ideas and opinions. Man gives life to ideas and opinions as long as he believes them. When he disbelieves the errors, these ideas have no life in them.What has transpired is all a dream, a dream of the unreality.
"Therefore it is said Awake, O sleeper and rise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light."
(Ephesians 5:14).
THIS IS IT:The Art of Metaphysical Demonstration by Rev. Joseph Murphy (1948)

In Tune with the Infinite

"Within yourself lies the cause of whatever enters into your life.
To come into the full realization of your own awakened interior
powers is to be able to condition your life in exact accord with
what you would have it"

Ralph Waldo Trine
(from: "In Tune with the Infinite" )
1897

Healing and knowledge

Knowledge, The Essence of World Scriptures

Really Healing

The Rape of Innocence

This is the acid test of forgiveness.

If you have truly forgiven someone,you will remember the incident, but will no longer feel the sting or hurt. This is the acid test of forgiveness. You must meet it psychologically and spirituall. Otherwise you are simple deceiving yourself. You are not practising the art of true forgiveness.
To Understand All Is to Forgive All

Clairvoyance III

During the winter of 1843, I visited Wiscasset with my subject and lectured before an audience, and gave experiments illustrating my theory of mesmerism. After putting my subject into the clairvoyant state, a gentleman by the name of Clark was placed in communication with him.

Clairvoyance II

But it is in the blue light (or darkness) that the subject sees by sympathy (or odor).

It is called thought-reading, and is the state persons go into when they are "entranced by a spirit."

Then if you see a friend, the friend is formed but cannot be seen very distinctly - but is described like an apple or pear by the odor.

All this is governed by our belief.