Guy Finley: When we lose something, even
a loving relationship that was special to us, the pain of our loss is not in
the fact that the person, position, or possession is gone from our life. What we actually lose is...
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"Perhaps at the
moment the prevailing view is that which declines to separate body and mind in
the way to which we have become accustomed since the days of Descartes. Man is something
more than a carcass loosely coupled with a ghost." Professor
Sir Cyril Burt,
D.Sc."Work to understand spiritual and psychological principles, for example, love attracts love." VH
"Sometimes it is more
important to know
what kind of a fellah has a germ than
what kind of a germ has a fellah." SHATTUCK.
what kind of a fellah has a germ than
what kind of a germ has a fellah." SHATTUCK.
"From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth,
From
the laziness that is content with half-truths,
From
the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth,
O God
of Truth, deliver us."
ANCIENT PRAYER.
The blind have been made
to see, the halt to walk; lifelong invalids have had their health restored....
One hears of the
"Gospel of Relaxation,"
of the "Don't Worry
Movement,"
of people who repeat to
themselves, "Youth, health, vigor!"...
William James
The Varieties of
Religious Experience,
1902
Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak. Madame de Staël
"Yesterday's mistakes have no power
whatever to interfere with today's right performances." VH
"Let the thoughts of my heart be right." ECH
I will
give you a set of words which I believe will cure constipation, no matter what
the complications may be. It is this:
“I am
not selfish, neither do I criticize nor condemn, but I am compassionate and
merciful, loving and kind in my thinking toward everybody and everything in all
the world; neither have I any lust of any kind for anything, but I am pure in
heart.”
When you speak these words feel them in your heart and apply them
individually to each person of whom you think. You will be amazed at the change that will
come in your feelings toward people and your eyes will be opened in great
surprise at the many opportunities which you will find to be kind and loving to
others.
By the persistent use of the word of Truth
we can overcome any thing.
Our knowledge of what we really and truly
are changes and increases.
Let us train ourselves to speak the Truth
to ourselves and of ourselves at all times and in all places.
~ Fanny Louise Middleton Harley – 1895
Feeling right and being right
can be two different things. A person can feel quite sure he can be told new things,
but that is false rightness based on a mere image he has of himself as being
receptive. The truth comes out when you try to give him new ideas,
for then he gets nervous and defensive - which he never notices. When
having cosmic facts you feel right calmly and permanently. VH
I know of a man about thirty years of age who is remarkable for
his spirituality. He
says:
"I had no teachers in spiritual matters when I was a little boy except the grass, the trees and the wind. The secrets they told me and the things they taught me then have always staid by me. I learned of them and found God. Their teachings have kept me pure in heart and pure in morals."
His mother allowed her boy to live his own life. Did she make a mistake?
"I had no teachers in spiritual matters when I was a little boy except the grass, the trees and the wind. The secrets they told me and the things they taught me then have always staid by me. I learned of them and found God. Their teachings have kept me pure in heart and pure in morals."
His mother allowed her boy to live his own life. Did she make a mistake?
Of course, we all know that when parents know the Truth that they
can direct the energy of their children in the right direction, but unless the
parents do know the Truth it takes an uncommon amount of good sense on the part
of the children to keep them from running adrift. When the blind lead the blind they both fall into the ditch. ~ Fanny Louise Middleton Harley – 1895
“Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.” Madame de Staël
WhatWouldPlatoDo,
WhatWouldJesusDo
WhatWillYouDo
When you know you can't
really lose anything or anyone, if you understand there is no real division
between you and the one you love or, for that matter, between you and love
itself, then the heartache of loss simply ceases to exist for you. Guy Finley
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