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Money Issues

sapphiresupreme — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:00:32 +0000

“Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.”

– Henry David Thoreau

“If all the gold in the world were melted down into a solid cube, it would be about the size of an eight room house. If a man got possession of all that gold — billions of dollars worth — he could not buy a friend, character, peace of mind, clear conscience or a sense of eternity.”

– Charles F. Bunning

Emotional Pollution

sapphiresupreme — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:58:06 +0000

“The collective energy generated from the feelings, thoughts, and attitudes of the almost six billion people on this planet creates an atmosphere or ‘consciousness climate.’ Surrounding us like the air we breathe, this consciousness climate affects us most strongly on energetic and emotional levels.”

– Doc Childre and Howard Martin

“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear … as it is, infinite.”

– William Blake

Questions vs Answers

sapphiresupreme — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:55:37 +0000

“We accept many notions because they seem to be the logical answers to our questions. But have we asked the right questions?”

– Harold L. Klawans

“The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.”

– Anthony Jay

Conscious communication

sapphiresupreme — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:41:44 +0000

” “If we want to be compassionate we must be conscious of the words we use. We must both speak and listen from the heart.”

“When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion.” “

- Marshall B. Rosenberg

To communicate consciously requires attention to two areas:

- I need to speak from awareness of what I am perceiving, feeling and needing, and

- Through watching and listening, I need to be aware of those same needs in others.

Self-development

sapphiresupreme — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:37:17 +0000

“We can learn to be the catalysts for our own change.”

- Sarah Ban Breathnach

“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Poor or wealthy?

sapphiresupreme — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:14:05 +0000

“The law of abundance is that everything replicates after its own kind. Like is attracted to like. If you want more wealth, concentrate of wealth; think thoughts of abundance and wealth.”

- Delfin Knowledge System

“Being poor is a frame of mind.”

- Mike Todd

Seekers, find!

sapphiresupreme — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:10:09 +0000

“If there are so many seekers, why are there so few finders?”

- Eckhart Tolle

“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man’s whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue.”

- Hagakure

Problems of Mind

sapphiresupreme — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:39:28 +0000

“Problems exist only in the human mind.”

- Anthony de Mello

“Don’t water your weeds.”

- Harvey Mackay

“Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned — not to see what is not.”

- Maria Mitchell

Comparisons

sapphiresupreme — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:34:40 +0000

“Nothing is good or bad but by comparison.”

- Thomas Fuller

“Do not judge and you will never be mistaken.”

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

Water Wisdom

sapphiresupreme — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:31:47 +0000

“When flowing water … meets with obstacles on its path, a blockage in its journey, it pauses. It increases in volume and strength, filling up in front of the obstacle and eventually spilling past it….

“Do not turn and run, for there is nowhere worthwhile for you to go. Do not attempt to push ahead into the danger … emulate the example of the water: Pause and build up your strength until the obstacle no longer represents a blockage.”