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Questions of Life

When do you have time ? Questions of Life are a tool for reflection. Let the question be with you and go deep. Make note of the answers.

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acceptance

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Reality

What a person thinks about slowly becomes a person’s world. Our thoughts, our words, and our actions create our reality. Buddha

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Questions of Life

You always ask me how others see you. Can you perceive yourself with my eyes ? Questions of Life are a tool for reflection. Let the question be with you and go deep. Make note of the answers.

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Choices

One day an old Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson. He said, “There are two wolves fighting inside all of us….. the wolf of fear and hate, and the wolf of love and peace.” The grandson listened, then … Continue reading

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Gift

‎”The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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follow up ..

..to Looking at Oneself through the Intelligence of the Body When I quoted the spiritual teacher in the article about the intelligence of the body, I left out a bit in my quote. Geli has asked me to include the … Continue reading

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The ardent alchemist

    Eruptions of magma from a volcano are bringing forward molten rock deep from the interior of the earth. And when the lava is cooling, new life is forming in it’s former path of destruction. Liken an outburst of … Continue reading

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The wisdom of Rumi

    These spiritual window-shoppers, who idly ask, ‘How much is that?’ Oh, I’m just looking. They handle a hundred items and put them down, shadows with no capital. What is spent is love and two eyes wet with weeping. … Continue reading

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Questions of Life

You always say there is no work to be done. Are you like a leaf in the wind ? Questions of Life are a tool for reflection. Let the question be with you and go deep. Make note of the … Continue reading

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