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Posts: 4967 · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:39 pm

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True kindness presupposes the faculty of imagining
as one's own the suffering and joys of others."
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Kindness

Kindness is one of the most
powerful tools available to you.
Kindness can positively transform
your world in a way that nothing else can.
When your heart is filled with kindness,
your thoughts and actions are driven by a positive,
creative force.
Instead of being needlessly distracted by anger,
envy or despair, your eyes are more
fully open to the many valuable possibilities.

Act with kindness toward others.
You'll create an atmosphere of understanding and cooperation
in which amazing things can be accomplished.

Be kind to yourself.
You'll make it possible to clearly focus your
considerable creative energy on achieving
the highest and best of your dreams.

Choose to act with kindness,
and you free yourself from
the heavy burden of negativity.
Persist in your kindness,
and you rise to higher and higher levels of true,
meaningful accomplishment.

Kindness transforms profoundly and spreads quickly.
Let kindness freely flow from you,
and it will surely change your world...

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Posts: 4967 · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:59 pm

[size=18][/sizWhen Molehills Become Mountains
When molehills become mountains
You think you cannot climb,
Remember Everest was conquered
One step at a time.

If you keep your sense of humor,
You can endure the pain,
And when you reach the summit,
Your losses will be gains.

You can linger at the bottom
With multitudes of men,
But you may stay there forever
And wonder what might have been.

Life always offers choices
When troubles come our way,
And molehills become mountains
That will not pass away.

Our Mountains become molehills
One step at a time.

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Posts: 4967 · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 1:48 pm

[size=18Ah.... saying is sooooo much easier than done!!

Let Go
Just as the bird has to find the courage to let go of the branch in order to fly, so we also must let go of our branches if we are to know the exhilaration of soaring to the highest potential of our life. The branches we hold to are our inner attachments - our beliefs, ideas and memories. And then there are the outer attachments - people, possessions, positions and privileges are a few. But as long as we hold on to them we will live in fear (of letting go and loss) and we will never be free. And just watch those birds, by letting go of one branch they are able to spend the rest of their life alighting on a million other branches, and they enjoy the view from each.
Are you flying and soaring in your life, or are you stuck on one branch, cursing others as they fly past. Go on, try it ...let go!

Am not yet soaring......

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Posts: 4967 · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:46 am

[size=18][/sAbility to come together in group meditation and reinforce one
another's spiritual efforts is important

§ Focus on your own commitment and attitude

§ Perseverance is an important component of spiritual growth

§ Suffering can be a catalyst to get to God

§ To be good is easy, to become good is hard

§ Let God be the Doer

§ Find a balance between 100% reliance on God and 100% reliance on
self

§ Never give away your God-given power. Keep the sacred part of
yourself close.

On Devotion

§ Devotion equals loving and joyful service without any expectation
of a return

§ Devotion develops tolerance and humbleness

§ Devotion connects one with the Divine

§ Devotion is a matter between you and God

§ Devotion is service

§ Serving others equals dynamic devotion in action

§ Devotion is contagious

§ Devotion kills ego

On Surrender

§ Being in this group of souls is not by chance

§ Giving up our own ideas of correctness is valuable towards surrender

§ Open up oneself to suggestions, even the subtle ones

§ Best time to start practicing surrender: Right now!

§ Introspection is necessary to determine how much and how far we are
surrendering

§ Practice detachment from personal motives

§ Surrender varies between the active and the passive

§ Focus on the effort, not the result

§ Actively throw oneself into all aspects of the path

§ Giving up vs. surrendering – examine which you are choosing

§ Surrender to God, not others
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§ From the Gita: surrender is the essence of non-attachment

§ When unsure about when/what to surrender, rely upon soul wisdom
known through intuition

§ If we think we are surrendering, we are probably not!

§ §§ Humility comes through surrender.

§ Surrender to God and Gurus.

§ In surrendering, you ask for help.

§ What are our motives when performing a particular action?

On Right Attitude

§ Meditation keeps us focused and coming from a place of love

§ Flexibility (vs. rigidity) is often a key to right attitude

§ Patience often plays a part in flexibility

§ Keeping the consciousness at the spiritual eye in difficult or
trying situations often is like taking a calming, deep breath

§ Possessing a sense of humor and the power of a smile goes a long
way towards right attitude

§ "Breathing in, I calm my body, breathing out I smile."

§ Cultivate faith in God

§ Love God, and look for God's presence/instruction/love in difficult
situations

§ Develop the habit of coming from a place of non-judgment

§ Develop a keen sense of discrimination, i.e. wrong vs. right

§ Examine how your expectations influence your attitude

§ Develop humility

§ Observe that often when a person is being "difficult" (including
ourselves) they may actually be looking for a loving word, thought or
action; try to come from a place of love in such situations

§ Everything in life has a lesson for us – and an opportunity for
particular right action

§ Ask yourself, what can I learn?

§ To manifest change, change yourself

§ Develop internal harmony, then seek to manifest your internal
harmony outwardly

§ Learn to listen effectively, communicate effectively

§ Choose your battles

§ Use your reason and discrimination, "I will reason, I will will, I
will act, but guide Thou my reason, will and activity."

§ Practice forgiveness and surrender in the face of other's negation

§ Don't forget to pray and ask for help from God and Guru

On Learning

§ Remember, it's all lessons

§ All lessons not initially recognized and learned will be repeated

§ Be mindful, pay attention

§ Don't "react" – again, pay attention

§ Should you struggle, run away or surrender in any situation?

§ § Turn off the TV!

On Communication

§ Harbor no pre-conceptions of others

§ Listen

§ Have respect and an open mind

§ See other person as important

§ Be aware – how are you communication

§§ Be willing to apologize

§ In group situations, take notes, and vote on issues affecting the §
Pray and express how you are feeling

On Friendship

§ Love deeply

§ Visualize yourself in the heart of the other person

§ Practice non-judgment

§ Practice living in the presence of God and not in the presence of
ego

§ Commitment comes with friendship

§ Try responding with a smile

§ Try extending yourself in friendship

§ Some come to serve with baggage; when serving, focus on God and Guru

§ Most important is to serve without expecting anything in return
(surrender)

§ Perform "random acts of kindness": reach out to others wherever we
are and whenever we can

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§ Serving takes us out of our limited self

§ We learn to serve by serving with others

§ Our attitude changes over time from self-centered, to others-
centered

§ Encounters with others help us improve
§ Friendship is marching in harmony and in difference

§ We are working on ourselves while we serve

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Posts: 4967 · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 10:50 am

[size=18][/siQuestion: Name three things that are blue.

Answer:1. The sky

2. The ocean

3. A pessimist

Pessimists see the sad, lonely, hopeless side of life. They can't help but feel blue.PEOPLE claim they are positive but they are pessimist positive.If you want to achieve something in life then you have to be optimist positiveExpect good things.

The sky is blue. The ocean is blue. You don’t have to be.

YOU CHOOSE OTHER COLORS GUYSLife is beautiful add more colors, don’t depend on BLUE ze]