"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have." ~ Frederick Keonig
"To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind" ~ Theophile Gautier
The real power of appreciation comes after we develop the process of contemplation of our inner truth. Appreciation and admiration for all…
“My soul is alight with your infinitude of stars.” ~ Tagore Plato wrote that the Soul is the incorporeal eternal essence of a person and that as the bodies died, the Soul is reborn in subsequent bodies
It is through these successive life experiences that our Souls learn and…
"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless." ~ Jamie Paolinetti
"Today's problems cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them." ~Albert Einstein
Imagination is something that tends to be expected in children, but frowned on in adults as not being practical. Imagination, however, is the key to creativity. When we develop an…
"When the heart is at ease, the body is healthy" ~ Chinese Proverbs
"For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people's love and concern for each other." ~ Millard Fuller
In the center of our essence, we carry the sense and memory of perfect health - our natural state. When we adopt a healthy attitude, we learn to care lovingly to all the needs of the body, mind and emotions in sintony…
According to the philosophy of Tantra, the entire universe is a manifestation of pure consciousness. In manifesting the universe, this pure consciousness seems to become divided into two poles or aspects, neither of which can exist without the other.
One aspect, Shiva, is masculine, retains a static…
"Conservation is humanity caring for the future." ~ Nancy Newhall
"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." ~ Kahlil Gibran
Mother Earth gives herself to all beings without asking for anything in exchange. A providing attitude gives us the mindset to perceive where the available resources are, how to distribute them efficiently and how to…
"Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others." ~ William Arthur Ward
"Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see" ~ William Newton Clarke
There are times in life that we run into situations where it is just not possible to plan ahead because the circumstances are outside our realm of experience or knowledge. In these times, we will not…
“ It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.” ~Robert Francis Kennedy…
"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to know." ~ Winnie the Pooh
"I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward." ~ Charlotte Bronte
Worry has never healed a body, solved a problem, brought a love back, or created a problem-free future. What worry…
"Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good." ~ Bertolt Brecht
"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing." ~ Socrates
Everyone has inside of themselves a streak in ingenuity that can transform the challenges and obstacles we face into live signs that something is out of sintony in our lives. An intelligent attitude leads us to perceive the…
"The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious." ~ Marcus Aurelius
"If you can organize your kitchen, you can organize your life." ~ Louis Parrish
There are different ways to regulate your life and the organized attitude leads us to perceive a singular order for each being event or circumstance. Things tend to flow better when we organize according with the principles of…
In honor of Valentine's Day, we will just share our favorite Love Poem:
Sonnets From the Portuguese XLIII. by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need,…
"Father taught us that opportunity and responsibility go hand in hand. I think we all act on that principle; on the basic human impulse that makes a man want to make the best of what's in him and what's been given him." ~ Laurence Rockefeller
"I always knew I would be a good Dad, because I had a good Dad" ~ Me
Within each of us exists a duality of female and male, the yin and the yang. When we adopt a…
"We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
"Nobody loves you like your mother." ~ my mother
Within each of us there exists a duality of male and female, the yin and the yang. When we implement our capacity to support and nurture, we are exercising a maternal attitude. This attitude liberates our talents to manifest our feelings of…
"If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself." ~ Norman Vincent Pearle
"And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~ Anais Nin
Many people wish to be something they are not, but are afraid to make the changes necessary to become what they wish. The key to making changes is to accept the necessity…
"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
"A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back -- but they are gone. We are it. It is up…
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." ~ Robert McCloskey
"A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?" ~ Unknown
One of the greatest skills we can acquire is simply to know how to listen. True communication…