Tell me one more time

Do not get bored with your partner saying I love you.

We take so many things for granted.

What if your partner disappeared today.

Just vanished.

Would you feel remorse for not having left each other on the best possible note?

Probably yes.

So please forget the little silly stuff and be the best you can with each other.

Really mean I love you.

None of us knows what is coming our way.

Simple

No one life is adequate to a man's development.

Again and again we must come to earth, to taste its quality.

To lay up its experience and it's discipline.

Each career on earth determining the nature of its successor.

Two things follow.

1st Our present state discloses what we have accomplished in past lives.

2nd Our present habits describe what our next life shall be.

Simple.

WQJ

Purpose

The perfecting of self-consciousness is the object of life.

By this man is enabled to reach more exalted stages of existence.

And his conditioned mortal life is for the purpose of affording him experience by which that self-consciousness may be developed and cognition of the spirit attained.

Man is a spirit and requires vehicles with which to come in touch with all the planes of nature included in evolution.

And it is these vehicles that make of him an intricate, composite being, liable to error, but at the same time able to rise above all delusions.

WQJ

Cost to me

Know what we mean?

We tend to judge everything by it's "cost to me"

Or put another way "whats in it for me".

Don't you?

We all do plus or minus.

It's our training.

Tell you what though the more you can move away from this "cost to me" mind set.

To an approach that considers what is best for others.

The better life becomes.

It's a simple thing the more you think of others before yourself.

The more life becomes satisfying.

Try it.

Stop thinking of yourself and the cost of everything to you.

Think of others first and enjoy doing things for them.

Not so easy when our "me" conditioning is so strong.

Become more conscious of what makes you do this 'n that.

This "cost to me" thing leads nowhere.

My mind

The man who has freed his mind so that it is capable of easily entering into the methods of other minds is more likely to see truth quicker than he who is fixed in his own ways.

Our first step and the most difficult - for some, indeed impossible -

Is to shock ourselves in such a manner that we can quickly get out of or rather understand our own mental methods.

We shall so analyze all our mental operations as to know with certainty the actual difference in method between ourselves and any other person.

This is a thing seldom undertaken or accomplished by men nowadays.

Each one is enamored of his own mental habits.

Disinclined to admit that any other one can be better.

When we have become acquainted with this mental path of ours, we are then in a position to see whether in any particular case our view is false.

This is the psychological and metaphysical equivalent of that scientific process which classifies and compares so as to arrive at distinguishing differences in things in order that physical laws may be discovered.

For while we remain in ignorance of the method and path of our minds action, there is no way we can compare with other minds.

We can compare views and opinions, but not the actual mechanics of the thought.

WQJ

They

"They" should do something about -

Global warming, de-forestation, overfishing, killing whales

Wars, Israel, Palestine, the Middle East, immigration, hooligans

Disease, HIV, avian flu, cancer

And still we pretend.

"They" should do this and that.

Hold it!

There is no "they"

It's us.

Just you and me.

If you want something changing then get involved.

It's us.

What are you doing?

Make it your business to contribute something positive.

Every day, every week do something positive for your world.

It does not have to be heroic.

It does have to be conscious.

Do something yourself there is no "they".

Just you and me.

Time for women

Women tend towards reality.

Many men might doubt this statement.

From their male perspective they might be right.

However from a female perspective definitely so.

How long does it take for us to learn how the other thinks?

Apparently many many generations.

Sadly until we do we are unlikely to solve our global problems.

Why?

Because the male has had thousands of years in ascendancy and we still have division in most areas.

Time that woman has her input.

Not so much time left now.

Let us work together.

Not against each other.

Why religion?

The failure of conventional religions to greatly extend their areas.

Reform abuses.

Reorganise society.

Expand the idea of brotherhood.

Abate discontent.

Diminish crime.

Elevate humanity.

And an apparent inadequacy to realise in individual lives the ideal they professedly uphold.

WQJ

Why religion indeed?

Laughing?

Talking with a doctor who worked in refugee camps in Darfur.

With people who have nothing.

No possessions, no food, no shelter, nothing.

Who have lost husbands, wives, children.

Who have been raped, brutalized, injured.

How many of them have still their self respect.

Can still smile and laugh.

Yes day by day they find humour.

How are you today?

Have you smiled?

Laughed?

Do you have real problems?

Or just a mind filled with fear?

Round and round it goes.

Try smiling you are not in Darfur

Color grey

Very grey.

Day after day for many weeks.

Not everywhere but for many Europeans.

It's that time of year.

Apart from crazy warmth the winter is beginning to drag a bit.

What to do?

Make sure you get into places with bright lights.

Not so keen on sun beds personally.

Brightly lit places do fine.

Just spend some time in them every week.

Feel free of the weather.

Feel love in your heart.

It's your own choice how the grey days get to you or not.

Swing back

Can't show much more porno.

Sex with everything, anything, anywhere, anytime, anyhow..

What a relief finally we have gone about as far as it is possible to go.

When you reach the wall what next?

Swing of the pendulum.

Yet another false god exposed.

Sex is not a solution.

Sex is never free.

Never.

So time to look around and see what else is possible.

What do you see?

Karma shared

No man has any Karma of his own unshared by others.

We share each one in the common Karma

And the sooner we perceive this and act accordingly

The better it will be for us and the world.

Not organised

Never has time.

Always arrives late.

Forgets this 'n that

Always going to do

What is this?

Basically a fear that life might be worse if we organise ourselves.

If we do not get organised then we can always tell ourselves that it is because we are not organised.

Ring any bells?

Only problem is that this strategy causes more pain and heartburn than if we were organised.

Absolutely so, no doubt about it.

Get organised!

It takes the pain out of so many things.

Face up to yourself

Cirque du Soleil

Something everyone should see once in their lifetime.

No animals, an amazing 21st century entertainment.

Superb in all respects.

Light,dance, choreography, music, singing and of course the outstanding performers

If it comes near you go and see it.

Love grows

Push away the fear.

Push away the stress.

One day at a time.

Loving everything.

No running away.

Look within.

Love grows.

Let the light in and love grows.

Out of the blue

Everything is going fine and then wham!

Suddenly one single event calls everything else into question.

Where did this come from?

Over time like a gas leak pressure builds unnoticed, unobserved, until suddenly it explodes.

This does not only occur with humans animals also have been known to suddenly turn.

What to do?

Difficult but necessary is to know the buttons that cause explosions.

Work to eliminate these sources of frustration and potential violence.

Of one thing you can be sure it will happen again.

It's not if but when.

Remove sources where you can it is so much better than endless recurring explosions and the cumulative damage they cause.

Wishing well

Wishing for something you don't have shows a lack of appreciation for what you do have.

Our material world would like us to want and wish for ever more.

In fact it can only function when we want more.

Not when we have enough.

But our spiritual evolution requires that we go beyond this crude manipulation.

Beyond want, beyond wishing.

Live in appreciation for what you have..

Not for what you do not have.

Anger

Anger is useful in certain situations to protect you.

In others to gain time.

To express disagreement.

However usually if you allow it to come out then it means that you are not in control.

It causes a loss of objectivity.

More than this it does bad things to one's liver.

Learn to go beyond anger.

It does less harm to you and others.

Mmmmm - 38

Falsity is a theft from truth.

The man who lives by theft in time disbelieves all honesty;

With loss of discrimination comes inability to tell friend from foe;

Hence with loss of discrimination, loss of all.

So with the thief of truth:

The shell built between himself and the Spirit.

Which is embodied Truth of itself, grows impenetrable.

The seeds sown.

Of bewilderment and darkness, sin and sorrow, of errancy and delayed evolution.

Ripen and are reaped.

In the end, the deserted self cries in anguish for aid, for light; and from all the Universe comes no pitying echo, nor any faintest gleam of dawn.

HPB

Beyond time

Beyond measure

That time of first love

A magic time.

Total absorption.

Ever wondered if it is possible to find it again?

Only if you allow your heart to lead.

Can you again?

Did you ever?

Seeds

Are never beaten into the unbroken ground.

Seeds are sown in the tilled soil.

Remember this next time you argue with someone..

Arguing helps nothing.

If you overcome someone in an argument it does not convince him but subdue him.

Better to ask permission to state your case clearly, producing your evidence.

Then leave your case to mature in the mind of your adversary.

If the time is ripe the seed will grow.

WQJ

Other minds

It is almost axiomatic that each one's mind acts in a way peculiar to itself.

There is a tendency that grows stronger after our early years for the mind to get into a rut.

Its own rut or mode of looking at things and ideas.

This is of great importance.

For the man who has freed his mind so that it is capable of easily entering into the methods of other minds is more likely to see truth quicker than he who is fixed in his own ways.

WQJ

Crying

We should all cry................sometimes.

Women often do.

Men not so much.

Pity because crying allows the dissipation of chemicals that if not released can cause further problems.

Maybe this is why men are more aggressive or often need aggressive outlets for their emotions.

So men learn to cry!

On another level crying can clear the way to learning more about our emotions.

How to access our hearts.

How to feel through our hearts.

Next time you cry really let go and see how far into yourself you can go.

Let yourself go into your deepness.

Do not hurry.

If you do really let go then you can experience a deep peace.

A feeling of being in touch with your deeper self.

A cleansing of accumulated rubbish.

It can also be a starting point for further enquiry into self.

Fear in thoughts

Fear in thoughts

Invariably our fear is pushed along, exacerbated by attaching to a thought.

We let our thoughts have power by allowing them to frighten us.

Then we act on that thought and create more fear, more stress.

And so a little thought turns into a mega problem.

It can literally ruin our lives.

Look at this in a different way take the thought as a warning, a signal that something is wrong with your understanding of reality.

Challenge and check every thought that gets a grip on you.

Check that your view of reality is truely objective.

Do not let your thoughts control you.

Become the master of your thoughts.

10,000 women

Signed up for the Formula Woman motoracing championship in Britain in 2004.

Yes 10,000 young women signed up to try for sixteen places on the grid..

Since that time more women have become involved in motoracing and the series is going from strength to strength.

Time is now for women to start breaking the old male ideas about women in motoracing.

Susie Stoddart is one such and is already proving every bit as capable as the young men.

Question can she and others attract the needed sponsorship without which neither men nor women

can advance in motoracing?

We hope so it is time to break some moulds.

Wow not Oh dear!

So often when something unexpected and nice occurs people immediately look for the problem or catch in it.

Instead of oh how nice!

Such is our programming today.

Make it your action to look for the good in things not the bad.

See the humour not the possible put down.

Notice the beauty not the hidden blemish.

Lighten up and have fun.

So conditioned are we that everything seems to reek of danger or doom.

Make it wow not oh dear!

Shopping mall

They want me

They do not judge me

Nor do they throw me out.

Shopping Malls are my refuge.

They are clean, safe.

Maybe I will find something nice there.

I can indulge my illusions there.

For many today this is indeed their truth.

Or are shopping malls fulfilling some other purpose?

Offering unquestioning refuge?

Distracting.

From the edge to the center of many lives.

Where is your life center?

Heels

Why so?

Form without end.

Standing on heels is different.

They offer an interesting psychology.

Unlike anything else.

Thats why women love heels.

Is it?

Everyman

Is the framer of his own destiny.

Every other theory which shifts responsibilty or paralyses effort is false.

We can be only that which we have willed to be.

No power above or below will thwart or divert us.

Our destiny is in our own hands.

What we are we have made ourselves.

What we shall be is ours to make.

WQJ

Tell them what you think

If you constantly tell others what you think.

You are gaining nothing.

For your experience and views are your own.

Well known to you.

The repeated expression of them only tends to imprint them more firmly on your mind.

You do not receive any new ideas that others might have.

Being too busy expounding your own ideas.

Try following the 50 - 50 rule.

Listen 50%

Talk 50%

Preferably listen 50% first!

Tendencies

All humans have tendencies.

Some have a tendency towards violence.

Some towards control.

Others towards cheating and lying.

Towards avoidance of confrontation.

And so it goes on the list being as long as there are words.

Do you know your tendencies?

Really?

Many do not as these tendencies are at the center of our being.

To know them is to expose our fears to ourselves.

This we do not like to do.

Ask your friends what they think your tendencies are.

Note their tendencies.

To know our tendencies allows us to better understand our driving forces.

Have a look at your tendencies.