WORDS TO LIVE BY
Going with the flow means holding onto your goals lightly (even though they may seem very important) and being willing to change them if something more appropriate and satisfying comes along.
It is the balance between keeping your destination clearly in mind, yet enjoying all the beautiful scenes you encounter along the way, and even being willing to change your destination
if life starts taking you in a different direction. . .ask your higher self whether you truly desire it. The universe may be trying to show you something better that you haven't considered.
Buddhas 4 Noble Truths
1. There is suffering in the world.
2. Suffering has a cause. When you feel you are suffering you must recognize it, then understand why it is happening then it will be understood.
3. The cause of suffering can be stopped. The origin of suffering is the attachment to 3 kinds of desire: desire for pleasure of the senses, desire to become something, and the desire to get rid of something.
Desire has power over us and deludes us only as long as we grasp it, believe in it and react to it. When we recognize desire and let go of these desires,
there is no longer any attachment to them.
4. There is a way out of suffering by following the 8 Fold Path.
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The 8 Fold Path are the steps to get out of suffering:
WISDOM: right understanding and aspiration
MORALITY: right speech, action and livelihood
CONCENTRATION: right effort, mindfulness and concentration
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If you THINK you are beaten, you are,
If you THINK you dare not, you don't.
If you like to win, but you THINK you can't,
It is almost certain you won't.
If you THINK you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow's will-
It's all in the STATE OF MIND.
If you THINK you are outclassed, you are,
You've got to THINK high to rises,
You've got to BE SURE OF YOURSELF before
You can ever win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!
If we practice being angry all the time, down the road, when a situation arises, that will be our response to it, and it will create that in other people;
that will be the kind of society we end up with. If we practice being loving, that becomes the way of what will happen to us in the future.
When you are feeling depressed or negative, and when you realize you can refuse to indulge in depressing negative thoughts, you can see that you now have
the awareness to change your mood by how you think.
Your pain and pleasure are created by yourself and you have the ability to get rid of your suffering and maintain peace and happiness
by understanding your weaknesses and using your own effort to overcome them.
Well-being is just knowing things as they are without feeling the need to pass judgement on them. When you are calm and peaceful, you will find there is no attachment to anything.
Our suffering comes from the attachment that we have to ideals. We are never what we should be according to our highest ideals. We become critical of everything.
The more closely you observe, the more you realize that everything you look at is constantly changing. Seeing changes, hearing changes, smelling,
tasting and physical sensations change, all the experiences in the body and mind, all the experiences of the senses change.
Things/life are impermanent, so attachment results in suffering.
By identifying your defining moments, critical choices, and pivotal people-you will have profoundly
affected who you are today and taken some huge steps forward in understanding your own self-concept.
Suppressing your authentic self and denying its need for expression, and living for which
you have no passion, wastes tremendous amounts of life energy that could be spent creating what you want.
You must be willing to challenge every aspect of your life, including the reality
that you may be wanting and pursuing things that simply aren't right for you.
There will be two dates on your tombstone and all your friends will read them but all that is gonna
matter is that little dash between them.-Kevin Welch
Greed, hatred, and delusion (grasping, aversion, and not seeing clearly) are the 3 causes of our suffering.
Instead cultivate the opposites of these 3 negatives: generosity, love and awareness.
If you know the events that have driven your self-concept, and you can identify the reactions
that you've had to those events, then you can change it.
Why do we hurt people? Usually because we are in pain, have experienced pain, or fear we will experience more pain. Then out of that fear comes agression.
We may not be able to change what has happened in our life, but we can certainly change the messages
that have emanated from those events.
When you meet difficulties, see them and overcome them by letting go. Don't think about the obstacles youve passed already, don't worry about the ones you haven't seen yet, stay in the present.
When we really know ourselves and what we believe, we don't search for someone or something to
define us from the outside.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eventually we finally learn that we cant get attached to things and hold on to them,
things dont go the way we think they should but the way that they go.
The purpose of our lives should be to purify our clouded, deluded, misled minds and free ourselves
from worries and disturbances.
Never give people anything they ask for until at least a day has passed because experience shows
they only appreciate something when they have the opportunity of doubting whether they will get it or not.
The difference between an ordinary person and a warrior is that the warrior takes everything as a
challenge while the ordinary person takes everything as a blessing or a curse.
Things are created, live for awhile and then they pass away. If you can accept that - each day, each moment,
with each person, to experience whats there - and then leave it and go to the next, you can live in a deeply peaceful way.
Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.
When tempted to criticize others, ask yourself why you feel so strongly.
You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for as
long as you live. How you take care of it or fail to take care of it can make
an enormous difference in the quality of your life.
You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called Life.Ê
Each day, you will be presented with opportunities to learn what you need to know.
The lessons presented are often completely different from those you think you need.
There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error and
experimentation.ÊYou can learn as much from failure as you can from success.
A lesson will be presented to you in various
forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it (as evidenced by a change
in your attitude and ultimately your behavior) then you can go on to the next lesson.
There is no stage of life that does not
contain some lessons. As long as you live there will be something more to learn.
"There" is no better than "here". When your "there" has become a "here" you will simply discover
another "there" that will again look better than your "here." Don't be fooled by believing that
the unattainable is better than what you have.
The answers lie inside of you. The solutions to all of life's problems lie within your grasp.
All you need to do is ask, look, listen and trust yourself.
I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you
want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
Good and bad arise only in the mind. If you keep watch on this, studying this one topic your whole life, you will never get bored.
All things that exist will cease to exist. When you have let something go and allowed it to cease, then you are left with peace.
Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud, it is not rude,
it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs (Cor 13:4-5)
He who abuses his abuser is the worse of the two. To refrain from retaliation is to win a battle hard to win.
If one knows that the other person is angry but refrains from anger oneself, one does what is best for oneself
and the other person also.
When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad. 16Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel
that you are smarter than others. Make friends with ordinary people. [a] 17Don't mistreat someone who has mistreated you.
Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or 5rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a
record of wrongs that others do. 6Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil. 7Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful,
and trusting. 8Love never fails!-1 CORINTHIANS 13.4-8
If we truly love others and live as Christ did in this world, we won't be worried about the day of judgment.
18A real love for others will chase those worries away. The thought of being punished is what makes us afraid.
It shows that we have not really learned to love.-1 JOHN 4.17-18
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds.
Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world.
Dormant forces, faculties, and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.-Patanjali
In the beginning, there was Existence alone -- One only, without a second. It, the One, thought to itself: "Let Me be many, let Me grow forth."
Thus, out of Itself, it projected the universe, and having projected the universe out of Itself, It entered into every being.
All that is has its self in It alone. Of all things It is the subtle essence. It is the truth. It is the Self. And you are That.
-Chandogya Upanishad
Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. 8Everyone who asks will receive.
Everyone who searches will find. And the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.-MATTHEW 7.7-8
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We are tempted by our own desires that drag us off and trap us. 15Our desires make us sin, and when sin is finished with us,
it leaves us dead.-JAMES 1.14-15
Finally, my friends, keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking
about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.-1 PHILLIPIANS 4.8
Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good. 10Love each other
as brothers and sisters and honor others more than you do yourself.-ROMANS 12.9-10
If you allow selfishness and harmfulness to run rampant in your life, suffering is the inevitable result, both for yourself
as an individual and for the world as a whole.
Question any concept to make sure that it agrees with your own experience and understanding. Then, put the idea into practice to make sure it actually works.
Stop being hateful! Quit trying to fool people, and start being sincere. Don't be jealous or say cruel things about others.-1 PETER 2.1
If our minds are ruled by our desires, we will die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we will have life and peace.-ROMANS 8.6
Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person.-1 PHILLIPIANS 2.2
Decide what you want, belive it can happen, believe you deserve it, then visualize what you want and feel the feelings of already having it,
then focus what your greatful for already and release it into the universe to manifest.
The thought manifests as the word; the word manifests as the deed; the deed develops into habit; and habit hardens into character.
So watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.-Buddha
Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what was in nostalgia, nor forward to what it might be in dread or
anticipation, but living in the present relationship and accepting it as it is now.-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
When you love someone, you do not love them all the time, in exactly the same way, from moment to moment. It is an impossibility.
It is even a lie to pretend to. And yet this is exactly what most of us demand. We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, and relationships.
The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.-Mark Twain
When we live and work in harmony with our purpose, we are taking care of the inner work, and the outer world unfolds easily and effortlessly, bringing us the fulfillment of our greatest dreams.
Affirm that you can be successful doing what you love to do, in an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, for the highest good of all.-Marc Allen
You have everything you need: a miraculous body, a phenomenal brain, and a vast and powerful subconscious mind. Now it's just a matter of focusing them in the right direction.-Marc Allen
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams, and endeavor to live the life you have imagined, you will meet with unexpected success.-Henry David Thoreau
You will become as great as your dominant aspiration...If you cherish a vision, a lofty ideal in your heart, you will realize it. -James Allen
Your subconscious mind always says yes. It is a vast reservoir of energy that powerfully supports you in whatever you think and dream about.
Whatever is going on in your mind is what you are attracting. Most people think about what they don't want and attract more of the same.
If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds their manifestation.
If something you choose or desire doesn't go your way you must accept that it may be in your best interest that it didn't happen your way.
Enlightenment is about living in the present, the now, in the moment, not trying to be something, or attaining a goal in the future.
Enlightenment is already present, just connect to it by removing the mind clutter that is hiding it.
As one not knowing that a treasure lies buried beneath his feet may walk over it again and again, yet never find it,
so to most humans never connect to the source/GOD etc because of a veil of illusion which conceals it, even though its present within you.
Thoughts that bring about good feelings mean you are on the right track. Thoughts that bring about bad feelings means you are not on the right track.
Our scientific capabilities have outrun our spiritual capabilities - we now have guided missles and misguided men.-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.-Buddha
To live your life in your own way, to reach the goals you've set for yourself, to be the person you want to be - that is success.
We must recognize the illusion before we find the truth. We are close to waking when we dream that we are dreaming.-Novalis
If you don't know what your passion is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find out.-Oprah Winfrey
Finally, all of you should agree and have concern and love for each other. You should also be kind and humble.-1 PETER 3.8
To live one day and taste very deeply the meaning of impermanence is better than living 100 years and not to touch it.
Take the first step in faith. you dont have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.-Martin Luther King
And you shall decree a thing and it will be established unto you, and the light will shine upon your ways.-Job 22.28
By transforming your thoughts, beliefs, habits, and patterns, you can transform your life into whatever you desire.
If your mind is peaceful and loving, you'll create the conditions for a comfortable future no matter what happens.
An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.-Buddha
Millions of people long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy sunday afternoon.
When we loose our sense of awe, we turn to religion. When we no longer trust ourselves, we depend on authority.
The more you live and work in partnership with all, the happier, healthier, aand more successful you will be.
Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
Until you accept yourself, you can't let go of yourself. Until you let go of yourself you can never be free.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance-Aristotle
Within every adversity is an equal or greater benefit. Even in the knocks of life we cana find great gifts.
The real mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, its a reality to be experienced-J.J. Van der Leeuw
Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together.-COLOSSIANS 3.14
The way to achieve some inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished.
But try to earn the respect of others, 18and do your best to live at peace with everyone.-ROMANS 12.15-18
Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.-Joseph Campbell
For now there are faith,Êhope, and love.ÊBut of these three, the greatest is love.-1 CORINTHIANS 13.13
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Many people, in admonishing others and pointing out their errors, very likely are themselves fallible.
Dance like nobody is watching, sing like no one can hear you, love like you've never been hurt before.
We must stop judging others. We must also make up our minds not to upset anyone's faith.-ROMANS 14.13
Our purpose is to evolve into something greater, to transform our lives and our world for the better.
This is the gret work ahead of us: to create a society built on partnership rather then domination.
I've learned that it's not what you have in your life, but whom you have in your life that counts.
What shapes your fate are your own perceptions and your old ingrained habits of fear and failure.
We should keep on encouraging each other to be thoughtful and to do helpful things.-HEBREWS 10.24
Always be humble and gentle. Patiently put up with each other and love each other.-EPHISIANS 4.2
In a passionless life, superficiality becomes the substitute for the things that ought to matter.
Unhappiness comes from our refusal to accept that everything is changeable and subject to decay.
We are the sum of our relationships. With every relationship we encounter we become someone new.
The change that has to happen in order to maximize your life comes totally from the inside out.
To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness.-Eckhart Tolle
The cup of life is half full and half empty. We choose which half to focus on, at every moment.
Whatever it is you are feeling is a perfect reflection of what is in the process of becoming
The wise work without desire or attachment, the ignorant work for the fruit of their actions.
You don't have to forgive because they deserve it, forgive because you don't need it anymore.
Don't ask others to tell you what to do; instead, take ownership of your own decision making.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing -Edmund Burke
Feelings of passion, joy, and excitement are signs you are in alignment with what you want.
Whatever you are feeling NOW is a perfect reflection of what is in the process of becoming
You have the power to change the manner in which you engage your world and everyone in it.
There is no greater illusion than fear. Whoever can see through fear will always be safe.
The choices you have made and will make in your life are 100 percent your responsibility.
Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment.-James Allen
See the full half of the glass, the benefits in adversity, anad keep picturing success.
You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
People who genuinely care will tell you the truth, even if you don't want to hear it.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
You mainfest what you are feeling about not necessarily what you are thinking about.
Enjoy the journey. There is beauty and wonder in each eternal moment, here and now.
There is no need for argument. Listening and working in partnership is much better.
Enjoy the journey. There is beauty and wonder in each eternal moment, here and now.
Imagination is everything. It is the preview of lifes coming attractions.-Einstein
When the mind is clear it reduces anxiety, craving, anger, jealousy and delusion.
Unsuccessful people focus on the problems; the successful focus on the solutions.
It may be painful to try and fail, but it is the attempt that should be honored.
Within every desire is the seed and mechanics for its fulfillment.-Deepak Chopra
When you have inspired thought, you have to trust it and you have to act on it.
Be still , and you will find tremendous rejuvenation, understanding, and light.
If you have learned from your mistakes, you will make more informed decisions.
Reason obeys itself; Ignorance submits to what is dictated to it.-Thomas Paine
You yourselves are Gods Temple and Gods spirit lives in you-1 Corinthians 3.1
Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have.-HEBREWS 13.5
Make no appointments and you'll have no disappointments.-Swami Satchidananda
All power is from within and is therefore under our control.-Robert Collier
Any bad thought you have had can be changed by a change in your awareness.
Whether you think you can or you cant either way you are right-Henry Ford.
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the consequences.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.-Eleanor Roosevelt
We should think about others and not about ourselves.-1 CORINTHIANS 10.24
Once you notice your doubts and fears, you can imagine their opposites.
Whatever the mind of man can conceive, it can acheive.-W. Clement Stone
Why not go out on a limb? That's where all of the fruit is. -Mark Twain
Never allow someone else to define you based on how they perceive you.
As long as you have the power to choose, you have the power to change.
It is only thru repetition that we learn, grow and change.-Marc Allen
I have never regretted the chances I have taken; only those I didn't.
It's not the thing you want, but the feeling it gives you.-Joe Vitale
Once the heart lets go of desires, it naturally overflows with love.
One who has attained an eternal perspective -time is of no concern.
Seek other people's approval and you will always be their prisoner.
There is something in you that you have a passion to do. so do it.
Take time to relax and enjoy all that you have worked for in life.
Be grateful for what you have. Don't dwell on what you don't have.
You must learn to master your mind...or it will master you!-Buddha
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
The key to achieving success is to be able to clearly imagine it.
If you don't believe in a higher power, go make a blade of grass.
Commune with your own heart on your beds and be still.-Psalm 4:4
Look inside yourself to find your inner strength, not to others.
Some things that don't happen prevent disasters from happening.
You create your own universe as you go along.Winston Churchill
If he/she loves you, rejoice, if he/she doesn't, find another.
You want to change the world, start by changing how you think.
That which causes one to see something anew attracts the eye.
Better to have loved and lost, then not to have loved at all.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.-Buddha
We live in a limitless universe, limited only by our beliefs.
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
He who learns that enough is enough will always have enough.
It is a man's own mind that lures him to evil ways.-Buddha
You can't do anything about the past except learn from it.
Our actions/choices create our happiness or unhappiness.
Love others as much as you love yourself.-GALATIANS 5.14
Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.
Domination is the problem, partnership is the solution.
Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.
You learn more from the journey than the destination.
Replace fear based behavior with love based behavior.
The solution to humanities problems begins with you.
You will receive what you ask for, no more, no less.
The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The unexamined life is not worth living.-Socrates
Live a life that lets you be who you really are.
A day you don't rememberis a day you didn't live.
I am never alone, the universe is my companion.
Don't worry about the things you can't control.
Intolerance is the greatest enemy of religion.
You are the only one who creates your reality.
If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
You miss 100% of the chances you do not take.
Create a list of things you are greatful for.
If its important to you, then it's important.
Begin with the end in mind.-Stephen R. Covey
Look for the extraordinary in the ordinary.
The architect of your destiny is yourself.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
The law should destory crimes, not lives.
Living is the only thing worth dying for.
Inner happiness is the fuel for success.
Count your blessings, not your problems.
All healing is initiated from the heart.
If there is no wind, row.-Latin proverb
You can change what you do acknowledge.
Pray, let go, and be ready to receive.
No room is empty if your mind is full.
Live everyday as if it were your last.
I don't live to work, I work too live.
Train yourself to live in the present.
Follow your dreams, no matter how big.
Mediocracy always attacks excellence.
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
What you resist, persists-Carl Young
The nature of life is nonpossession.
If you love someone, set them free.
Your thoughts cause your feelings
Another name for eternity is NOW.
You will be what you WILL to be.
Be in an attitude of gratitude.
The way you feel is everything.
Live like its Heaven on Earth.
You are what you choose to be.
Stay active in body and mind.
What you think about expands.
Free your mind from worries.
Close your eyes, and see God.
Your thoughts become reality.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Free your heart from hatred.
Practice makes improvement.
The enemy is hatred itself.
To thine own self-be true.
Believe it and achieve it.
Work smarter, not harder.
Accentuate the positive.
Pay attention to detail.
Life is short. Enjoy it!
You are what you think.
Make your own destiny.
Hold on to nothing.
Challenge yourself.
Look to your heart.
Do what you enjoy.
Live and let live.
Thy will be done.
Always have hope.
Get enough sleep.
Enrich your life.
Laugh every day.
Experience life.
Never give up.
Be persistent.
Be forgiving.
Live simply.
Expect less.
Take it easy.
Love change.
Give more.
Be patient.
Be present.
Just do it.
LOVE.
