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A Meditation
God is at the heart of my being. As I relax my outer awareness, I am
open to the deep, abiding power of the Presence. That power is available
to me here, right here, right now. Everywhere I am, God is, revealing
His perfect plan for my life to me. Now, I relax into a place of perfect
wholeness. All is well. I give thanks.
Hopi Indian Messages to Mankind
The time now is to stay in the middle of the river, keep your head up,
and go with the flow of the river... not against it. Those who still
choose to struggle, will drift off the shore and will be left behind.
Those who choose to stay in the middle of the river, keeping their head
up will find great rewards...mankind.
There are two kinds of people in this world. The person who walks as “one” and
the person who walks divided as “two” When one chooses to
stay centered, at peace and not in the ego... there will be great rewards,
vast peace and much joy in one’s life. Those who choose to let
dramas and the ego continue to tell the stories that run our lives, will
always be divided and never find peace as “one.” If the choice
to “walk as one” in your whole being is sought for, it will
be found deep inside the heart and all struggle will be left behind.
These are two very powerful Hopi Indian sayings, full of much wisdom
and light. The veils in the world are becoming so thin, it is very important
to fill and be filled with as much joy as one can focus on creating for
ourselves and for others. This, too, is a choice. In every moment of
every day, that which we focus on will gain momentum and snowball out
of control.
I Am Grateful for New Beginnings
Great oaks from little acorns grow, and from this first day in the calendar
year I expect to see a whole new life unfold! Today I begin anew. Last
year's lessons have brought me to this year's challenge, and I accept
it! With the wisdom of Mind and the courage of Love, I prevail.
Science of Mind
Prayer For Peace
We are guided. We are led. Infinite Intelligence now reveals to us the
way to go. We are ready, willing, and able, and we follow the guidance
we receive. We know that in turning our attention inward and making a
direct connection with the Inner Spirit, every thought we think and every
move we make is Divinely guided in the right way, at the right time, for
the best of everyone concerned. Joyously, we accept this guidance, knowing
that as we do we are helping to create peace on earth.
Words Toward a Creed
There is a creed to which, in my judgment, all free men and women must
forever hold fast...
We must learn that those we like are not always right and those we don't
like are not always wrong.
We must learn to seek change without violence - not even in word, much
less in deeds.
We must face fanaticism with courage and idealism with caution.
We must be strong enough to be gentle.
We must know that life will always have unbearable stretches of loneliness
and that we can never truly be understood, not even by those who love
us; that we cannot completely understand someone else, no matter how much
we want it.
We must have the courage to live without absolutes, without dogmas, the
courage to seek imaginative escapes from the straight jackets of conformity.
W must learn to meet life with a series of tentative and impermanent approximations,
knowing that the final goals may never be reached, that the last truths
may be forever unknowable but that life holds nothing more precious than
the process by which, to the fullest stretches of which humans are capable,
we stretch the mind and heart.
Leo Rosten
The Best of Times
The Best of Times is now;
What's left of summer but a faded rose?
The Best of Times is now,
As for tomorrow, well, who knows, who knows, who knows?
So hold this moment fast
And live and love as hard as you know how,
And make this moment last
Because The Best of Times is now, is now, is now.
Now, not some forgotten yesterday.
Now, tomorrow is so far away.
So hold this moment fast
And live and love as hard as yo u know how,
And make this moment last
Because the Best of Times is now, is now, is now!
"Lo, I am with you always"
"Lo, I am with you always" means when you look for God,
God is in the look of your eyes,
in the thought of looking,
nearer to you than yourself,
or things that have happened to you.
There is no need to go outside.
Rumi
Peace Prayers
Buddhist Prayer for Peace
May those frightened cease to be afraid, and those bound be free. May
the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending one another.
May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness and … May
the children, the aged, the unprotected be guarded by beneficial celestials,
and may they swiftly attain Oneness.
Hindu Prayer for Peace
Oh, lord God almighty, may there be peace in celestial regions. May there
be peace on earth. May all beneficent beings bring peace to us. May thy
Vedic Law propagate peace all through the world. May all things be a
source of peace to us. And may thy peace itself, bestow peace on all
and may that peace come to me also.
Sikh Prayer for Peace
God adjudges us according to our deeds, not the coat that we wear: that
Truth is above everything, but higher still is truthful living. Know
that we attaineth God when we Loveth, and only victory endures in consequences
of which no one is defeated.
Muslim Prayer for Peace
In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. Praise be to the
Lord of the Universe who has created us and made us into tribes and nations
that we may know each other, not that we may despise each other. If the
enemy inclines towards peace, do thou also incline towards peace and
trust God, for the Lord is the one that heareth and knoweth all things.
And the servants of God, most gracious are those who walk on the Earth
in humility, and when we address them, we say “Peace”.
Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace
We pray to God to eradicate all misery in the world: that understanding
triumph over ignorance, that generosity triumph over indifference, that
trust triumph over contempt, and that truth triumph over falsehood.
Jewish Prayer for Peace
Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, that we may walk the
paths of the Most High. And we shall beat our swords into plough shares,
and our spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against
nation - neither shall they learn war any more. And none shall be afraid
for the mouth of the Lord of Hosts has spoken.
Christian Prayer for Peace
But I say unto you that hate, Love your enemies, do good to those who
hate you, bless those who curse you pray for those who abuse you. Blessed
are the Peacemakers, for they shall be known as the Children of God.
Invocation for 2007
On this day: mend a quarrel, search out a forgotten friend, dismiss
suspicion and replace it with trust, write a love letter, share some
treasure, give a soft answer, encourage youth, manifest your loyalty
in a word or deed, keep a promise, fiind the time, forgive the grudge,
forgive an enemy, listen, apoliogize if you were wrong, try to understand,
examine your demands on others, think first of someone else, appreciate,
be kind, be gentle, laugh a little more, deserve confidence, take up
arms against malice, decry complacency, express your gratitude, worship
God, gladden the heart of a child, take pleasure in the beauty and wonder
of the earth, speak your love, speak it agian, speak it still again,
speak it still once again. (Author unknown)
Divine Wisdom
Divine Wisdom enlightens me.
Divine Illuminaton reveals my path.
Divine Power strengthens me.
Divine Love cleanses me.
Divine Life heals me.
Divine Conscioiusness creates feeling within me.
Divine Consciousness creates desire within me.
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