Inner Quiet

I create a pool of inner quiet through meditation and contemplation. I create a place of peace within me that I can call on throughout my day. I give myself time to sense the meaning of my life. Unless my mind slows down, I will not be still enough to know through direct experience. I will not have the inner peace to come in touch with deeper and deeper layers of self. If I accumulate and accomplish all that I set out to but lose my ability to enjoy, then I have bought into a fool's paradise. Then I will simply be surrounded by riches that I am unable to appreciate. I will take good care of myself today. I recognize that an important part of taking good care of myself is to give myself the quiet time I need and deserve in order to be happy.

Change of scene has no effect upon unconscious conflicts.

There's no running away from the internal strife. Whatever haunts us must finally be confronted and resolved if we're ever to grow and thus contribute to our world. When we keep secrets locked away, the secrets begin to keep us locked away as well.
It is foolish, and yet entirely human, to think a new location, a new job, a new lover will cure whatever troubles us. The truth is, however, that whatever trips us up is at the same time trying to edge us forward to new awareness, and thus the next level of growth. Our troubles are tools for a strengthened foundation. Without them, we'd soon crumble.

When we consider the conflicts we encounter as opportunities for further development, they excite us rather than provoke anxiety. Changing our perspective can make the same scene appear quite new.

Your Destiny

Watch your thoughts,
they become your words.
Watch your words,
they become your actions.
Watch your actions,
they become your character.
Watch your character,
it becomes your destiny.

Evolution of Spirit

I am part of a larger plan, the evolution of the human mind. If evolution is natural to the species of plants and animals, then I must be evolving as well. The true student seeks to build on what has been developed. He or she continues to test and prove, to grow theories and then to pass them on in good order to the next generation . I will be a good student of life today, a competent researcher of the human soul. I will do my part to expand in the accumulated knowledge that I have access to, to experiment and add to a body of information and then to pass it lovingly on to all that follow.