Wise Words
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity,
is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
~Thomas A. Edison
One who attacks another's reputation abandons his own.
~ Unknown
Knowing what you value and how much you value it,
is the fire that illuminates the dark.
The world now is full of so many lights that others want you to walk towards.
Meditating helps keep your eyes firmly fixed on the light of what you value.
~ Anonymous
The beauty of the trees,
the softness of the air,
the fragrance of the grass,
speaks to me.
The summit of the mountain,
the thunder of the sky,
the rhythm of the sea,
speaks to me.
The strength of the fire,
the taste of salmon,
the trail of the sun,
and the life that never goes away,
they speak to me.
And my heart soars.
~ Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh (1899 - 1981)
One thing to remember is to talk to the animals.
If you do,
they will talk back to you.
But if you don't talk to the animals,
they won't talk back to you,
then you won't understand,
and when you don't understand you will fear,
and when you fear you will destroy the animals,
and if you destroy the animals,
you will destroy yourself.
~ Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh (1899 - 1981)
Owlscrying wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:04 am
One thing to remember is to talk to the animals.
If you do,
they will talk back to you.
But if you don't talk to the animals,
they won't talk back to you,
then you won't understand,
and when you don't understand you will fear,
and when you fear you will destroy the animals,
and if you destroy the animals,
you will destroy yourself.
~ Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh (1899 - 1981)
Love this so much
Thanks for sharing, Owl.
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Lessons Learned from the Sun
Let Hope Be the Center of Your Universe
''No doubt, you've seen the sun. It slides across the sky each day in a predictable pattern, providing life to this planet we know as Earth. More than likely, you never question whether the sun will be there tomorrow. Although it sinks away each night, you have a belief, whether you realize it or not, that the sun will rise once again. The sun is representative of the order of the universe. Without it, there would be no order - no life.
Since you believe in the sun, which is always present and available, even when you cannot see it, you can find many deep life lessons from the center of our solar system - the sun. Just as the sun is always shining somewhere and it is available to those who believe in it, you will find that hope is always present as well. It's time to allow hope to be the center of your universe. To help find the hope within, here are some lessons learned from the sun that can help.
Reminder 1 - Where There is Light There are Shadows
The first lesson is where there is light, there are shadows. It is the sun that casts the shadows we see, and there is an important life lesson here. In our lives, often we see the shadows and think there is no "sun" or no hope left for us. However, the reality is that there will be shadows when there is light present. When you find shadows in life, don't give up on hope. Realize that those shadows are only there because there is hope for you. Look beyond the shadows to see the light - the light of hope.
Reminder 2 - Without the Sun There is No Life
Without the sun, there is no life. If the sun stopped shining, our life would end. The same thing applies to hope. Without hope, there cannot be life. Hope is like the rays of the sun. It fosters life. It makes us grow, it keeps us warm, and it keeps us alive. As long as you believe, hope is there for you, so take time to bask in the warm rays of hope.
Reminder 3 - The Sun is There ... Even When It Isn't Shining
The most important lesson we can learn is that the sun is always there, even though we don't see it shining. Sometimes clouds pass over, blocking it from view, yet we still know it is there. The sun sinks away in the evenings and darkness falls. However, the sun is still there. Hope once again is just like the sun. Even when we cannot see it, hope is still there. One young lady in the middle of great tragedy realized this great truth - her name was Anne Frank. When faced with adversity, she had this to say: "I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining."
This is a lesson we all must learn. To hope, even when it seems we cannot see a reason to hope. Let hope become the very center of your universe, giving your life order and meaning. ''
If you stand for a Reason,
Be prepared to stand like a Tree
And if you fall on the ground,
fall like a Seed that grows back to fight again
- Unknown
''The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil
but because of those who look on and do nothing.''
- Albert Einstein
Beyond this world are countless dimensions.
They stretch on forever.
You can travel to them and have experiences in them.
~Unknown
There are many universes, countless universes,
and many of them are invisible.
We call these the astral planes,
but they are as real as this world is and they're filled with beings that have life spans.
~ Unknown
Beyond this world there are myriad worlds,
thousands of inter-dimensional planes,
with different types of beings going through other cycles of existence.
Beyond all beings is something that is eternal.
~ Unknown
There is the physical world that we live in,
which we perceive through the senses,
but there are other worlds.
Right in front of you there are other worlds,
right now.
Those worlds are as real,
if you will,
as the physical world.
~ Unknown
There are endless planes of attention,
endless realities and endless mind states.
They're like collections of atoms and protons and neutrons, nuclei.
They just go on forever.
They're plasma,
they're fluid …
they're alive.
~ Unknown
"Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all,
and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world.
And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw;
for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit,
and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle,
wide as daylight and as starlight,
and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.
And I saw that it was holy."
~ Black Elk Speaks, The Great Vision
Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain,
but simply points the way.
~ Unknown
What many refer to as intuition,
then,
is not the untaught or unteachable but instead is a learned understanding and respect of process,
molded by experience and refined over a great deal of time and practice.
~ Unknown
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained
~ Marie Curie
(Nobel Prize, French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity)
Go within every day,
and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out
~ Unknown
“Truth,
like gold,
is to be obtained not by its growth,
but by washing away from it all that is not good.”
~ Leo Tolstoy
(Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time)
"We are the stars which sing,
We sing with our light;
We are the birds of fire,
We fly over the sky.
Our light is a voice:
We make a road
For the spirit to pass over."
~ Algonquin Song of the Stars