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“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others
cannot keep it from themselves.”

~~~ James Matthew Barrie

Finally! I can look out the window of my office and see heavy clouds, hear the rain falling with a soft and quiet hush, and be able to open my windows and let in some refreshingly, cool air. The heat and humidity were suffocating over the past weeks. The pollution indexes were off the charts. What a relief this is. We’ve been in a near drought condition here for weeks. It’s almost as dark as night this morning. At times when it’s so dark, I almost forget that the sun is shining in all its glory above the clouds, even though I can’t see it.

Does it ever happen to you that when it’s gloomy and dark you tend to lose sight of the fact that the sunlight is there? It sure can happen — especially if it’s been cloudy for several days in a row. It’s surprising, but when those times are upon us — those times when it seems like nothing is right — that bringing out thoughts of the sun can help tremendously.

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm,
you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”

~~~ Morris West

When you think of the sun’s warmth — when you imagine it’s glowing rays shining brightly into your day, you’ll find that your thoughts will get brighter. It’s good to remember that the sun is always shining. Even if, like this morning here in Ohio, it’s not visible. Even when it’s nighttime here, the sun is still shining not too far away and it will be back — shining as bright as ever tomorrow.

It’s the same with life, isn’t it? Even if life feels like it’s at a standstill, often all we have to do is wait and have faith that the time will come when we’re moving along again and things are just as they should be. Better yet, we could be more like the sun and continue to shine our own light even if we can’t see the results of doing so. The light that’s in all of us is, like the sun, is never extinguished.

“Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of your garden and keep out the weeds. Fill it with sunshine, kind words and kind deeds”

~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

That’s right. As we talked about last week, there is a light in all of us that never goes out, no matter what is happening around us. We all know that the sun is always shining and will continue to do so for many more millenniums. This should be true for us as well. Even when times are hard it can help to not lose sight of the fact that we have our own light. Just like the sun, our light is the energy that connects us to the movements of the universe and the cycles in our lives and in the lives of all living things. It’s always there, even when there are times when we may not be aware of its glow.

“May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that’s always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.”

~~~ Irish Blessings

And, as I always say in closing — remember these words …

You are the most precious gift you can give yourself. Every day look in the mirror and say, “I’m available to more good than I have experienced, realized or imagined ever before in my life!” Do this every day while you look into your own eyes.

You are special — and you are loved. You are the greatest gift you can be.

Shanti … (A sanscrit word meaning, “Let there be Peace. Peace, beautiful Peace. Peace within, Peace without. Peace in this world. Peace for all beings.”)

~~~ DBL-R

P.S. Remember, that if you have one of the “readers” — like My Yahoo, My MSN, or the Google Reader, or any of the others, you can get our blog sent to you automatically, whenever I post to it. Just click one of the buttons over on the left side to add it to your reader.
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If you’ve been reading here for any length of time, you know that I practice meditation every day. When I do so, I use, what I truly believe, is the most powerful personal growth and mind development tool on earth. It’s the The Holosync Solution. I knew that meditation was a vital element to nurturing my soul — to opening myself to the universe — and this tool has allowed me to achieve and receive the benefits of deep, long-term meditation — and to achieve it much more quickly. If you’re having trouble “getting meditation to work for you” – then the The Holosync Solution is what you’re looking for.

Regular, daily meditation can give you …

(1) Increased intelligence and creativity.
(2) Lower stress levels — and with that — increased ability to handle whatever the world tosses your way.
(3) New levels of self-awareness and inner peace.
(4) The healing of emotional issues at the deepest levels —

— it’s definitely worth taking the time for this powerful practice every day.

With a One-Year 100% Iron-Clad Guarantee, you can now do so with no risk whatsoever — then click any of the links that say … The Holosync Solution

— The Holosync Solution
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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

(Used by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural speech)

~~~ Maryanne Williamson

Last week I made a short comment about how affected I’ve been lately by the directions being taken by our government and by the corruption that is happening all around the world. I just read an interview that was done with Michael Moore about his new film, “Sicko”, where he talked about some of our leading candidates for the presidency and how deeply their pockets are being lined by the health industry. I hear news items almost everyday about good, honest, hard-working Americans being laid off and sacrificed because their jobs are moving off to some other country where workers are paid slave wages while the corporate CEO’s are fattening their own wallets to ridiculous degrees. I see the human rights given by our Constitution being eroded by the sneaky tactics of our government.

I could go on and on — but — as I also said last week, this blog isn’t a political blog — it’s about our inner self, peace, and spiritual balance.

So what is our action here? What do those of us who are the peace-makers of the world do about these things that bother us? Is there anything we can do?

The answer is, YES! We can quit hiding our light in a bushel and shift the thinking in our world by sending out our light. When people combine their intentions, great things can happen. A single individual can initiate worldwide improvement by a conscious outpouring of love, beauty, goodness, and wisdom. A group of people focusing their energy on sending out their light collectively to the world can set the stage for enormously positive global change.

Every one of us has the ability to positively influence human behavior by being conduits of the energy of love and peace. Rather than beginning our days with negativism, hatred, thoughts of violence and retaliation, imagine if each one of us took a few moments at the start of each day to send out light to the world from our hearts. Mother Earth would be quickly eased and the planet, as well as every organism and being on it, would be bathed in loving light. The world would be an infinitely beautiful place.

“Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

~~~ Martin Luther King, Jr

You can help bring about an earth where love triumphs over violence, air and water are nourishing in their purity, and people take pleasure in simply being alive. There’s no question that you have the power on your own, but think about how much more powerful you could be if you were joined by others who share your compassion and positive energy. The power of numbers! Your collective consciousness and collective light will wash over the planet, enveloping people, communities, cities, countries, and continents.

“Sure,” you say. “Easier said than done.” How do we get people to do this when they’re already convinced that our world is broken beyond repair? How do you get people to come to the realization that they CAN make a difference? You will likely need to explain that each person’s light joins with every other, and through the joining all are strengthened. Assure them that it doesn’t matter what technique is used — or what religion they follow, if any — or what set of beliefs they hold — what matters is that they have the intent to help, heal and bring peace.

It starts with us — you and me. If you and I do this, we are already a group, right? What if more of the readers agree and join with us? As more and more people come to see our example and follow our lead and join us in sending out light to the world, the gift will increase exponentially. There are universal laws that guarantee it will happen.

And, don’t forget the children in your lives. Children often don’t feel that they have the worth or the capability to have influence on anyone, let alone the world, yet they are reservoirs of innate power and will be enthusiastic partners. Just give them a chance. Be the person you would like them to be. Set the example. They’ll follow.

“We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled but as candles to be lit.”

~~~ Robert Shaffer

As more and more people begin to understand the power of their numbers to do good things, this wave of light and love and peace will become enormous and the results you crave will be there. Your own lives will change for the better — the news will begin to be more positive — and we’ll see major results in our fellow human beings.

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”

~~~ Karen Ravn

And, as I always say in closing — remember these words …

You are the most precious gift you can give yourself. Every day look in the mirror and say, “I’m available to more good than I have experienced, realized or imagined ever before in my life!” Do this every day while you look into your own eyes.

You are special — and you are loved. You are the greatest gift you can be.

Shanti … (A sanscrit word meaning, “Let there be Peace. Peace, beautiful Peace. Peace within, Peace without. Peace in this world. Peace for all beings.”)

~~~ DBL-R

P.S. Remember, that if you have one of the “readers” — like My Yahoo, My MSN, or the Google Reader, or any of the others, you can get our blog sent to you automatically, whenever I post to it. Just click one of the buttons over on the left side to add it to your reader.
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If you’ve been reading here for any length of time, you know that I practice meditation every day. When I do so, I use, what I truly believe, is the most powerful personal growth and mind development tool on earth. It’s the The Holosync Solution. I knew that meditation was a vital element to nurturing my soul — to opening myself to the universe — and this tool has allowed me to achieve and receive the benefits of deep, long-term meditation — and to achieve it much more quickly. If you’re having trouble “getting meditation to work for you” – then the The Holosync Solution is what you’re looking for.

Regular, daily meditation can give you …

(1) Increased intelligence and creativity.
(2) Lower stress levels — and with that — increased ability to handle whatever the world tosses your way.
(3) New levels of self-awareness and inner peace.
(4) The healing of emotional issues at the deepest levels —

— it’s definitely worth taking the time for this powerful practice every day.

With a One-Year 100% Iron-Clad Guarantee, you can now do so with no risk whatsoever — then click any of the links that say … The Holosync Solution

— The Holosync Solution
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“We are not human beings on a spiritual journey.
We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”

~~~ Stephen R. Covey

Here in the southwestern part of Ohio, where I live, we’re experiencing some drought conditions. The lawns are a golden shade of brown — leaves are beginning to fall from the trees for lack of water — and, if they’re not kept watered, the flowers are beginning to lose their blossoms. Yet, in some parts of the country — and even around the world, there are places that are getting so much rain that it’s frightening. If this were a political journal, I’d probably choose to write about global warming and what’s being done about it.

However, this journal is about our inner self, peace, and spiritual balance.

I was looking at some emails this morning and came across the quote that I led with today by Steven Covey — (see above) — and it started my thought process along these lines.

I know that many of you are probably familiar with the idea that we are not human beings having spiritual experiences, but rather, we’re spiritual beings having a human experience. I know for me, when I think about that, I get a warm feeling inside. And when I take the time to truly delve into what that really means — when I take that concept and integrate it with how I see myself, it gives me a broader sense of what my spiritual self is here to accomplish.

Aren’t we all on a brave mission to discover what we’re supposed to learn as we grow here on earth?

When we realize that we are spiritual beings, we begin to understand that we’re merely visiting here in the physical realm. For those of us who do believe that we incarnate here on earth many times over — and when we understand the fact that we came here without any memory of what happened to us in the “before” — we may then begin to comprehend why it is an act of bravery to keep coming here.

“When you examine the lives of the most influential people who have ever walked among us, you discover one thread that winds through them all. They have been aligned first with their spiritual nature and only then with their physical selves.”

~~~ Albert Einstein

When we begin to question “why” we are here, we begin to realize that we need to quiet our minds and become more aware of the present where true knowledge exists. We’ll never discover our “reason for being here” if we stay caught up in the hubbub and noise of the past and the confusion and worry about the future. We need to get quiet — to bask in the peace of the present and learn to remember that we are spiritual beings with abundant wisdom. If we slow ourselves down and rest in the quiet knowledge of our true self, we can begin to tap into all that wisdom that rests within us — knowledge that we accumulated before we chose to enter into this lifetime.

If we become more aware of who we truly are, we’ll find new strength to endure the times when we become frustrated or overwhelmed with life. We’ll find that we have an abundant courage to help us with those difficult times. And most importantly, we’ll find that we can get in touch with the great wisdom within us by spending more time in quiet meditation where that wisdom can come through our intuition.

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire,
men cannot live without a spiritual life.”

~~~ Buddha

Soon, our meditations will help us to realize that we’re here — in this physical realm — because we need to learn something that can only be learned while we’re in a physical being. It could be to learn about forgiveness — it could be to learn about love — it could be to learn about living peacefully — or — as is true for most of us — we’re here to learn a multitude of lessons.

What’s really interesting though, is that we don’t truly need to learn anything while we’re here. All we really have to do is remember — we already have the knowledge of the universe within us — all we have to do is slow down, meditate, get quiet, and remember.

“It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations”

~~~ Kahlil Gibran

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.”

~~~ Karen Ravn

And, as I always say in closing — remember these words …

You are the most precious gift you can give yourself. Every day look in the mirror and say, “I’m available to more good than I have experienced, realized or imagined ever before in my life!” Do this every day while you look into your own eyes.

You are special — and you are loved. You are the greatest gift you can be.

Shanti … (A sanscrit word meaning, “Let there be Peace. Peace, beautiful Peace. Peace within, Peace without. Peace in this world. Peace for all beings.”)

~~~ DBL-R

P.S. Remember, that if you have one of the “readers” — like My Yahoo, My MSN, or the Google Reader, or any of the others, you can get our blog sent to you automatically, whenever I post to it. Just click one of the buttons over on the left side to add it to your reader.
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If you’ve been reading here for any length of time, you know that I practice meditation every day. When I do so, I use, what I truly believe, is the most powerful personal growth and mind development tool on earth. It’s the The Holosync Solution. I knew that meditation was a vital element to nurturing my soul — to opening myself to the universe — and this tool has allowed me to achieve and receive the benefits of deep, long-term meditation — and to achieve it much more quickly. If you’re having trouble “getting meditation to work for you” – then the The Holosync Solution is what you’re looking for.

Regular, daily meditation can give you …

(1) Increased intelligence and creativity.
(2) Lower stress levels — and with that — increased ability to handle whatever the world tosses your way.
(3) New levels of self-awareness and inner peace.
(4) The healing of emotional issues at the deepest levels —

— it’s definitely worth taking the time for this powerful practice every day.

With a One-Year 100% Iron-Clad Guarantee, you can now do so with no risk whatsoever — then click any of the links that say … The Holosync Solution

— The Holosync Solution
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[tags]peace, inner self, The Secret, Law of Attraction, peace, dreams, spiritual energy, action, value, inner balance, enlightenment, destiny, manifestation, meditation, patience, gratitude, tolerance, acceptance, body balance, life cycle, beginnings, endings, positive thinking, ego, silence, consciousness, staying grounded, cycle of life[/tags]