Please spend time in silent reflection with the following quotes before going to today’s reading. After the reading, return and reflect on the quotes again.
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- We need silence to be alone with God, to speak to him, to listen to him, to ponder his words deep in our hearts. We need to be alone with God in silence to be renewed and transformed. Silence gives us a new outlook on life. ~ Mother Teresa
- You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need.
~ Nisargadatta Maharaj - Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion. ~ Buddha
- Everything you see and experience, you see and experience through the filter of your own mind. In order to find peace, one must abandon interpretation and remember knowledge. This is the process of learning that I lead you through. You are learning that you do not know; you interpret. This enables you to step back from conflict, and knowing that your interpretation is nothing, let your interpretation go. As interpretation is released, knowledge can be given. Knowledge is peace, since knowledge has no conflict, because it is whole and it is truth. ~ NTI Luke, Chapter 6
- Silence is most powerful. Speech is always less powerful than silence. ~ Ramana Maharshi
- The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth. ~ Ramakrishna
Thoughts of Awakening #40
If you are not at peace,
there is a wonderful opportunity
before you
right now.
Seize the opportunity.
What obstacle to peace
are you holding onto?
What idea do you cling to
that is causing you pain?
~From our Holy Spirit
