*** 7 quotes to consider about how we live our joy.
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From Denny: Joy is one of those human experiences that everyone knows and has experienced yet we have a tough time defining it. Joy seems elusive to define in words but we all know that moment when it occurs.
Joy is a state which lives inside us all. Sometimes, because of outward situations and circumstances, we lose touch with our joy. When difficult times come into our lives they can often erode our connection with our inner joy - if we allow it. Never allow anyone or any situation to take your joy.
Negative experiences only have power when we give away our authority to it. When we experience anger, sorrow, fear and hurt it's important to ride through that moment and then shed those negative emotions. Negative emotions are useful to help make us acutely aware of something requiring our attention - then release them. The joy is always there for it is eternal and infinite.
Experiencing lasting joy is accomplished when we cultivate the Divine Presence within us. Constantly nurturing our awareness of that connection strengthens us and keeps our attitude positive.
Joy is this indescribable beauty, stronger felt within that can be lived every day, no matter what is going on around us. Take some time each day to acknowledge your connection to the Divine - and smile, knowing you are living in the vast limitless moment of Joy!
Quotes
Joy is prayer Joy is strength Joy is love Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. - Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
The only joy in the world is to begin. - Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950)
Joy is not in things; it is in us. - Richard Wagner
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. - Edward Chapin
Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy. - Sarah Ban Breathnach
I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy! - Louise Bogan
May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and Every window open to great possibility. - Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey, 1995
*** See also:Poetess Defies, Shocks Saudi Arabia - Here is a woman of courage who now knows great joy, all because she wrote a poem and spoke it out aloud.
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*** How high - or how limited - are your goals in Life?
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From Denny: C. S. Lewis is another one of those spiritual writers - in yet another generation - whose wisdom still rings true today. So often people just don't place their vision high enough in Life and then wonder why they are so disappointed when good things don't happen for them.
When we give ourselves purposeful higher visions of the soul as our aspirations then we are never disappointed as Life unfolds. When we limit ourselves to a small vision that can be the realm of the self-absorbed or self-centered then we are sure to be disappointed. To feel fulfilled we must reach out to others outside of ourselves and beyond our immediate family and friends.
If you don't have the money or time for specialized charity work, don't worry. Your prayers of goodwill for strangers you may never meet all over the world is the most powerful charity you can do. Trust it that there are strangers on the other side of the world who are also praying good things for you! It's that Law of Reciprocity in action as a universal spiritual principle.
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* Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. - C. S. Lewis
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*** How friendships begin and can last a life time.
From Denny: This quote from C. S. Lewis is so very true about when we first meet someone and discover a connection through shared experience. How many times have people thought themselves to be the only ones going through a situation? How many times have people thought they were the only ones wondering about something only to discover there were others with the same thoughts and experiences?
Too often we tend to isolate ourselves from socializing, fearing rejection, when we would benefit from getting out more into the world to discover and develop new friendships. Like we always say at our house, "We always have room for one more friend for you can never have too many!"
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* Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one. - C. S. Lewis
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*** What you can do to ensure your safety and survival as geologic time rapidly changes - and the resulting paradigm shift of humanity - is in the process of occurring.
What is already happening to fulfill the 2012 predictions
From Denny: A lot is predicted to happen to our planet Earth in the year of 2012. What people are not paying close enough attention to is that the geologic changes are already happening.
There have been high level earthquakes around the globe. When large magnitude earth quakes above magnitude 7.0 happen, they affect the Earth's magnetic poles. Earth's magnetic poles have already shifted slightly and now our orbit has changed as well. Whole continents have moved because of these earthquakes, causing a chain reaction of earthquakes.
Geologic time moving faster than normal, glacial melting, resulting flooding
While geologic time moves slowly, we happen to be living in an era of constant change. The north and south poles are giving up their ice sheets. It's those ice sheets which have acted as the Earth's cooling mechanism for 10,000 years. Now that the glaciers are melting - whether through humanity's excessive use of fossil fuels and air pollution or through a natural cycle of the planet freezing and cooling - the fact remains there is now more water in the oceans and in the air which brings massive flooding. Pakistan is currently experiencing terrible flooding that has killed thousands. The worst flooding also happens to be in the area of the Taliban supporters and strongholds. Coincidence? The Taliban terrorize their own Islamic neighbors, all in the name of religion as they see it: a brutal, vicious take on normally peaceful Islam.
"So goes Russia, so goes the rest of the world" - Christian prophecy
Because there are no longer the glaciers to retard summer heat there are now massive waves of high heat across the globe and the resulting raging fires that go along with very dry land and forests. Russia is currently experiencing terrible forest fires outside their capital city of Moscow and the resulting air pollution is devastating to the health of the residents. These are the first fires and high summer heat that Russia has ever experienced. Coincidence? The Russian crime syndicates have wreaked such havoc on the country, driving greedy consumerism and violent drug crime that the country is out of control like the raging fire. For good or for ill, Russia has a great spiritual influence upon the world - as much as America.
2012 End Times Prophecy
The year of 2012 is heralded as The End of Time yet the prophecies also continue counting Time after the Winter Solstice of 2012. What does that mean? Ancient cultures often wove together their science as well as their spiritual understanding.
What the time marker of 2012 is really all about is that culture on this Earth and the Earth as we know it will end - and begin a new cycle. Whenever humanity is no longer advancing spiritually, instead caught up too much in materiality, there is always a cleansing. Sometimes, it is just a cleansing of the planet in a geologic fashion through flooding, earthquakes, famine or fire.
Cleansing the weakest human DNA
In more dire situations, like in the 2012 prophecy, it will be a literal cleansing of the human DNA, the weaker will be dying off in large numbers. Who are the weaker people on this planet? They are the greedy, the contentious, the destructive, those who throw up obstacles in the way of others who are trying to develop. There will be a lot of loss of life starting now in 2010 and it will go on past 2012: earthquakes, flooding, fires, famine and plagues of disease.
How can you survive what is already here and more to come?
How can you be one of the strong who survive? Build up your immune system with literally a good and positive attitude. Quit resenting or being jealous of others or hating because someone is not your same race, religion or culture. Quit being selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed or greedy. Stop grieving and resume your life again. Think of how you can serve others as it will help dissolve the grief.
Holding on to negative emotions bring destruction to ourselves and the planet
All of this holding on to such strong negative emotions brings about great imbalance. This imbalance plays out as serious illness in your life if held too tightly for too long a time. In these strong spiritual times coming, that negative energy also plays out as damaging the planet, bringing about the severe weather we now see. We are literally affecting our own lives, the lives of others and this planet by how we feel. And, if we feel negative, it brings destruction.
Prayer, meditation and positive attitude bring healing and therefore balance to the world
It's been proven time and again by science that prayer, meditation and a positive attitude have healing qualities and build up our immune systems against disease. It's simple. Set aside the negatives of your family culture and your national and religious cultures. How to avoid destruction? Cultivate the Divine Presence inside you and focus upon building good character. It's that spiritual cultivation of goodness that brings balance back into the world, stabilizing it. Balance.
The practice of balance
Balance can only be achieved through spiritual practices. Balance brings us health, Life and Peace. Balance in all areas of our lives: mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually brings balance to our outward world as well. When we are not balanced in our inner worlds then the Earth reflects it negatively. When we are balanced then the Earth reflects it positively. Consider focusing upon, and maintaining, balance in your life so you can make a good and positive difference for the rest of the world too. Then everyone wins.
Vision of The Gardener Prophet
The gardener stood at the window in the heat of summer Gazing at the huge weeds growing stronger and larger, Sprouting up proudly as tall and wide as the shrubs, Crowding the beauty, smug, knowing they didn’t belong. What was not theirs they chose to steal and own out of spite.
The gardener felt helpless, unable to tend the garden, For the summer heat was too strong to work outside. Day after day the gardener watched the weeds take over, Praying for the beauty to survive the onslaught and Then a break, a pouring rain came to drench the garden.
The gardener hurriedly went out into the cooling wet air And began pulling the shallow roots, those showy weeds. The gardener prayed as she pulled and threw them away. The gardener prophet knew these weeds sprung up to stop her work As she prayed for all the people of the world to do better.
The gardener prophet prayed as she worked, knowing that “As below on Earth, so above in Heaven,” hoping this garden Would influence and clean humanity of the great suffering. She toiled with the stubborn and contentious weeds for hours, Refusing to give in and allow beauty to wither and die.
Deep in thought, hunting down the very smallest new weeds, Suddenly she looked up and there was an Angel appearing. The Angel looked at her work in the garden and said, “Tell the people their suffering has been heard in Heaven. The culling of humanity begins not in 2012 but now in 2010.”
The gardener prophet wiped her eyes of the spattered mud. Patiently, the strong Angel waited for acknowledgement. “The Universe is speeding up the time table,” the Angel announced. “Humanity is past due to reach the next level of development. “Knowledge and wise teaching have spread the world to generations.
“Contentiousness, lack of compassion, greed and stubbornness “Grow as weeds all over the world in every society and religion. “Beauty struggles to survive, grow and thrive, yet can wither and die. “The world is now again too full of those who choose to destroy, not build. “And now Death comes stalking them two years early to clean the garden. “Only Beauty is meant to walk the earth and thrive in the garden of Life,” Spoke the Angel softly, and then the vision slowly faded from the gardener prophet.
Denny Lyon Copyright 6 Aug 2010 All Rights Reserved
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