#01.)

MEDITATION FOR THE WORK WE WERE BORN TO DO

by Nick Williams

Today I don't just pray for a brilliant career, but ask to find the brilliance within my own soul.
Give me the courage to bring forth my love and shine in a world that values fear and hiding.
Today I am willing to accept the truth about myself, however wonderful that may be!
Lead me to finding the purpose and passion in my soul.
Lead me to finding the gifts that are in my heart.
Help me find what makes my heart sing and my joy flow.
Help me discover the true purpose for which I am here.
Give me the strength to melt the blocks that I have created against my own power and beauty.
Help me know the fullness I already am.

#02.)

''Any work that doesn't bring us alive, and that our heart isn't in,
is too small for us''.

'All religions are connected to the same ultimate Reality and lead people towards a common goal. This is true even though the various religions make exclusive claims about themselves, sometimes asserting the uniqueness and imcomparability of their God or ulitimate principle.

Nevertheless, in affirming the existance of Ultimate Reality or an Ultimate principle, we assume that it can be only one, regardless of the various beliefs which people hold about it - be it described as one or many, impersonal or personal, absolute emptiness or absolute Being, and regardless of the name by which is called'

- World Scriptures Prologue

'In the world there are many different roads but the destination is the same. There are hundred deliberations but the result is one'

-Confucius

#03.)

"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We're afraid."
"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We will fall!"
"Come to the edge."
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.

- Guillaume Apollinaire

#04.)

That which moves about in joy in the dreaming state is the Self, fearless and deathless.
That is Brahman, the supreme."
-Chandogya Upanishad

Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
- Henry Van Dyke

#05.)

"You tell me to stand still, but I am not walking," he shouted, "whereas you who are walking say you are still. How is it that you are standing still but I am not?"

The Buddha turned round. "My legs move but my mind is still," he said. "Your legs are still but your mind moves all the time in a fire of anger, hatred, and feverish desire. Therefore, I am still but you are not."

-Majjhima Nikaya

#06.)

"'Happiness is not the absence of problems
but the absolute confidence that any problem can be overcome".

The fool practices concentration
And control of the mind.

But the master is like a man asleep.

He rests in himself
And finds nothing more to do.

-Ashtavakra Gita 18:33

#07.)

'If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined,
he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.'

~ Henry David Thoreau

I can be hurt by nothing by my thoughts…
(from A Course In Miracles)

Whatever house I enter I shall come to heal.
-The Hippocratic Oath

God does not command that we do great things,
Only little things with great love.
- Mother Teresa

#08.)

'Often it is at our lowest points in life that we learn that we learn the most.
Those low moments are the magical moments. They are the beginning stages of our journey.'
- Melody Beattie

'Soul is where the fires of our passions burn. It is where our love is most alive.
The soul longs for this deeper love, for a connection between form and formlessness,
For a continuum between the earth and the divine.'
- Benjamin Shield

#09.)

'You can not experience the truth of another person without feeling love.
Understanding and love go together. When we nourish the soul, we automatically
Nourish our capacity to love another person.'
- Jacob Needleman

'Less effort is sometimes better. This is true with respect to observing our thoughts
and our connection with the Soul. The less significance we give our thoughts,
the easer it will be to connect with the deeper parts of ourselves.'
-Richard Carlson

'When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in every day life,
something magical happens: ordinary life becomes extraordinary,
and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul!.'
- Rabbi Harold Kushner

#10.)

'Every day is my best day! Every moment is my best moment as I am not going
to experience that again.'

'Safety is the most unsafe spiritual path you can take.
Safety keeps you numb and dead. People are caught by surprise when it is time to die.
They have allowed themselves to live so little.'
- Stephen Levine

'I believe that to nurture my soul and to fulfill my soul's purpose,
I must learn from every event in my life. I must come to realize that every experience
Has within it a seed of a tremendous gift - a soul gift.'
- John Gray

#11.)

'Be patient. You will know when it's time for you to wake up and move ahead.
That very acknowledgment will prompt change and carry you to the next step
In your journey.'
-Ram Dass

'When you aren't distracted by your own negative thinking,
when you don't allow yourself to get lost in moments
that are gone or yet to come, you are left with this moment.'
-Sydney Banks

'God, gives us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed,
courage to change the things which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.'
- Reinhold Niebuhr

#12.)

'Even when our life is most difficult, it is important to remember
that something within us is keeping us alive - the life force -
that lifts us, energize us, pulls us back sometimes from the abyss of despair.
True spirituality does not exist without love of life.'
- Nathaniel Branden

'We nourish the soul when we find value in the stillness of the moment,
recognizing that the present time is the only time there is.'

#13.)

Creativity...
is God's gift to you.
What you do with it ..
is your gift ...
to God.
-Unknown

'When one door
of happiness closes,
another opens;
but often we look
so long at the closed door
that we do not see the one
which has been opened
for us.
- Helen Keller

#14.)

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
'Little Prince'

The basic fact is that humanity survives through kindness, love and compassion.
That human beings can develop these qualities is their real blessing.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Self-mastery and the consistent care of one's mind, body & soul
Are essential to finding one's highest self and living the life of one's dreams.
-Robin S Sharma

#15.)