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Famous Quotes By Innerspace“ Make good thoughts the treasures of your life and you will become prosperous. ” Innerspace | Life “ Amazing as it may seem, every event, every scene has some significance. Nothing is without meaning. Life is like a book - each day a new page, each interaction a new paragraph. We read books to learn, so we may grow and become more complete and more effective as we play this game called life. Can you read the book of your life, can you study the scenes of your day, in such a way that you may learn and grow? To get started, take time out to reflect, review and realise something new at least once a day - more often if you can. What was really going on there? What was I feeling at the time? Why? If you do this retrospective processing, eventually you will be able to read each scene with great clarity as it happens. That's when the reader becomes the writer, and life becomes truly a creative adventure, where we are able to see and appreciate the significance and meaning within every scene, and know exactly how to respond. ” Innerspace | Life “ Truth is the greatest power. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Life is not measured by how many breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away ” Innerspace | Life “ Let peace become your personality. ” Innerspace | Life “ We all have a relationship with everything. Obviously the relationship we have with the people and objects in our immediate vicinity is more intimate than the rest of the world. For most of us the most common relationship is possession. In our minds we think we own and possess things like cars and houses and carpets and golf clubs etc. This thinking easily spreads into jobs and tasks and positions and perhaps even other people. "I want you", and "You are mine alone", is the essence of many romantic film scripts and song lyrics. What we forget is that this relationship is wrong. It is not possible to possess anything. Care for..yes. Use...yes. But possess...no. You can't take it with you when you go, so we say! And yet it's the idea of possession which lies at the heart of all fear, war and conflict. Can you see it? Fear of loss, fear of not acquiring what we have already decided is ours in our minds. So what is a better relationship we can choose which takes all the fear away. Be a trustee. Everything comes to us in trust, for us to use and then to set it free. The consciousness of trustee sets us free of the tension of grasping and guarding. To see ourselves as trustees of everything that we receive, including our bodies, encourages our innate capacity to 'care for with dignity'. It is a much more relaxing way of relating to the things which we are privileged to receive in life. ” Innerspace | Life “ When I grow, I automatically change. If I fear change, how will I be able to grow? ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Consider time to be a great treasure. Never waste a second. ” Innerspace | Life “ Your inner strength is revealed by your gentle nature and tender heart. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ To give people the experience of happiness and comfort with your vibrations of peace and happiness is true service. ” Innerspace | Life “ Each one of us is a walking radiator. Mostly we radiate thoughts and attitudes. From deep within we radiate our state of being, and the essential, original and eternal state of every being is peaceful and loving. But we block and distort this energy with our attachments. Attachments turn love into fear, peace into anger and then distort our attitudes and actions towards others. This is neither relaxing for ourselves, or for those around us. Which is why detachment is the secret to living lightly and lovingly. To be a radiator that people come to for real warmth, what do you need to detach from today? If you don't detach then you will stay attached, and then you will see others and life itself as a threat, and your tension will keep them away. But they cannot threaten you. Only your dependency on a thing, or an idea, or an opinion can be threatened. Comon...what needs to be released today? What needs to be released so the light can come through? ” Innerspace | Awareness “ If I have no expectations of others, I remain uninfluenced by their behaviour towards me and leave them free to be themselves. ” Innerspace | Life “ Live in balance between the head and the heart by filling your feelings with wisdom and your decisions with love. ” Innerspace | Enlightenment “ Gentleness, love, humility and forgiveness are the greatest powers in the world. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Behind all creation is silence. Silence is the essential condition, the vital ingredient for all creation and all that is created. It is a power in its own right. The artist starts with a blank canvas - silence. The composer places it between and behind the notes. The very ground of your being, out of which comes all your thoughts, is silence. The way to silence is through meditation. When you arrive in your own silence you will know true freedom and real power. Stop, take a minute, and listen to the silence within you today. Then be aware of what disturbs your inner silence. It could be negative thoughts, memories, sensations. And when you are aware, you will know what is draining your creative power, and you will know what needs to change...on the inside. ” Innerspace | Life “ When you open your eyes in the morning, sit for a moment and appreciate the gift of a new day, create a peaceful thought and enjoy some moments of silence throughout the whole day. ” Innerspace | Life “ Sweetness is a virtue that searches with patience for the good in every person and situation. ” Innerspace | Patience “ Manage Emotions When the energy of our consciousness is out of our control - the mind is agitated. We are being emotional. The solution is to detach from the inner storms, stand back and observe the hurricane pass. Detached observation withdraws the energy which your emotions require to sustain themselves. When you watch your own anger, it dies. If you don't detach from it, and observe it ...it will be your master. Today is the day to practice positive, detached observation, and each emotion-filled moment is the opportunity. This is 'real' work. The work of one who is a master of their own consciousness. Are you a master or a slave? ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Wellbeing The more I develop the habit of noticing goodness, the more my own sense of wellbeing rises. ” Innerspace | Love “ I make it a point to write something every day, even if it's only to myself. In fact, it is mostly to myself. How else do I get to know me? And how else do I get to know what I know until I hear what I have to say? The most important conversation in all our worlds is with ourselves. One way to converse is to take two words and then let your mind flow into them, around them and through them, and then out through your pen on to a blank white page. It doesn't matter what comes -but be sure that you will reveal yourself to yourself, and if you keep doing it I can guarantee you will be astounded by revelation. Start your journal today. ” Innerspace | Friendship “ You are a gentle soul who can speak to what is in the heart of others without saying a word. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ If you do everything with the feeling of happiness, there will be no task too difficult to perform. ” Innerspace | Life “ If your days seem filled with unwanted negative feelings, there is only one cure. When they come, choose them. Dont ask why, dont wonder how, dont fight them and never put yourself down for having them. But most of all never blame someone else for how you feel. If you do, it means you are still fast asleep and your choice is to be a victim. When the feelings come, even big disturbing emotional feelings say, "I choose this feeling" and know it comes because of something you have thought or done in the past, perhaps a certain belief that you have learned or an attachment that is threatened. Choice does not mean you want the feelings, but it does mean you are taking responsibility for them. And that is the beginning of self mastery. It is the first step to the healing and resolving of your emotions. But only the first step. Try this today and then ask yourself what the next step might be. If you are really interested to know, you will come to know! ” Innerspace | Love “ When the feelings in the heart are true, then whatever the mind thinks will be right. ” Innerspace | Life “ Real gentleness in a person is the power that sees, understands, yet never interferes. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Instead of being afraid of difficult situations, consider them to be your teacher and learn a lesson from them. ” Innerspace | Life “ If something bothers you about someone, you are recognising an attitude that is actually within you. When you feel it does not affect you and you can respond calmly, it means that this weakness is no longer in you ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Forget that which has passed, learn a lesson from the past and always remain cautious in the future. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Even if I don't mean to be critical, I often unconsciously home in on others' weaknesses and mistakes, The more I develop the habit of noticing goodness and only holding onto the good in others and situations, the more my own sense of well-being will rise. When I continually think: "He/she is wrong", I create a barrier that prevents me from reaching my own goodness. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Wisdom is knowledge of danger but no fear. It is the ability to spot a twist in the path in the distance, a narrow stretch, the possibility of a collision; to stop and wait in peace until something has passed. No wisdom is keeping going, hoping it will be alright. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ To make good use of what you have and to let go of what you do not use is to live in a contented way. ” Innerspace | Life “ All things have their time. All things have their answers. All things have their right to be. Accepting this reality, all things come into harmony. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Patience conquers eveything. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Let your actions be equal to your words. ” Innerspace | Life “ You spend most of your life running after things, doing things. You forget that 'being' comes before 'doing'. Those who remember this secret make an effort to 'be' and discover that when they stop and observe, life helps and brings whatever is needed. Learning to 'be' is learning to be at peace. It is our most fundamental nature. ” Innerspace | Life “ If at any time I begin to lose hope in myself, let me simply look inside my heart and see all the good actions I have ever performed, from the smallest to the grandest. When I see how much happiness I have given, I easily remember the purpose of my life. ” Innerspace | Happiness “ In silence lies the ability to listen; to listen to ourselves, to others and to God. Listening is a lost art. Without it we cannot communicate, we cannot relate to each other and so we cannot live life meaningfully. We need to learn to listen. Sitting in silence allows us to listen to ourselves and to understand. This silence can heal. The worries, the pain can be healed when we listen. Spiritual medicine is ever-present in the soul. Whenever we need it, to whatever extent we need it, we can find it within. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ "As you give, so you receive." By understanding this secret I can experience fulfilment. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Whatever you give comes back to you. Whatever you take will not stay with you. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Before trying to master others, be sure you are the master of yourself. ” Innerspace | Life “ Success comes in cans, failure in cant's. ” Innerspace | Success “ A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things. ” Innerspace | Art “ It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. ” Innerspace | Life “ Under the hardest shell, is a person who wants to be appreciated and loved. ” Innerspace | Love “ Replace the words "I have to" with "I choose to" and notice the difference in how you feel. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Have you ever noticed that happiness is not a dependency, it is a decision? You don't actually need anything to be happy. It's not something that comes from outside, it comes from inside, and when you radiate a happy energy you'll be amazed what it attracts into your life. Don't worry, be happy...sound familiar? Decide now, be happy, and watch magic begin to enter your life. ” Innerspace | Happiness “ If I throw a stone into a pond, the ripples come straight back to me. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Optimisim converts problems into opportunities. ” Innerspace | Life “ The fruits of patience are always sweet - mangoes cannot be grown by hurrying. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ A free mind is a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing. Most people spend much of their time looking for reasons to be offended. An open mind is never offended because it is free of any attachments. It is never the self that is offended but always the illusion that the self has of itself that is affected by insult! If you can really understand this, deeply grasp it?s truth, live it each day, then pain will be no more. Next time you ?feel? offended look closely within yourself at yourself and ask yourself what was offended? If you remain aware you will see that it was only an image of yourself which you had become attached to, and that image did not resonate with the image contained in the insult. If you weren?t attached, if you didn?t identify with the wrong image of yourself then there would be no offence taken. You would then remain free and therefore happy. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ To create the future we desire we need a spiritual language; we must speak from the heart and in the language of the soul - a language of trust, faith and higher values, of inner growth, love and listening. ” Innerspace | Life “ Rest does not come with sleeping, it comes with waking. This is both an insight and an action of enlightenment. When we are enlightened we realise that real rest is possible only when we become free of illusion and we no longer struggle against life. Illusion is the idea that people should be, and do, what we want them to. The truth is, all is as it should be, despite appearances, or our perceptions of others to the contrary. This means you can be easy on yourself, easy with others and easy with the world around you. Easiness is a virtue, an attractive one at that. It is much more influential than force. So quit forcing, end the struggling and...relax! ” Innerspace | Life “ It is a sign of wisdom to be able to set goals and then, having done so, to let them go. All that is required for success is a vision of the destination. The journey itself will reveal the means to take you there. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Even with a small bank balance, the one who is contented is very well off. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Powerful thoughts create energy in the mind. Never doubt your ability to achieve the goal.” ” Innerspace | Awareness “ While we spend much time 'making up' our faces to ensure our appearance is beautiful for others, we forget to make up our minds. This is not about making decisions. Making up our mind means ensuring that our thoughts are positive and our feelings towards others are filled with good wishes. When we do, others begin to sense a deeper beauty emanating from behind the skin! This is inner beauty. Don't hide behind your face. Let the real you show through. ” Innerspace | Beauty “ Can you remember a time when you had nothing to eat, nowhere to live, no clothes to wear and no friends. You cant? Because there never was such a time. One of the deepest faiths is that you will always receive what you need. Every time you fear that will not receive what you need, or that others will acquire everything before you, and so deny you, you loose the first and most important faith. The faith that you are worthy and that all your needs will be met. The death of this faith is the birth of desire, and desire eventually becomes greed. Faith is living in the intuitive conviction that all your needs will be met at every level - spiritual, mental and physical. Paradoxically it is the power of that faith that works like a magnet and makes it happen. You wont need to fight for anything. Faith attracts all that you need, but not as long as you still want! ” Innerspace | Life “ A person of wisdom and spirituality has very beautiful manners that have grown from genuine respect and love for the whole of humanity. Manners in this sense have nothing to do with culture or education: it is simply a question of humility. When we are at the receiving end of such manners, we feel that some deeper part of us has been honoured. In fact, none of us deserves anything less. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ When the energy of our consciousness is out of our control - the mind is agitated. We are being emotional. The solution is to detach from the inner storms, stand back and observe the hurricane pass. Detached observation withdraws the energy which your emotions require to sustain themselves. When you watch your own anger, it dies. If you dont detach from it, and observe it ...it will be your master. Today is the day to practice positive, detached observation, and each emotion-filled moment is the opportunity. This is 'real' work. The work of one who is a master of their own consciousness. Are you a master or a slave? ” Innerspace | Awareness “ To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. ” Innerspace | Love “ Stillness of spirit doesnt mean lack of movement, but that thoughts and feelings move in the right direction naturally. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ We become sweet natured when we are careful never to undermine or be critical of anyone. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. ” Innerspace | Life “ The most important part of you is your mind (not your brain - the brain is the hardware and the mind creates the software). Care for your mind, make friends with it, always feed it healthy food, engage it in positive activity, exercise it with knowledge and wisdom. Like a garden returns fragrance and beauty according to the care invested, so your mind will repay you with thoughts, ideas and visions of great beauty when tended and invested with care. Your mind is not made of matter but it does matter what you give it and what you create with it. Where your mind goes, you go. What your mind creates becomes your destiny. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ If wealth is lost, nothing is lost; if health is lost, something is lost; if character is lost, all is lost. ” Innerspace | Life “ Tread lightly upon this earth, seeing, understanding but never imposing. Thoughtful, independent, be gracious in victory and defeat. Free of possessiveness, so ease of mind sweetens relationships. Like the scent of a rose the untroubled spirit imparts a lasting fragrance. ” Innerspace | Life “ Seed of Peace If we plant a positive, clean seed of thoughts and concentrate on it, we give it energy, like the sun gives to a seed in the earth. And as the seed in the earth awakens, stirs and begins to grow, the thoughts on which we concentrate awaken, stir and begin to grow. So let us sow positive thoughts. Each morning before we begin the journey of the day let us sit still, in silence, and sow the seed of peace. Peace is harmony and balance. Peace is - freedom from the burden of negativity and wastefulness. Let peace find its home within us. Peace is our original strength, our eternal tranquility of being. ” Innerspace | Peace “ Let me appreciate how unique I am and what a special role I play. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ To remain cheerful, congratulate the self and congratulate others on their speciality. ” Innerspace | Life “ Don't be sorry, be content - it's a choice not a chore. Never identify with others' sorrow or you will go down with them. Be with them, but stay up, so you can uplift them. Help them put things in perspective. But first do that for yourself. You are feeling sorry? Why? Have you lost something? It's an illusion - you have nothing to lose. Everything that comes to you comes to pass, literally. So let all things pass and you will turn the illusion of loss into the reality of liberation...and sorrow will be a distant memory. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Just as the bird has to find the courage to let go of the branch in order to fly, so we also must let go of our branches if we are to know the exhilaration of soaring to the highest potential of our life. The branches we hold to are our inner attachments - our beliefs, ideas and memories. And then there are the outer attachments - people, possessions, positions and privileges are a few. But as long as we hold on to them we will live in fear (of letting go and loss) and we will never be free. And just watch those birds, by letting go of one branch they are able to spend the rest of their life alighting on a million other branches, and they enjoy the view from each. Are you flying and soaring in your life, or are you stuck on one branch, watching others as they fly past. Go on, try it ...let go! ” Innerspace | Life “ Have you ever noticed that resistance leads to persistence. And behind all resistance is self-created fear. The only way to relax and stay relaxed is acceptance. You dont have to agree, or follow, or condone, but acceptance means you begin any interaction with a serenity which invites others to engage with you. And out of engagement comes the satisfaction of creative expression and an enriching relationship. Thats relaxation in action! ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ The ability to enjoy my own company is one of lifes most valuable gifts. ” Innerspace | Life “ The quality of thought creates the quality of life. ” Innerspace | Life “ An honest heart is an open heart. If we are dishonest in any way with ourselves or with others, it means we are in hiding. There is a wall, a barrier behind which we conceal something of ourselves. Subtle tension will be our companion, and while most of us learn to live with it, it drains our energy and tightens our muscles. On the other hand dont be too honest with others - feel their pulse - sometimes others are not ready to hear whats in your heart. But know that when you are honest you will experience a level of inner relaxation that you had forgotten was even possible. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer. ” Innerspace | Life “ The biggest disease of the mind is over-thinking, especially too much thinking about others. Thinking too much is like eating too much. The heaviness makes it impossible to remain light and flexible. ” Innerspace | Meditation “ Stay full of peace yourself and know that this peace will reach your loved ones and ultimately the whole world. ” Innerspace | Peace “ Time, wealth and co-operation are readily given when there is love. ” Innerspace | Love “ When love is strong, personalities don't need to impress, for love in itself is impressive. ” Innerspace | Love “ Do not try to be great, try to be good, for being good is great... ” Innerspace | Awereness “ The most powerful revelation we can ever experience is that of our self. Its been so long since we were totally open and beyond the fear of the possibility of hurt, that we keep our hearts and minds concealed from the world. Self revelation is not some kind of performance, or the seeking of attention - it is the outcome of the healing of our broken hearts - it is the result of many periods of introspection and meditation where we have seen who and what we really are, as opposed to who and what others have tried to make us. We are able to open and truly reveal ourselves when we see that all our hurts, all our pain, was self-inflicted. Thats not easy to see, not easy to accept, but when we do, we realise no one can hurt us unless we let them. They can harm our body, but not our minds, unless we give them permission. This inner realisation allows us to be comfortable, unthreatened, safe in moments of self-revelation. ” Innerspace | Experience “ When you refuse to set boundaries to what is achievable, you can inspire others to believe that they, too, can make things happen. ” Innerspace | Life “ Worry is otherwise known as 'fantasised catastrophising' where we create an image of the future and use it to frighten ourselves! Be aware that you are doing it, then stop doing it, otherwise the image will become a self fulfilling prophesy. Imagine only the brightest future, and so it will be. Besides there is nothing to worry about... unless you are under the illusion that your well-being and security are dependent on material things. If they are, then you will have many ways in which you can create worry. Possible loss, damage, separation, uncertainty are but a few. Look, you're killing yourself with worry, all because of the misuse of your imagination. Don't do it. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Let my eyes be a mirror for others, reflecting only the best and finest qualities. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Cheerfulness keeps up the spirit of the one who possesses it, and brings a smile to the lips of others. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Always see only the good in others. Whatever I see in others - is what I become. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Tenacity is not giving up when everybody else says you should. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ The two most common reasons for losing are: not knowing you're competing in the first place, and not knowing with whom you really are competing. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Take delight in small things because it is from seeds that flowers grow. ” Innerspace | Life “ What I experience now is a result of the past; what I experience in the future depends on what I do now. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ The heart is like a flower - unless it is open it cannot release its fragrance into the world. The fragrance of the heart is made up of the qualities and virtues of our spirit. Most of us have learned how to keep our heart closed in a world that would trample all over us if we let it. Being open hearted today seems to require tremendous courage. It is a courage which comes only when we realise that no one can hurt us, no matter what they say or do. They may hurt our body, but if we have realised we are spirit, nothing outside can touch us, if we so decide. Little by little, practice opening your heart to those you think have hurt you. Realise it wasnt them that hurt you, it was yourself. And it taught you not to trust and you closed your heart. A closed heart is in need of opening. And when you do, you will have begun to heal yourself. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ To tolerate someone else's mistakes is one thing. To forgive them is even greater. ” Innerspace | Life “ By letting go of all that is heavy, you become free to fill with all that is light. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ There are no justified resentments. To resent someone is to fall under the illusion that they are the cause of our suffering. No one can die from a snake bite. It's the poison that kills them. You may receive the poison of another’s words, or even just in a glance, but you don’t have to absorb it or allow it free passage through the veins of your consciousness. The consequence of not absorbing the poison of others is you never experience enmity towards others. And people notice when you have absolutely no enmity. It draws them close, it empowers them, it builds trust, it enables harmony to break out! It is only because the lion has no thought of killing the lamb that the lamb feels able to come so close. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ By seeing the defects of others you will become tired. By seeing only what is good you will feel light. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Your thoughts guide you to your destiny. If you always think the same you will always get to the same place. Think in a new way and you will be a new person. Give happiness to all and you will live in peace. Create peace in your mind and you will create a world of peace around you. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Most of us ask for advice when we already know the answer but we want a different one. ” Innerspace | Life “ The mind is like a parachute - it works best when it is open. How quickly we make assumptions, jump to conclusions and close our mind. How easily we form and hold fast to our opinions and then close our mind. How fast do we make a judgement, slap on a label and then close our mind. A closed mind never knows the delight of playing with possibilities, being enlightened by others point of view or enjoying the diversity of human life. An open and understanding mind never assumes, doesnt jump to conclusions and wont hold fast to any opinion. Perhaps it is no wonder a closed mind is not a very relaxed mind. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ When there is growth, changes are automatic, if I fear change, how can there be growth? ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Once we have begun to accept life's flow, and to avoid pointless efforts, we are letting go of our need to exert control -- a much overvalued commodity, although one very much in tune with the temper of the times. We could choose instead to have acceptance. This is not so much to do with fatalism; rather it is a matter of working happily with, rather than stubbornly against, the grain of nature. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ The greatest fortune is to know who you are, and who you need not to be. ” Innerspace | Life “ Ignorance makes you believe that life functions haphazardly. Wisdom teaches you that everything that happens in this theatre of life has profound significance. What you see today is not the fruit of chance but a fruit from seeds planted in the past. Plant seeds of peace now and you will create a life of peace in the future. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Even with a small bank account, the one who is contented finds himself with great wealth. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ The future is not a gift, it is a creation. We create it as we live. ” Innerspace | Life “ If you ever find yourself defending a position or justifying anything, it means you have been defeated. It means you have not been able to accept the others point of view, or the fact that you may be wrong. Fear has conquered your mind and your heart. Your defences are up and you are running scared. It's not that the other person has conquered you, it's the self-created fear that is in control. Until you can accept the other (you don't have to agree) and you are not threatened by the other, your victories will be delayed. It's a funny old world when true winning is accepting not resisting, when victory is found in the wisdom to stop fighting and to begin engaging. ” Innerspace | Life “ A compassionate soul will travel great distances and scale high walls in order to understand another point of view. ” Innerspace | Love “ Calmness increases efficiency. Silence increases effectiveness. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Tread lightly upon this earth, seeing, understanding but never imposing. Thoughtful, independent, be gracious in victory and defeat. Free of possessiveness, so ease of mind sweetens relationships. Like the scent of a rose the untroubled spirit imparts a lasting fragrance. ” Innerspace | Life “ To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ” Innerspace | Art “ Let me not resist change but embrace it. It offers an easy path to internal transformation and personal empowerment. ” Innerspace | Life “ Everything that comes to us, comes to pass or, more accurately, for us to pass on. Not just the money in our pocket, but wisdom, objects, ideas, even opportunities, all come to us, so that, at the right moment, we can pass them on. This is called flow. Being in the flow means being aware that the river of life is flowing to us at every moment. Being in the flow means accepting whatever comes and putting it to good use, before passing it on. Going with the flow means allowing whatever comes to move on freely, without holding on in any way. If we do not pass on, we are trying to block the flow, and that's when we feel pressure in our life. Pressure is always self-inflicted. Every time you feel 'under pressure' look at what you need to release and to pass on to someone else. Once you do you can ...relax...again. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Senses are connected to the mind, so let me maintain peace of mind by using my eyes, ears and mouth with utmost care. ” Innerspace | Life “ The world is your garden from which you remove weeds of doubt and replace them with seeds of hope. ” Innerspace | Life “ Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey. Happiness is not tomorrow, it is now. Happiness is not a dependency, it is a decision. Happiness is what you are, not what you have. ” Innerspace | Happiness “ I can make a hobby out of worrying. I worry about the noise and then complain when it is too quiet. I worry about having too many sunny dry spells and then complain when it rains. I may even be worried about worrying too much. It is essential to take an honest interest in what goes on around me, and of course it is always wise to analyze a situation and take the necessary precautions to avoid being influenced by anything negative. However, when all is said and done, my tense and burdened mind will not be able to function clearly enough to arrive at a suitable solution to a problem. Maybe I should just do the best that I can and beyond that leave it in the hands of God. To have faith in the self, faith in God and faith in God's plan is a sure way to remain clear and free of burdens. ” Innerspace | Faith “ To be in tune with yourself, go beyond the sound of thoughts, the sound of feelings and especially beyond the sound of what, how, when, who and why. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ To see a person's specialities rather than their weaknesses is an act of co-operation. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Understanding the worth and dignity of every human being is the key to brotherhood and unity. ” Innerspace | Life “ If there is a need to take responsibility for something, then of course, you should. However, if a situation is not your business, or someone else is in charge, then don't get caught up in it. If you want to help, you can still involve yourself in a more subtle way through faith. Faith in others does a lot of work. It doesn't mean blind faith - observing helplessly while keeping your fingers crossed - it means to remain alert to what's going on, and then to fill another with the strength of your faith to such an extent that they feel able to do whatever needs to be done. This means having faith, but also donating the power of your faith. If the other person is honest and truthful, your faith will work for them. In this way, we can learn to truly help each other. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ” Innerspace | Gratitude “ Truth will always reveal itself at the right moment and in the right place. ” Innerspace | Life “ The intention and the action of gratitude is the inner symphony of the heart. It opens to sing with thanks for the smallest of things. To hear a bird sing, to see a child laugh, to receive a friends affection - are all invitations to practise the attitude of gratitude. Gratitude is the kind of loving thanks which touches another's heart in a place where they will allow you to reside for a long time. ” Innerspace | Intentions “ We are all blessed with life and all the opportunities it brings, though most of us forget to notice. But we also have blessings to give. In fact, the opportunity to give our blessings may be the greatest blessing of all. By bestowing our good wishes, encouraging, empowering others, we bless. And when we do, they return a thousand-fold. Bless and be blessed. ” Innerspace | Wishing “ Everyone has a song in their heart. Everyone has a reason for being here and a season for making their highest, greatest most auspicious contribution. No one knows what that is or when that is for anyone else. Only our own heart knows what and when it is for us. Your heart wants to sing. Don’t die with your music still within you. There is a reason for everything and a purpose to your life. Too many fail to listen to the song in their heart and therefore fail to find their purpose and their part. What makes your soul sing and your heart dance? Actually your heart is your soul and you are both! Ask this one question of yourself but don’t be in a hurry to answer it. Live in the question for a day, a week, a month. Let it invite your heart to speak to you. And when you are absolutely sure what your heart is saying is true then begin to invoke the changes necessary in your life so that you live in alignment with your song. Be patient with this. ” Innerspace | Life “ Some grin and bear it; others smile and do it. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Human beings can do whatever they set their minds to. With pure values we can move mountains. ” Innerspace | Life “ Ego is not just having a big head. Ego is present every time you feel any kind of fear, or hear yourself saying "That's mine!". The truth tells us that nothing is 'mine' or 'yours', we are all trustees, and fear is only present where there is the voice of attachment. So where there is ego, there is attachment, and where there is attachment there is fear, and where there is fear there cannot be love and where there is no love there is misery. This is why there is so much unhappiness in the world. Detach from everything, and you will banish ego, fear will be no more, only then can true love return, and our oldest friend happiness will feel it is then safe to make a reappearance in your life. ” Innerspace | Life “ Your controlling power should be such that you should have only such thoughts at a particular time as you desire to have. No more, no less. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ The most important part of you is your mind (not your brain - the brain is the hardware and the mind creates the software). Care for your mind, make friends with it, always feed it healthy food, engage it in positive activity, exercise it with knowledge and wisdom. Like a garden returns fragrance and beauty according to the care invested, so your mind will repay you with thoughts, ideas and visions of great beauty when tended and invested with care. Your mind is not made of matter but it does matter what you give it and what you create with it. Where your mind goes, you go. What your mind creates becomes your destiny. ” Innerspace | Metaphysics “ Acts of virtue emerge from deep within, from an inner sanctuary of silence from which inspiration flows. Every action has its seed in a thought and every thought is a creation of the thinker, the soul. I choose what thoughts I want to create and as is my thinking so are my actions and also my experience in life. Going within, I touch the stillness and pure love that lie at the core of my being and every thought that I create is of benefit to myself and of benefit to humanity. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Once we have begun to accept life's flow, and to avoid pointless efforts, we are letting go of our need to exert control -- a much overvalued commodity, although one very much in tune with the temper of the times. We could choose instead to have acceptance. This is not so much to do with fatalism; rather it is a matter of working happily with, rather than stubbornly against, the grain of nature. ” Innerspace | Life “ Peace is simplicity. Simplicity is beauty. Choose a day as your day of simplicity. Speak little, and listen with attention. Do something incognito and nice for a person you are close to. Eat simple and natural food. Create time periods for not doing anything - just walk, look around, live the moment. Have your mind open to a more profound and silent sensitivity. Appreciate each scene and each person as they are. In the evening, write down your discoveries. Observe the state of your mind. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Unbroken love and tireless effort leads to success. ” Innerspace | Love “ Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; hate less, love more and all good things are yours. ” Innerspace | Goals “ To forgive and forget is to reflect love. Situations pass, they cease to exist, but they continue to be alive in the mind. Open your heart and be generous, free yourself from that sorrow, forgive and forget and you will live every moment in peace. ” Innerspace | Love “ Love dissolves hate. Kindness melts cruelty. Compassion calms passion. Cooperation evokes love and when we flex, others bend. This creates harmony. ” Innerspace | Love “ Virtue illuminates everything; it fills what is empty, heals what is sick and settles what is troubled. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ When someone lightens up your life just by their presence, you can be sure they are emitting a very positive energy. When someone puts a damper on the meeting or a conversation, you can be sure there is some hidden inner baggage which contains sorrow and darkness. Which do you bring to the party? A little light or a little dark? A lot of optimism or a little pessimism? In olden days, before one switch could illuminate a whole city, one candle had to be lit by another. So if you are aware that you are carrying a little darkness, perhaps it may be useful to spend time with someone whose inner light is already lit, and stays lit in all circumstances. Eventually we may learn the art ourselves, and then serve as a candle to others. ” Innerspace | Love “ Whatever knowledge we have, if we are not honest, we do not realise that we must look inside ourselves to find what needs to be changed. It is honesty that focuses our attention on ourselves, instead of others. ” Innerspace | Life “ Everything depends on our thinking. If I think in the right way I will be light. If I think in a wasteful way I'll be heavy. Waste thoughts are dangerous. They waste my time. They allow the past to come alive, then I may forget the present and question the future. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ A powerful, yet often misunderstood, aim of spiritual study is purity. Purity of the soul means to return to its original divine qualities. The soul has become so polluted with less than divine qualities, it can hardly enjoy being alive. Purifying the soul puts the higher self back in charge - useless and negative thoughts are removed and annoying habits finish. A pure soul cannot be touched by sorrow; indeed the power of purity is such, it serves to remove the sorrow of the whole world. Purity restores happiness - even bliss. All you need to do, in order to re-establish your purity, is want it. But you need to want it intensely, to the exclusion of everything else. The one thought, "I must become completely pure". sparks a fire of love between you and God. This fire melts away all the pollution, and your purity becomes such a power that it frees you from all battles for ever. ” Innerspace | Happiness “ Only when you are standing on the foundation of your values are you able to maintain your truth. ” Innerspace | Life “ Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best. ” Innerspace | Life “ The most important places to keep clean and tidy are my mind and heart. If I allow thoughts to flourish that I wouldnt want to see the light of day, I can never have any real self-respect. By starting each day in quiet reflection and pouring positive, loving thoughts into my mind, I gradually clean out cynicism and unkindness. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Great souls take advantage of every moment and every opportunity to give happiness to others through kindness in their thoughts; such souls are willing to overlook weaknesses and mistakes and have the desire to help everyone reach their potential.. ” Innerspace | Life “ Have the faith that, despite appearances, people are doing the best they can. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ If you wanted but didnt get, may be you dont need. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Worry is otherwise known as 'fantasised catastrophising' where we create an image of the future and use it to frighten ourselves! Be aware that you are doing it, then stop doing it, otherwise the image will become a self fulfilling prophesy. Imagine only the brightest future, and so it will be. Besides there is nothing to worry about... unless you are under the illusion that your well-being and security are dependent on material things. If they are, then you will have many ways in which you can create worry. Possible loss, damage, separation, uncertainty are but a few. Look, you're killing yourself with worry, all because of the misuse of your imagination. Dont do it. ” Innerspace | Life “ If I recognise that whatever is happening in the great drama of life is beneficial, then my courage will never fail. ” Innerspace | Life “ It is extroversion that wastes our energy and makes us feel weak. In a state of introversion we think less and speak less. We then have the power to put into action whatever we think and whatever we need to do. ” Innerspace | Ignorance “ If you base your self-esteem on anything you possess, on your reputation in others' eyes, or on one or two of your current talents, you will not have real self-esteem. You will be vulnerable to loss, over which you have no control, or to inadequacy in situations which you have not yet learned to handle. But if you base your self-esteem on what you are and what you have in spirit, you will feel yourself to be both rich and great. Spiritual self-esteem is anchored in the knowledge and experience of our own eternity and indestructibility as soul, and the innate, imperishable qualities of spirit which we each possess. They are the spiritual attributes of love, peace, truth and the bliss of just being. They are the inner wealth of every human spirit, from which all other forms of wealth is derived. Its just that most of us do not yet experience this to be true. Why is that? What do you think? ” Innerspace | Awareness “ The power of concentration automatically brings determination. Determination is the key to success. ” Innerspace | Life “ If the mind is light you will feel carefree, no matter how the body feels. ” Innerspace | Life “ If you develop your sense of self-respect, then regard will follow you like your shadow. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Few are aware of the phenomenal power of belief. We carry bundles of them, mostly in our subconscious, and mostly put there by others...but only because we allowed them to (genes do not have beliefs!) Unless we awaken to the beliefs we carry, we will never ever be at peace with ourselves, and certainly the world around us will be a threatening place. Begin by becoming aware of your language - your words will tell you what you have recorded inside. Some clues, 'I can't...', 'Aren't they awful...', 'It will never....', 'They shouldn't...', are all phrases which indicate different categories of negative and disempowering belief. During the next three days see how many categories you can identify within yourself. Just being aware of them will begin the process of challenging and changing them. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ There are three ingredients for a long and healthy life: live with attention but without worry; use time in a worthwhile way; keep your thoughts pure, positive and filled with strength. ” Innerspace | Health “ Remain healthy by maintaining a simple diet of pure feelings, good wishes and positive thoughts. ” Innerspace | Health “ True freedom means to be beyond the influence of people and possessions. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Watch every game as a detached observer and you will remain safe and also enjoy yourself. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Solutions are never necessary because there are no problems, only our perception makes it seem so, and only our minds make our perceptions seem real. If there is a problem it is our perception. That is hard to see in a world that celebrates and rewards the finding and solving of ‘the problem’. When you decide that you will no longer perceive the problem, you will see only the facts or a situation. Facts are just facts and any and every situation can always be improved, unless it is in the past, then it’s just a memory, and memories are never a problem, are they? If you can cancel from the patterns of your perceptions, the very idea of ‘problem’ then you will not only be a positive thinker and positive proactive actor, you will be a leader. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams. ” Innerspace | Love “ Remain content by recognizing the benefit of every moment - and the beauty of every soul.. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Everything that comes to us, comes to pass or, more accurately, for us to pass on. Not just the money in our pocket, but wisdom, objects, ideas, even opportunities, all come to us, so that, at the right moment, we can pass them on. This is called flow. Being in the flow means being aware that the river of life is flowing to us at every moment. Being in the flow means accepting whatever comes and putting it to good use, before passing it on. Going with the flow means allowing whatever comes to move on freely, without holding on in any way. If we do not pass on, we are trying to block the flow, and thats when we feel pressure in our life. Pressure is always self-inflicted. Every time you feel 'under pressure' look at what you need to release and to pass on to someone else. Once you do you can ...relax...again. ” Innerspace | Life “ To make good use of what you have and to let go of what you do not use is to live in a contented way. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Whether you believe in God or not is not important. Belief can be an obstacle to experience. The main thing is to keep an open mind, and be willing to start the conversation. The experience of so many people is that when they engage in a mental conversation, whether it's with a question or simply sharing what is in their heart, they get a reply. This is God as a personal experience, not just a voice in your head. Not your higher self. But the presence of the Source in your life. God is not a concept, or a belief. You cannot have a conversation with a concept. You cannot have a meaningful relationship with a belief. Worth a try? Dear God...... ” Innerspace | Religion “ Only when we find the quietness in our own minds can we begin to hear our inner teacher, so that we may receive some in-tuition. Only when we are ready to recognise and value the wisdom that we carry at the core of our being will we turn our attention inwards and 'listen in'. But it's been a long time since we truly listened, so a little practice and patience will be needed. Sit down, be quiet and listen in at some point today and you might be surprised at what you hear. Then do it again tomorrow. All you need to do is remember that you are the listener and not the noise. ” Innerspace | Life “ Be sure your pen of actions is drawing a work of art ” Innerspace | Art “ The respect you earn is not less or more than your own self-respect. Therefore, respect yourself and God and the world will respect you. ” Innerspace | Life “ Have you ever noticed that resistance leads to persistence. And behind all resistance is self-created fear. The only way to relax and stay relaxed is acceptance. You don't have to agree, or follow, or condone, but acceptance means you begin any interaction with a serenity which invites others to engage with you. And out of engagement comes the satisfaction of creative expression and an enriching relationship. That's relaxation in action! ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time. Remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow a mystery. Today is a gift... Thats why its called the present. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ In any situation, where there is inner peace and love, life changes for the better. ” Innerspace | Life “ May you be a great soul and perform every act as a special act worthy to be remembered. A great soul is one whose every thought and every act is great. Not a single thought should be ordinary or wasteful. No action should be ordinary or meaningless. ” Innerspace | Love “ Dont become a cockerel who can only crow knowledge. Practise what you preach. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ We all find occasion to reject and resist another person. We all like to put up a fight against anything we dislike on the evening news as we spectate the world. But we forget that when we decide we will resist something or somebody, either mentally or physically, we only empower the object of our resistance, either in reality or in our own minds. If you want to enjoy the ability to influence, always start with acceptance. If you want to disarm another begin with acceptance. If you want to encourage and empower another to change, start with acceptance. Don't make it conditional. Otherwise it's just resistance disguised as acceptance, and you are still trying to control them. And we can all smell a controller...can't you? ” Innerspace | Life “ Take delight in small things because it is from tiny seeds that flowers grow. ” Innerspace | Gratitude “ Love blinds us to peoples faults but dislike blinds us to their virtues. ” Innerspace | Love “ We each have the three energies we need to learn to manage - spirit, mind and body. All three need a good diet - body needs pure food (vegetarian), your mind needs positive ideas and images, and the spirit that you are needs time in silence and stillness to refresh and renew. These are our resources, and each one needs topping up, otherwise we run on empty and dis - ease comes to visit. But diet is just the beginning. Coming soon... exercise!. ” Innerspace | Health “ The more I develop the habit of noticing goodness, the more my own sense of wellbeing rises. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ When someone lightens up your life just by their presence, you can be sure they are emitting a very positive energy. When someone puts a damper on the meeting or a conversation, you can be sure there is some hidden inner baggage which contains sorrow and darkness. Which do you bring to the party? A little light or a little dark? A lot of optimism or a little pessimism? In olden days, before one switch could illuminate a whole city, one candle had to be lit by another. So if you are aware that you are carrying a little darkness, perhaps it may be useful to spend time with someone whose inner light is already lit, and stays lit in all circumstances. Eventually we may learn the art ourselves, and then serve as a candle to others. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ I cannot afford to overlook the influence that other people may have on me. It might seem like a simple everyday occurrence - my friends tell me in the strictest confidence that such and such a person is like this and does so-and-so. I listen and accept without question because of the friendship. My attitude and actions then become influenced by my friend's words, and I find myself acting and reacting in accordance with the information fed to me. This is the negative influence of gossip in action. ” Innerspace | Friendship “ Each day we all need to recharge our spiritual battery, otherwise the light of our consciousness becomes dim, thoughts become fuzzy, and decisions are impregnated with doubt. Power is available inside and outside. Inside us we have a spiritual centre, at the core of our consciousness, pure radiant spiritual light. This is what we are. However it is now blocked by our attachments, the record of all our life experiences and many learned beliefs and perceptions. Outside us we have the sun of spirit, the source, invisible to our physical eyes but only one second away when we are able to quieten and focus our mind. Meditation connects us to both sources of power - that's why meditation is the way to access the real vitamins and the minerals that spirit craves. The vitamin of pure love and the minerals of truth and wisdom. Take time to empower yourself today. Sit quietly and connect your mind to each source and allow yourself to recharge and renew. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ First think and then act, this way you save time and energy. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ Have you ever noticed that happiness is not a dependency, it is a decision? You dont actually need anything to be happy. Its not something that comes from outside, it comes from inside, and when you radiate a happy energy you'll be amazed what it attracts into your life. Dont worry, be happy...sound familiar? Decide now, be happy, and watch magic begin to enter your life. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Create thoughts and words that give only happiness. The world is filled with worry and sorrow. Do something different. ” Innerspace | Love “ The bondage of the thoughts of the mind do not allow the experience of internal happiness. To be tied in the bondage of waste thoughts, jealousy and thoughts of carelessness and laziness are the bondages of the mind. Therefore become free from this subtle bondage. ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ The world is a stage and we are all actors. Each actor plays a unique part and is responsible for their own actions. Responsibility means doing the right thing no matter how big or small the task may be. Each one of us has a special role to play in making the world a better place. ” Innerspace | Mankind “ We cannot impose peace through the use of force but, by being peaceful in ourselves, we can create a peaceful atmosphere out of which peace can grow. ” Innerspace | Life “ You always have a choice but you forget that you have it. Do you remember the energy and enthusiasm you had on the first day of your first job? You consciously chose to do the work you had gladly accepted to do. But then you gradually fell asleep to the choice you made, and the day became "I have to" go to work, instead of "I want to" go to work. You forgot to see all the opportunities which come with work - opportunities like learning, nourishing and being nourished by others, developing new relationships, expanding your personal capacity. Instead you decided it was just something that you had to do to 'get the money'. This is why most people are sleep-walking through their lives, and they dont know it. The solution, choose your work every day, put the energy of love into your relationships...every day, even if you dont particularly like your job or the people around you. And you'll be amazed at how your life transforms. When you choose to put love into what you do, the universe will move heaven and hell to let you do what you love. ” Innerspace | Love “ Having benevolent feelings for all generates goodwill. The power of goodwill makes the impossible possible. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ People are often unreasonable, self-centred: Forgive them anyway. If you are Honest, People may cheat you, but be Honest anyway. What you spend years to build, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway. The good you do today, People will often forget tomorrow. Do Good anyway. You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God; it never was between you and them anyway. ” Innerspace | Life “ The tests of life are not to break you but to make you. ” Innerspace | Life “ As our thought so is our consciousness, and as is our consciousness so is our life. Let your first thought of the day simply be peaceful. Plant this seed. Water it with attention and you will gather the calm. ” Innerspace | Awareness “ There is nothing more certain than that the world will continue to change. Accepting and not resisting this, is the first and most important inner skill in this frenetically changing, modern world. Life tests us every day to see how well we have developed this ability. Equally, there is nothing more real than the inner space within each of us that never ever changes. We may change our thoughts, our feelings, even our sense of who we are, but we fail to visit the unchanging centre of our own self. The ability to be in this inner space, where our peace is found, when all around would prefer chaos and crisis, is the deepest spiritual change skill. It is the eye of the storm, it is the oasis in the desert, it is the place where peace is power. Call in today. You'll be surprised how much it can influence and change everything and everyone around you! ” Innerspace | Life “ Its a great idea in sport. Too many fouls and your out of the game for a short period. The same happens in real life, but we are not aware of it. Sin essentially means forgetfulness, or more specifically, to forget yourself, to forget who you truly are, a pure, peaceful and loving spiritual being who occupies and animates a physical form. It is this forgetfulness that makes us commit what we call sinful action. If you are insulted by another person, and you become angry in response, the sin is the anger which you create not the insult. You are asleep to the truth that you just hurt yourself, and that you are the creator of your anger not the other person. And now you have a recording in your consciousness that contains an image of the other surrounded by the energy of anger. You put it there, not them. Next time you see them, up comes the anger again, and in that moment you are at your least effective, paralysed by self created anger, you are effectively out of the game until you cool down. Interesting isnt it. Never get angry, at anything, or anyone, anytime. Its a sin! ” Innerspace | Wisdom “ Faith is the surest guide in the darkest days. ” Innerspace | Faith “ Be patient - the road may rise and turn but it will come to its end. ” Innerspace | Life “ The most effective way to achieve right relations with any living thing is to look for the best in it, and then help that best into the fullest expression. ” Innerspace | |
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