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Inspirations from Spirithaven
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Time for Joy
By Ruth Fishel
Wherever you are today is
perfect. You have been on a journey, arriving right
here, right now, in this moment in time and space.
You are here to make a new beginning on your spiritual journey
and to experience and accept JOY in your life.
You are in a perfect place for spiritual growth and change.
Everything you have done in your entire life has brought you to
this very moment and it is perfect.
Accept yourself just as you are. All of yourself. Completely.
Know that you are perfect and let yourself feel the joy of that knowledge.
The Second Ten Commandments
1. Thou shall not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.
2. Thou shall not be
fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.
3. Thou shall not cross
bridges before you come to them, for no one yet has succeeded in
accomplishing this. ;)
4. Thou shall face each
problem as it comes. You can only handle one at a time anyway.
5. Thou shall not take
problems to bed with you, for they make very poor bedfellows.
6. Thou shall not
borrow other people's problems. They can better care for them than you can.
7. Thou shall not try
to relive yesterday for good or ill, it is forever gone. Concentrate on what
is happening in your life and be happy now!
8. Thou shall be a good
listener, for only when you listen do you hear ideas different from your
own. It is hard to learn something new when you are talking, and some people do know more
than you do.
9. Thou shall not
become "bogged down" by frustration, for 90% of it is rooted in self-pity and
will only interfere with positive action.
10. Thou shall count
thy blessings, never overlooking the small ones, for a lot of small blessings
add up to a big one.
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A Hopi elder speaks:
"You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh
Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour.
And there are things to be considered
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader."
Then he clasped his hands together, smiled, and said,
" This could be a good time! "
There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift, that there are those who
will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being
torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we
must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open,
and our heads above the water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate.
At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally.
Least of all, ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes
to a halt. The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!
Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must
be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
WE ARE THE ONES WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR.
Oraibi, Arizona
Hopi Nation
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A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at just such a speed.
It feels an impulsion...this is the place to go now.
but the sky knows the reasons and you will too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.
---Richard Bach... Jonathan Livingston Seagull
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It is not what we take up, but what we give
up, that makes us rich.--Henry Ward Beecher
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Daily Instructions
Deep breath often.
Listen to your inner concerns.
Settle any and all dilemmas,
Immediately and completely.
Love, accept and respect
All things and all situations in your life
They are especially designed for your personal growth.
THE ROAD MAP
My life is my prayer.
As I live, so I am.
I am the creator of my own health and reality.
The more I love and bless myself and all of Creation
The more my Self and the Creator loves and blesses me.
All my thoughts, words and deeds bring forth all the good in life.
I live, love, enjoy and appreciate the gift of my life and all of life.
I love and bless myself and all creation daily.
I am filled with love, life and light.
I practice this way of being,
I achieve this way of being, and
I maintain this way of being through living it,
All day, every day.
Give thanks, be humble
and remember, LIFE BEGETS LIFE.
PRAYER OF LIFE
I bless this day and give thanks for my life.
(repeat 3 times)
I forgive completely all people who have hurt me.
(repeat 3 times)
I ask all people I have hurt to please forgive me.
(repeat 3 times)
I apologize to myself for my wrongs to myself and others.
(repeat 3 times)
I apologize for all my hurts and wrongs to all life forms.
(repeat 3 times)
With this release comes freedom, peace, power and continually renewing life.
I bless all creation in the entire universe. <see what I mean by 'all purpose'?
I fill the universe with all my love.
I love,bless and respect the Earth, all life and all humanity.
I love, bless and respect the visible and the invisible.
I love, bless and respect all ancestors of all humanity.
I give thanks for my new life, power and health.
I rejoice in each new moment and experience.
I give complete blessings and love to my life and to all life
Always in all ways.
And so it is.
from a Hawaiian Shaman who wishes to remain anonymous
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Learn to pause ... or nothing
worthwhile will catch up to you.--Doug King
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There is no such
thing as a chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the
deepest source of destiny.
---
Friedrich von Schiller
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We have
stopped for a moment to encounter each other. To meet, to love, to share. It is a precious
moment,but it is transient. It is a little parentheses in eternity. If we share with
caring, lightheartedness, and love, we will create abundance and joy for each other, and
this moment will have been worthwhile
--- Deepak
Chopra, M.D.
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The thoughts of the earth are my thoughts. The voice of the
earth is my voice. All that belongs to the earth belongs to me. All that surrounds the
earth surrounds me. It is lovely indeed, it is lovely indeed. ---Navaho song DAILY
ACCEPTANCE
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I accept myself completely.
I accept my strengths and weaknesses, my gifts and my shortcomings, my good points and my
faults. I accept myself completely as a human being. I accept that I am here to learn and
grow, and I accept that I am learning and growing. I accept the personality I've
developed, and I accept my power to heal and change. I accept myself without condition or
reservation........ --- Unknown We are the stars which sing. We sing with our light. We
are the birds of fire. We fly over the sky. Our light is our voice. We make a road for the
Spirit to pass over. --- Passamaquoddy Chant When the grandmothers speak, the earth will
be healed. --- Hopi prophecy
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A note of music gains
significance from the silence on either side.--Anne Morrow Lindberg
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The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes
had no tears.--Indian Proverb
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We may pass violets looking for roses. We
may pass contentment looking for victory.--Bern Williams
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When you can't have what you want, it's time
to start wanting what you have.--Kathleen A. Sutton
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We can't have peace in the world until we have peace within
ourselves.
Ruth Fishel
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Spiritual action loves
unconditionally and supports unconditionally. It sees the positive in
every action and uses every experience as a tool for learning, as a
stepping-stone, not a stumbling block.- John-Roger
W hen you bring yourself
into a loving consciousness with all things and with the one
consciousness that is everywhere, peace and harmony will enfold your heart and you
will recognize within every level of your beingness that there is only love.-
John-Roger
Inspirations from Psyberspace
One of the best parts of
email for me is the wonderful inspirational messages that get forwarded. I have been a
collector for years. If you have others that haven't shown up as yet, send them
along to Spirithaven@neaccess.net and we'll
try to add them.
A SANDPIPER TO BRING YOU JOY.......
(Long but well worth the time!)
She was six years old when I first met her on the beach near where I live. I drive to this
beach, a distance of three or four miles, whenever the world begins to close in on me. She
was building a sandcastle or something and looked up, her eyes as blue as the sea.
"Hello," she said.
I answered with a nod, not really in the mood to bother with a small child.
"I'm building," she said.
"I see that. What is it?" I asked, not caring.
"Oh, I don't know, I just like the feel of sand."
That sounds good, I thought, and slipped off my shoes. A sandpiper glided by.
"That's a joy," the child said.
"It's a what?"
"It's a joy. My mama says sandpipers come to bring us joy."
The bird went gliding down the beach.
"Good-bye joy," I muttered to myself,"hello pain," and turned to walk
on. I was depressed; my life seemed completely out of balance.
"What's your name?" She wouldn't give up.
"Robert," I answered. "I'm Robert Peterson."
"Mine's Wendy... I'm six."
"Hi, Wendy."
She giggled. "You're funny," she said.
In spite of my gloom I laughed too and walked on.
Her musical giggle followed me.
"Come again, Mr. P," she called. "We'll have another happy day."
The days and weeks that followed belong to others: a group of unruly oy Scouts, PTA
meetings, an ailing mother. The sun was shining one morning as I took my hands out of the
dishwater.
"I need a sandpiper," I said to myself, gathering up my coat.The
ever-changing balm of the seashore awaited me. The breeze was chilly, but I strode along,
trying to recapture the serenity I needed. I had forgotten the child and was startled when
she appeared.
"Hello, Mr. P," she said. "Do you want to play?"
"What did you have in mind?" I asked, with a twinge of annoyance.
"I don't know, you say." "How about charades?" I asked sarcastically.
The tinkling laughter burst forth again.
"I don't know what that is."
"Then let's just walk." Looking at her, I noticed the delicate
fairness of her face.
"Where do you live?" I asked.
"Over there." She pointed toward a row of summer cottages.
Strange, I thought, in winter.
"Where do you go to school?"
"I don't go to school. Mommy says we're on vacation."
She chattered little girl talk as we strolled up the beach, but my mind was on other
things. When I left for home, Wendy said it had been a happy day. Feeling surprisingly
better, I smiled at her and agreed.
hree weeks later, I rushed to my beach in a state of near panic.
I was in no mood to even greet Wendy. I thought I saw her mother on the porch and felt
like demanding she keep her child at home.
"Look, if you don't mind," I said crossly when Wendy caught up with me,
"I'd rather be alone today."
She seems unusually pale and out of breath.
"Why?" she asked.
I turned to her and shouted, "Because my mother died!" and thought, my God, why
was I saying this to a little child?
"Oh," she said quietly, "then this is a bad day."
"Yes," I said, "and yesterday and the day before and-oh, go away!"
"Did it hurt? " she inquired.
"Did what hurt?" I was exasperated with her, with myself.
"When she died?"
"Of course it hurt!!!!" I snapped, misunderstanding,wrapped up in myself. I
strode off.
A month or so after that, when I next went to the beach, she wasn't >there. Feeling
guilty, ashamed and admitting to myself I missed her, I went up to the cottage after my
walk and knocked at the door. A drawn looking young woman with honey-colored hair opened
the door.
"Hello," I said. "I'm Robert Peterson. I missed your little girl today
and wondered where she was."
"Oh yes, Mr. Peterson, please come in. Wendy spoke of you so much. I'm afraid I
allowed her to bother you. If she was a nuisance, please, >accept my apologies."
"Not at all-she's a delightful child," I said, suddenly realizing that I
meant it. "Where is she?"
"Wendy died last week, Mr. Peterson. She had leukemia. Maybe she didn't tell
you."
Struck dumb, I groped for a chair. My breath caught.
"She loved this beach; so when she asked to come, we couldn't say no.
She seemed so much better here and had a lot of what she called happy days. But the last
few weeks, she declined rapidly..."her voice faltered.
"She left something for you ... if only I can find it. Could you wait a moment while
I look?"
I nodded stupidly, my mind racing for something, to say to this lovely young woman. She
handed me a smeared envelope, with MR. P printed in bold, childish letters. Inside was a
drawing in bright crayon hues- a yellow beach, a blue sea, and a brown bird. Underneath
was carefully printed: A SANDPIPER TO BRING YOU JOY. Tears welled up in my eyes, and a
heart that had almost
forgotten to love opened wide. I took Wendy's mother in my arms.
"I'm so sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," I muttered over and over, and we wept
together.
The precious little picture is framed now and hangs in my study. Six words - one for each
year of her life - that speak to me of harmony, courage, undemanding love. A gift from a
child with sea-blue eyes and hair the color of sand - who taught me the gift of love.
NOTE: The above is a true story sent out by Robert Peterson. It serves as a reminder to
all of us that we need to take time to enjoy living and life and each other. "The
price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less."
Life is so complicated, the hustle and bustle of everyday traumas, can make us lose focus
about what is truly important or what is only a monetary setback or crisis. This weekend,
be sure to give your loved ones an extra hug, and by all means, take a moment ...even if
it is only ten seconds,and stop and smell the roses.
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Thought
Starter
A woman came out of her house
and saw three old men with long gray beards sitting in her front yard. She did not
recognize any of them, so she said, "I don't think I know you, but you must be
hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."
"Is your family home?", they asked.
"No", she said. "They are all out."
"Then we cannot come in", they replied.
That evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.
"Well...", he said, "go tell them I am home and invite them in now."
The woman went out again to invite the men in. But one of them replied. "We don't
necessarily go into a house together."
"Why is that?", she wanted to know.
One of the old men explained: "His name is 'Wealth'...", he said, pointing to
one of his companions...and pointing to the other one, he said, "...he is
'Sucess'...and I am 'Love'." "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one
of us you want in your home."
The woman went in and told her husband what was said. He was overjoyed. "How
nice!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth...let him come in
and fill our home with wealth".
But his wife disagreed..."My dear, why don't we invite Success...with success we can
always expect wealth to come along later?"
Their daughter, who had been listening from another room had another
suggestion..."Would it not be better to invite Love...so our home will be
filled with love?"
"Good point", the husband conceded. "Well then, go out and invite Love
to be our guest."
The woman went out and asked the three old men, "Which one of you is
Love? Please come in and be our guest."
Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got
up and followed him. Surprised, the woman asked Wealth and Success:
"I only invited Love...why are you coming in?"
The old men replied together: "We are blind. Therefore, we depend on Love
to guide us. If you had invited Wealth or Success, one would still have to
depend upon Love, and the other would have become lost trying to follow you. So,
in order to survive, wherever Love goes, Wealth and Success will follow!"
The Trouble Tree
The carpenter I hired to help me restore an
old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire made him lose an
hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pick-up refused to start.
While I drove him home, he sat in stony
silence. On arriving, he invited me
in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door he paused briefly
at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. After
opening the door he underwent an amazing transformation.
His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and
gave his wife a kiss. Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my
curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.
"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having
troubles on the job, but one thing for sure, troubles don't belong in the house with my
wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home.
Then in the morning I pick them up again."
"Funny thing is," he smiled,
"when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as many as I
remember Hanging up the night before."
THINGS
WE CAN LEARN FROM DOGS...
Never pass up the
opportunity to go for a joy ride.
Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
When it's in your best interest, practice obedience.
Let others know when they’ve invaded your territory.
Take naps and stretch before rising.
Run, romp and play daily.
Eat with gusto and enthusiasm.
Be loyal.
Never pretend to be something you're not.
If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.
Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
On hot days, drink lots of water and lay under a shady tree. When you're happy,
dance around and wag your entire body. No matter how often you're scolded,
don’t buy into the guilt thing and pout... run right back and make friends.
Bond with your pack.
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
To Achieve Your
Dreams
Remember Your ABC's
Avoid negative sources, people, places,
things and habits.
Believe in yourself.
Consider things from every angle.
Don't give up, and don't give in.
Enjoy life today; yesterday is gone, and tomorrow
may never come
Family and friends are hidden treasures. Seek them
out and enjoy their riches.
Give more than you planned to give.
Hang on to your dreams.
Ignore those who try to discourage you.
Just do it!
Keep on trying. No matter how hard it seems, it
will get easier.
Love yourself first, and most.
Make it happen.
Never lie, cheat or steal. Always strike a fair deal.
Open your eyes, and see things as they really are.
Practice makes perfect.
Quitters never win, and winners never quit.
Read, study and learn about everything important in your life.
Stop procrastinating.
Take control of your own destiny.
Understand yourself in order to better understand others.
Visualize it.
Want it more than anything.
Accelerate your efforts.
You are unique of all God's creations. Nothing can replace you.
Zero in on your target and go for it!!!
Believe in yourself, because it is you that counts!
DON'T EVER QUIT
"When things go wrong, as they
sometimes will,
when the road you're trudging is all uphill,
when the funds are low and the debts are high,
and you want to smile, but you only sigh,
when care is pressing you down a bit,
rest if you must, but don't you ever quit.
Life is strange with its twists and turns,
and everyone of us sometimes learns
and many a failure turns about
when you might have lost, but you stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace is slow,
you may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
the silver tint of the clouds of doubt
and you can never tell how close you are,
it may be near when it seems so far.
So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
it's when things seem worst when YOU MUST NOT EVER QUIT!
HUGGING
It's wondrous what a hug can do.
A hug can cheer you when you're blue
A hug can say, "I love you so,"
Or, "I hate to see you go."
A hug is "Welcome back again."
And "Great to see you! Where 'er you been?"
A hug can soothe a small child's pain
And bring a rainbow after rain.
The hug, there's just no doubt about it~~
We scarcely could survive without it!
A hug delights and warms and charms;
It must be why God gave us arms
Hugs are great for fathers and mothers,
Sweet for sisters, swell for brothers;
And chances are your favorite aunts
love them more than potted plants.
Kittens crave them, puppies love them,
Heads of states are not above them,
A hug can break the language barrier
And make your travel so much merrier.
No need to fret about your store of 'em;
The more you give, the more there's more of 'em.
So stretch those arms without delay
And give someone a hug today!!
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone;
But let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.--Rabindranath Tagore
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