Peace Ripple...

"There is a lot of chaos in this world, but there is also a lot of beauty. There is a lot of ugliness and cruelty in this world, and there is a lot of kindness, and both are coming out. It's just that people latch onto cruelty because they think it's more intriguing than kindness. Where does your attention go? That's what's important. You've got to keep your sanity. You, by the way, are responsible for that. Nobody else is responsible for your sanity, so don't go off the deep end looking at the bad in this world, because that will drive you insane. If you see the bad, also see the good. And hopefully, someday, you will become the lover of the good and you will reject the bad. On that day, you will live in a different world." ********** "Every day that you wake up, something within you yearns to be fulfilled, to be happy, to be in joy. If the thirst for peace is within you, then the peace is within you. And finding that peace is what drives us, lik

"Human beings who look for a miracle have forgotten what miracle has already occurred: they breathe." ********** "Within you comes this incredible gift of life with every breath. It touches you, and you go on for another moment, and another, and another. Don't forget that it is but a drop, and a drop, and a drop that accounts for the mighty river. Your life comes one moment at a time. Be ready. Be ready to welcome it. Be ready to say 'Come'. And when you can be in that place, perhaps someday, you'll be able to say, 'Thank you for coming. Thank you for this existence. Thank you for this moment." ********** "We do so much to fulfill ourselves on the outside. We create massive institutions as we seek to expand our outer horizons, yet we overlook our inner horizons. It's perfectly fine to learn about the world, but we must also learn about the heart because true peace is not found outside. Within the heart of every human being lies the poss

Balance is when there is harmony within mind, body and spirit - each one and as a unit. I am getting much better at recognising the early stages of imbalance in my life. I can get in touch with minor irritations that I used to dwell on for days, stewing them into something more than what was necessary. It has taken time, a path of growth and mostly remembering to come back into this moment regularly. It's so easy to have our minds in the past - "what if I had chosen a different house/mate/job/path?", "why did I say that instead of this other thing?", etc.. - or, to have our minds in the future - "when I win the lottery / find my perfect mate / get a new car / lose 20 pounds / then I'll be able to do the things I want / be happy".. etc. There is certainly some value in examining things that have happened if we do so from a perspective of learning from them. To do that, we need to look at those things with a sense of detachment, as if we were wat

People who know what they want to do, generally spend much of their time doing it. And those that don't really know what they want, spend much of their time in the service of someone else's dream. Freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. If you blame others for the circumstances of your life, you give them power over you. You can never be free as long as you make other people responsible for your life. Only when you accept the responsibility of guiding your own life, can you truly be free to live abundantly.