A Tribute to Valentine’s Day
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
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How We See is What We See
I’m happy to share that elephant journal just published another article, “How We See is What We See.” The article is currently a staff pick on their home page.
elephant journal is an online magazine that features articles about mindfulness, “non new-agey spirituality”, green living, and more.
To share the article, it’s most helpful to share the social media posts about it, rather than sharing directly from the article. The links below take you directly to the posts:
Also, commenting on the article helps with engagement.
Thank you!
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Courage
Ever since I was a little boy I have loved reading quotes. They provide inspiration without manhandling the mind. The other day I came across the following quote about courage:
“A lot of things can happen if you have the will and courage to do it.”
So many people have had the courage to stand together and help me create Mount Soma. Without their courage to stand beside me and face the wind together, Mount Soma would have remained only a dream. I am eternally grateful for their stepping forward and facing any fear to support what we believe in. May none of us ever give in to cowardice. May we always move forward, forward, alway forward.
I understand the quote above was said by a Macedonian resistance fighter during WWII. While unsuccessfully trying to find the source of this quote, I came across many quotes about courage. Perhaps it is somehow more fitting that i could not find his name. If anyone knows, please provide it in a comment. Here are several quotes about courage I found in my search:
- We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
- Courage is fear holding on a minute longer. ~ George Patton
- Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~ Winston Churchill
- Valor grows by daring; fear by holding back. ~ Publilius Syrus
- Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined. ~ Leo Rosten
- The only true measure of courage is perseverance under pressure. ~ K.H. LeMoyne
- Courage is an angel which makes the difference between a good life and a great life. ~ Kate Reed
- Courage results when one’s convictions are bigger than one’s fears.~ Orrin Woodward
- All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. ~ Walt Disney
- Have the courage to act instead of react. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T. S. Eliot
- Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. ~ John F. Kennedy
- Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. ~ Winston Churchill
- Trying and getting hurt can’t possibly be worse for you than being stuck. ~ Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim. ~ Nora Ephron
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The Divine Flow
Everything is born of and gravitates back to Oneness
Just as every drop of rain comes from and returns to the ocean
This natural flow of existence is called the Cosmic Stream
moving all life in a positive, positive, always positive direction.
Can you hear it? Can you feel it? Do you live it?
What you hear, feel, see, and live is already inside you.
Just as everything is colored by the color glasses you wear, perception is really projection.
If negativity is inside you, then you believe in and resonate with the negative and see that as truth.
To you, the Cosmic Stream then is more a lofty ideal you long for but can not have… a dream, a wish…
In this time of humanity, negativity is considered smart… street smart.
Positivity is considered naive.
One negative perception (projection) outweighs years of positivity, as if finally, the truth be known.
Negativity resonates with negative notions and quickly turns against the positive, the good.
What dwells on the inside defines what is believed about the outside world, about others.
To know, see, feel, and live the Cosmic Stream is to remove the tinted glasses and see the world for what it truly is.
Truly, all things gravitate back to Oneness, back to God. The natural flow of life is positivity.
Truly the Cosmic Stream carries us in the direction of good, of God.
To know this nature of life, is to trust in life.
Come on…
Do not be dissuaded by negativity.
Life is Divine.
What is inside you determines what you believe about the outside, about others.
Free yourself from negativity.
Otherwise, though you may long for God, you will not walk with God.
The Divine awaits you.
The Divine lies within you, free, trusting, loving, see the best in others, in the world.
Spiritual liberation means freedom. It is just that simple.
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Lots of Exciting New Stuff!
There have been many slideshows, articles and audios posted recently!
You are welcome to share, like and comment.
New SlideShare Slideshows
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New Articles
Medium.com
Entrepreneur.com
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ElephantJournal.com
Note: You can see all my ElephantJournal.com articles on my Author Page.
SoundCloud Audios
New audios are being added to SoundCloud! The most recent tracks are:
- Discernment (Fundamental Principle #1)
- The Unified Field (Fundamental Principle #2)
- The Structure of Consciousness (Fundamental Principle #3)
Note: In case you didn’t know, you can download SoundCloud audios to your phone via the free SoundCloud app (available on the App Store or Google Play).
Google+ Collections
Google+ Collections are organized by topic. New Collections are being created on a variety of topics, including:
- Business Wisdom
- Health, Fitness and Personal Development
- Healthy Self, Healthy Relationships
- Inspiration
- Look Deeper, Live Better
(Access pages from the Look Deeper Live Better book for free.) - Spiritual Evolution
- Veda: The Nature of Existence
- Vedic Concepts Videos
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Super Bowl
A number of times yesterday and today, I have been asked to write something about the Super Bowl. I thought to tell you about all the silly and fun pregame antics we have enjoyed among ourselves here at Mount Soma throughout the playoffs through today, but it seemed to not be enough to say or very easy to convey either. It all just naturally built upon itself as a bunch of hilarious back and forth emails and frivolities.
There was just an interview with the Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning that was personally quite moving for me. It is likely his last game before retirement. He said what was most important to him was to earn the respect of his teammates and coaches. That is certainly one of the most important things in life. You can’t expect to gain respect from all the people who do not really know you, but to earn the respect of those that are close to you, those who see and work with you on a regular basis is a most laudable life goal. I can honestly say that I have deep respect for all of the people with whom I have the honor to be around here at Mount Soma and work with closely and I know they feel the same. For that I am most grateful.
Enjoy the Super Bowl! If you do not like football, there are always the commercials and halftime show!!
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How Meditation Opens Our Minds
I’m pleased to share that elephant journal just published another article, “How Meditation Opens Our Minds.”
This is the seventh article of mine they’ve published! They’ve also given me an author page.
elephant journal is an online magazine that features articles about mindfulness, “non new-agey spirituality”, green living, and more.
To share the article, it’s most helpful to share my social media posts about it, rather than sharing directly from the article. The links below take you directly to my posts:
Thanks, and enjoy!
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Letting It Go
Perhaps the greatest human tragedy, the one tragedy that feeds all others, is hatred. It is remarkable to see how long people hold on to their hatred. Of course it comes in various forms like resentment, anger, and that which underlies all anger, hurt—usually hurt feelings. In spite of the effort to heal or move past hatred, many prefer to hold on to the negative feelings year after year.
Take a moment to reflect upon the people you have known through your life. Likely you have seen this sad human tragedy of hatred many times even in your personal life. Why is it that people prefer to hold on to the hatred? Why is it that they prefer to continue to assault the other party one way or another throughout time? Is it some sort of pride or identity with what is deemed principle? Is it just a physiological state of emotional collapse into an irretrievable state of wounding? The damage that is, has been, and continues to be done as a result is a great scourge upon humanity. Not only are friendships destroyed and cities divided, but even wars are fought as a result. Harmony and good will is replaced with tension and cruelty. It is like a heavy, dark, relentless cloud that hangs over families, communities, and nations.
And how are such things healed? No matter how many people with heartfelt sincerity request healing, it seems that once the collapse into hatred occurs, the hater will not, cannot, let it go. It almost seems that attempts to heal only inflame the hatred. People sometimes prefer to leave and take their emotionally collapsed state of hatred with them, only to inflict it again wherever they may go. It is as if they insist that the emotional collapse does not exist within themselves but it is those they hate that are the only problem.
What can one do when at the receiving end of such hatred? It seems that walking away and avoiding the hater only enrages the hater further. It is as if they insist upon you being there to provide them a target upon which to unleash their scorn.
What can one do if they are in fact the hater? Can they find it within themselves to acknowledge their state? Can they bring themselves to deal with their inner state and heal it?
As I write this, I think of many people throughout my life who would no doubt think I am referring to them. Perhaps I have thought of them while writing this and perhaps I have not. But the point here reaches far beyond one individual or another. I am referring here to the treacherous shadow cast upon all people as a result of the cloud of hatred unhealed and seemingly perpetual.
If the stress and strain within people would be released, the hatred would go away with it. To let it go is doable, but not all that easy to accomplish in this world. The technology exists to release those stresses and strains. My life has been dedicated to offering that technology to humanity. But it is a tough sell. The arrows of hatred, anger and resentment continue to fly. At times, it is all one can do to continue standing and keep moving forward. One feels the hatred can no longer be stomached for another moment. When will the time come when this scourge upon humanity leaves us? Sometimes the Dylan song comes to my mind and it feels the answer is “blowin’ in the wind”. Yet all we can do is face the wind and continue moving forward, forward, always forward.
In time, the world will live in peace. Harmony will prevail.
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New on Entrepreneur.com:
“6 Keys to Developing a Successful Small Business”
I’m pleased to share that Entrepreneur.com just published another of my articles: “6 Keys to Developing a Successful Small Business“. It has gotten a great response!
You are encouraged to help spread the word by sharing my social media posts about the article. The links below take you directly to my posts. It is best to use the links below rather than sharing from the article itself. Enjoy!
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Deep Does Not Mean Intense
What does it mean to go deeply within your being? It’s a place far beyond thoughts and emotions. It’s like the silent depth of the ocean—quiet and still. The deepest place you are capable of functioning from is probably not the deepest place it is humanly possible to function from.
Oftentimes, feeling deeply is confused with feeling intensely.
Emotions can be quite intense. The depth of your being is eternally silent and calm. It is called the finest feeling level. But ‘feeling’ in this sense of the word is not an emotion. It’s not even a physical sensation. It’s like the sound that remains in the room after the ring of a bell dissipates into silence. It is a physiological state of pure Is-ness—not a thought, not an attitude, and not a mood. The sound of one hand clapping. No-thingness. Finer than the finest, pure emptiness, yet completely full with eternal unbounded being.
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