February 1, 2008

  • Quotes

    A perfect moment
    Picard and Anij take a predawn stroll at the village. Anij tells of how the Ba'ku's isolationism was necessary, but hard to maintain, since many of the younger once are fascinated with stories of a faster pace of life; Picard remarks that many of his people would sell their souls for a simpler, more peaceful lifestyle . . . and how some of the darkest events in his world's history have involved the forced relocation of a small group of people to satisfy the desires of a more powerful group. We learn more about the Ba'ku life . . . since they live longer, they have the time to perfect their trades, their art, their mental acuity. Picard is ever curious, but Anij tells him that given time, even he would slow down his pace of life on the planet. Anij: "have you ever experienced a perfect moment in time . . . when time seemed to stop . . . and you could almost lived in that moment . . . " Her race has discovered that a single moment in time can be "a universe in itself." Most people aren't aware enough of the "now" to experience the fullness, the power of the moment. And it took the Ba'ku centuries to learn that it doesn't have to take centuries to learn . . . --Star Trek Insurrection

    May God grant you always
A sunbeam to warm you,
A moonbeam to charm you,
A sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you.-  Irish saying

    If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.-Buddha

    Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.-Les Brown
    "When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place." - Bhagavad Gita

    "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord." - Proverbs

    Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.-- John C. Bogle (1929-) American Investor

    I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.-Mother Teresa

    How sweet it is to love, and to be dissolved, and as it were to bathe myself in thy love. -- Thomas a Kempis

    When you are lonely, empty and afraid, remember this: An angel who loves and cares for you is somewhere looking for the medicine you need. Look for the medicine messages your angel sends you in its absence…in a rainbow, a dew-sparking spider web, a falling feather or snowflake, or a stranger’s smile…- Stephanie June Sorrell

    The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.-- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish Dramatist and Poet

    Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
    -Mark Twain

    To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. -- Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher

    In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.-Deepak Chopra

    Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.-Pamela Vault Starr

    Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel’s song which had lost its way and come to earth.- Frederick William FaberLiving love is the service of the moment.

    It is not fearful. It can reach out and touch and share
    without abusing or corrupting.

    It brings a blessing simply by its presence.

    - John-Roger with Paul Kaye
    (From: Momentum, Letting Love Lead - Simple Practices for
    Spiritual Living, p. 49)

    Do yourself a favor. Live honestly, with integrity, with
    loving kindness and charity for your fellow beings. Your
    reward will be your ability to do better and the awakening
    of Spirit inside you to higher levels of _expression.

    If the key is to be loving, you'll give up every
    consideration, every hesitation, and every reason not to be
    loving, and you'll be loving in every situation in your
    life.

    - John-Roger
    (From: Living Love from the Spiritual Heart, p. 25)

    Sometimes we all get so bogged down in the daily stresses and
    anxieties of life that we tend to focus too much on the negative
    in our life.

    Today, date the top of your page and number from one to ten.
    Write down ten things you have to be grateful for this week. It
    doesn't matter how trivial it seems. Even if the best thing
    that happened was your morning cup of coffee, put it down.

    You'll be surprised because the more you do this the more you'll
    find you have to be thankful for. It may be a struggle at
    first, but it will help you see what you do have versus what you
    don't.

    True forgiveness
    is not an action after the fact,
    it is an attitude
    with which you enter each moment.
    ~ David Ridge

    Every experience of accepting love
    strengthens the muscles of the personality.
    ~ Jean Illsley Clarke & Connie Dawson
    (Growing Up Again)

    Whatever your relationship with other people - lover,
    spouse, friend, colleague, parent, etc. - use your Light
    consciousness to lift them.

    When you bring forward the consciousness of Light through
    actions (not necessarily through words), you'll find them
    lifting.

    - John-Roger
    (From: Loving Each Day, Volume 1, p. 260)