The Road of Dreams

  Take the road that stretches out before you,

  Walk in the dusk and know the end is bright.

  Take what comes and find the way to glory

  Much may go wrong – but even more comes right.

  Face the day however hard before you

  And with tears upon your cheeks still wet

  Learn to smile and keep on looking forward –

  Life is not done because the sun is set.

Minnie R. Harrison

What your Brain Believes

 

          Your success or failure in anything, large or small, will depend on your programming, what you accept from others and what you say when you talk to yourself….

 

          It makes no difference whether you believe it or not.  The brain simply believes what you tell it most.

 

Richard Helmstetter

 

Change Your Self-Worldview

          Our self-worldview that we call normal is really a retarded one – clamped down, narrow, acculturated.

          "Because we don't know who we are, we are destroying the planet and ourselves" – Krishnamurti

Caron B. Goode writes,

          "Frankly, I've never heard anything so big and so accurate as that statement.  It focuses attention on the inner world, not on the outward world like financial markets and banking.

          "Unless we grow up, discover who we really are and know our right place in the world or universe rather than who we think we are, we will continue to destroy each other and the planet.  We are doing it so well we don't have that much time.

          "There's nothing that's going to change because everything is being reconstructed out of our same self-worldview.  Unless we change our self-worldview, which is the hardest thing to do, we're toast."

The Power of Hope is Crucial

 

Hope is the thing           

With feathers

That perches in the soul

And sings the tune

Without the words,

And never stops at all.

                                                                      Emily Dickinson

The Gateway into the Higher Life

          The spirit with transfigured face, gazing raptly upon some vision, said: "Look at that open door!  It is so beautifully engraved.  It has engraving on it:

The Door of Life

Understanding of Life

Understanding of God in the True Sense

          "The door is opening, very slowly and we look in.  What a beautiful Hall!  The altar in front is so beautiful, so beautiful!  On the altar, in the centre, is a beautiful statue which represents Wisdom.  There is a statue of Truth, one of Love, one of Understanding, one of Honesty, one of Life and one of Modesty.

          "Wisdom is the centre statue.  There are seven statues in all, each holding a light, each one of seven colours – three on each side of Wisdom, each with a light, all blending into Wisdom, the beautiful white light.

Wisdom

Truth          Honesty

Love                                        Life

Understanding                                                      Modesty

          "From these colours come the seven musical notes.  Each note corresponds to a colour and then goes forward to the centre and blends into Wisdom.  There the real truth of life and an understanding of God is learned.

          "That is beautiful.  See those colours blend!  They go on and on, blending in all ways, into forms, into all kinds of shapes, into stars and flowers and then they become music.

      
         "Now they form into leaves, buds and flowers – music taking form and colour.  The music itself – I never heard such beautiful music.

          "They say to me: "This is the Gateway into the Higher Life.  You have had a glimpse of it, but you cannot be there"

          "There is one who says: "We have to learn our lessons, to be humble, to be charitable, to serve.  Learn to be honest and sincere, then you can enter that beautiful Hall.  Take up the cross and follow me.

          "That cross represents crucifying of self – selfishness, jealousy, envy, bigotry, dogma, creeds, false belief and pride.  Take your cross and follow me.""

From 'Thirty Years among the Dead' by Carl A. Wickland, M.D.

Anon but true?

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny

This quote is widely attributed to "Frank Outlaw" on the Web, but no actual other corroborating confirmation actually confirms that this is the correct source.

Mindfulness

 

 

                   You need not do anything

                   Remain sitting at your table and listen

                   Just wait

                   And you need not even wait

                   Just become quiet and still and solitary

                   And the world will offer itself to you

                   To be unmasked

                   It has no choice

                   It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

                                                                                                             

                   Senses by Franz Kafka