Quotes for Inspiration
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Are you living your most fulfilled life? Fulfilment is not a definition restricted to a set of conditions, it is an open and wholesome experience. It is a feeling that emanates from free-flowing life force out of the core of our being. Our main job is to allow the flow by not standing in its way. We may have all experienced fulfilment in moments, but we can also grow towards making it our constant experience.
We realize that life is already ‘perfect’ when we recognize that life happens with perfect synchronicity. Not all experiences ‘feel’ great but it does not mean that they are not necessary accept the lesson without resistance and you will open up a brighter pathway in life.
The key to empowerment lies in knowing who you are – outside of definitions, irrespective of expectations, free of burdens. You may feel trapped in the maze of your life at times, but remember that at any given moment, you have the power to connect to your center. In this space you are your true self: innocent, receive and balanced. It is also where Spirit speaks to you and offers clues to help you along your maze.
Trust that during challenging times in life, you are only given that which you can handle. Give yourself more credit – you are capable of more that you think. Move ahead, believing in yourself!
Joy is experienced by living and through the mirror of relationships. Ultimately our personal quest is to find the kind of joy and bliss that is unconditional, yet ‘that’ can only be felt through LIFE. ‘It’ is made real by our experiences and interactions, or else it remains an intellectualized concept. So go live!
‘Knowing’ and ‘knowledge’ are different. Knowing is a unique experience of our spirit. It can be internalized because it is speaks to our heart, it becomes a Truth. Knowledge can be read, passed on or preached but it speaks to our head not to our heart. Knowing comes from embodying a truth by practice, which leads the way to transformation. Seek teachers who have learned by ‘knowing’ and not solely through knowledge.
Even those who seemingly do not ‘suffer’ in life are also growing. We attract many things into our experience, including that which we fear. So if you feel like your lessons are coming to you the hard way, examine your fears and your internal dialogue: the choice to address them and let them go is Yours. It requires free will, not passivity.
Let us not underestimate the power of Intent or Prayer. Close your eyes, breathe consciously till you feel that your heart and mind are connected in the present moment. Then offer your worries and aches into the void or to God. Intent: I choose to trust how life unfolds, with less resistance and greater wisdom. Prayer: Offer me the guidance, support, strength and clarity to perceive my lessons.
Many play the role of ‘seeker’ along their personal quest – Seeking is important. It happens primarily in the ‘external’ world, through physical and mental exploration. A sense of urgency and restlessness may accompany seeking when we feel that we do not ‘know’ yet. That is when we need to practice making room for silence and stillness, in order to ‘find’ or ‘receive’ insights. Seek – but leave time to find as well.
Discern your attachments: are you automatically accepting values, opinions, behavior or choices that aren’t in sync with you or serving you? Recognize and question your attachments – they are a form of self-imposed limitations. Even if ‘others’ may be linked to your situation, attachments belong to ‘self’. You do not need to change others, just letting go of them within you is enough to bring liberation and options.
May we always have the courage to to follow our heart’s true intent. Listen deeply, not to your mind but to your heart – follow it’s rhythm. Listen like the dolphins listen to the messages of the ocean. The ocean is akin to your existence beyond the physical self and day-to-day life. Listen to the messages coming from the great vastness, speaking directly to your heart.
Commit to making one change for the better today. If there is a habit waiting to be dropped, a personal hurdle waiting to be overcome, a fear waiting to be let go of, know that the ‘moment’ to make that change is always going to be in the ‘now’. Face whatever intimidates you, do it one day at a time without worrying about forever. Your relationship with ‘it’ will eventually change. To start: ‘Just do it’!
Be free! Have you noticed toddlers in a playground? They let their instincts guide them – they do as they please and are happy expressing their true selves. Their innocence and fearlessness is key to their true sense of freedom. “When you can destroy the illusion of who you are to others and be yourself, you will have restored your innocence.” – Jamie Sams
Some events in life don’t go ‘our’ way, but they happen just as well, in perfect synchronicity, for a reason. Giving matters too much seriousness and ourselves too much importance can end up weighing heavy. Rather, maintain an adventurous and playful approach towards life – play your turn in the game and let it be. In retrospect, how many ‘issues’ were truly as big deal as they once seemed anyway?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can however be used or misused. Let us make a conscientious effort to observe our own thoughts and emotions when dealing with people/ interactions that evoke ‘unpleasantness’. Let’s take a moment to notice how we ‘re-act’ or ‘respond’ in such situations. Exercice: Examine how you are working with energy at your end of the cord?
If fear is stopping you from opening the door in front of you, remind of yourself of the back door behind which lies an untapped source of courage. Along your growth process, you will have to make a choice several times: whether you give your energy to what you fear or to your courage. Your choices will determine the outcome.
Is there a point to guilt? It does not serve in any way other than perpetuating drama and self-importance. If you want to make something right, then do it. Don’t fret about the ‘wrong’ action or ‘should’ha, could’ha, would’ha’s of life. Muster the courage, be committed to confronting preconceived doubts, fears, judgments so that you are free to act in the now.
The most primal human emotions are love and fear. We are primarily a fear based society today; it is time for the ‘love’ to return. As a balanced whole being, one may live each moment from a place of true power, with clarity of their personal truth, with strength to
“There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain we must add the experience of the soul.” -Arnold Bennett
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Carpe diem. Seize the moment.” – Paulo Coelho
“Adventure really has nothing to do with plans and maps and programs and organization – It is a quality that can come to us anywhere. Whenever we move into the new and unknown with the trusting spirit of a child, innocent and open and vulnerable, even the smallest things of life can become the greatest adventures.” – Osho Zen Tarot cards
“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all.” – Johann von Goethe
“Unless you drop your personality you will not be able to find your individuality. Individuality is given by existence; personality is imposed by the society, it is a social convenience.” – Osho Zen Tarot cards
Our greatest ‘active’ work in life is to purge the old, not chase the new. The busier we are ‘purging’, the better our receptivity to new gifts.
“The Zen Master is so integrated that there is no longer any difference between who he is inside and who he is in the world outside. He offers this gift of understanding and integration to all those who come to him, the gift of creative light that is the center of his being.” – Osho Zen Tarot cards
Totality: “Developing the knack of being total in responding to whatever comes, as it comes, is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. Taking one step through life at a time, giving each step your complete attention and energy, can bring a wondrous new vitality and creativity to all that you do.” – Osho Zen Tarot cards
As we unclutter ourselves, we open up the possibility to live out our true calling
It is the ego that is clever. It is the mind that is wise.
“Yoga is the cessation of the recurring patterns that distort and limit the field of consciousness. Yoga is union. It is integrity personified, an integrative non-dual-engagement in all our relations.” – Patanjali Sutra
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” – Eckhart Tolle
Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
“There are two ways of spreading light: To be the candle or the mirror that refects it” – Edith Wharton
“Each person has the power to be creative by consciously choosing to live in the moment and eliminate constant brain chatter of what should have happened in the past or what could happen in the future.” – Lululemon
“Religion is for those that are afraid of going to hell; Spirituality is for those who have already been there.”
Be strong in truth, not stubborn in judgement.
Without awareness, we are merely puppets. With awareness, we start to observe and understand the strings that pull us. Mastery, is liberation from the strings.
Much ‘offensive’ behaviour arises from the need to safeguard our own existing wounds, and not from the need to cause injury to another… it is wiser to spend energy observing and tending to ourselves.
“Don’t judge the cracks in yourself or in others, it is what allows light to creep in”
Don’t force your life to fit into a mould, trust its natural course; happiness is in going with the flow
People see the world, not as it is, but as they are.
“Freedom comes with self-knowledge, when the mind goes above and beyond the hindrances it has created for itself through craving its own security.” – J. Krishnamurti
The world changes one person at a time, by empowering them, nurturing self-belief and encouraging expansion of their soul.
“Minds are like parachutes – they only function when they are open”
“In yearning for nothing, you will be free to enjoy what you do, free to see the patterns, free to hear the music in all things.” – Barbara Ann Kipfer
History is full of repetition of human behavior and choices. Life repeats itself mindlessly, if we allow it to. Unless we become mindful and allow conscious/subconscious changes to intercalate and transform us, it will go on repeating like a wheel. Mindfulness is a simple everyday practice that has the potential to dee…ply transform and revolutionize our existence into something better that we could have ever imagined.
“It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community -a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Happiness is not dependent on what you can get from life. It is simply a matter of choosing to let yourself enjoy regardless of circumstance. Happiness, truly, is a pursuit. Allow yourself to walk in that path, it makes a worthwhile journey.
“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor.” — from Walden, by Henry David Thoreau
“You must know what you want from life. Remember your dreams and fight for them… there is just one thing that makes them impossible: the fear of failure. You can choose between being a victim of destiny or an adventurer who is fighting for something important. ” – Paulo Coelho
