Monday, April 3rd, 2006

So you want to change the world?

“How can we expect a righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause? Lately I’ve thought often of a story from the Old Testament: Moses stood all day and all night with outstretched arms, praying to God for a victory. And whenever he let down his arms, the enemy prevailed over the children of Israel. Are there still people today who never weary of directing all their thinking and all their energy, single-heartedly, to one cause?”
—Sophie Scholl, 1943

Let’s recall that Moses had those who supported him in his right cause. It was worth the stand, —he had the victory. There is no greater cause than spiritual understanding, prayer and healing. This is transforming the world. Recall as well, that your commitment to this cause will not only bring blessings to others,—it will safely and securely transform you as well.

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Thursday, March 30th, 2006

A peace-filled decision

“The question of where to live and what to do is really insignificant compared to the question of how to keep the eyes of my heart focused on God…It is a simple truth that comes to me now, in a time when I have to decide about my future. Deciding to do this, that, or the other for the next five, ten, or twenty years is no great decision. Turning fully, unconditionally, and without fear to God is. Yet, this awareness sets me free.”
—Henri J. M. Nouwen

Just that act of turning wholeheartedly to God for divine guidance, and trusting that guidance, will ensure peace, along with safety and security. Rather than fear, you will find confidence, and much greater opportunities for doing good and living a life complete with satisfaction and progress.

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Friday, March 24th, 2006

How necessary you are

“The men who seek out what is truth, what is God—only such men can create a new civilization, a new culture; not the people who conform, or who merely revolt within the prison of old conditioning. The urge to find out what truth is, what God is, is the only real urge, and all others are subsidiary.”
—Krishnamurti

How much more earnest we will be in our search for understanding God if we realize that it is not just personal growth we are after, but improving, spiritualizing, our entire culture, even the world. Keep the bigger picture. Your progress is essential — it impacts the whole.

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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

We are able to love!

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question: What are you doing for others?”
—Martin Luther King

is answered by this statement from another great humanitarian:

“We should measure our love for God by our love for man; and our sense of Science will be measured by our obedience to God, —fulfilling the law of Love, doing good to all; imparting, so far as we reflect them, Truth, Life, and Love to all within the radius of our atmosphere of thought.”
—Mary Baker Eddy

As you go through your day, realize your best days are the days you give of yourself to others.

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Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

A clenched fist . . .

“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
—Indira Gandhi (1917 – 1984)

Quote taken from The Christian Science Monitor, May 17, 1982

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