Wolves Inside Us

The ONE secret – EVERYTHING outside is inside. “Good” – “bad”. I say treat both those impostors the same. If it weren’t for the “bad” how would we know to change our direction to something more fulfilling? It can’t help but be “good” to be warned when you are on the wrong track. And if you ignore it, those around you may set their own course differently. Many could be helped in that way! Still, I think this is one of the best stories ever, to highlight the importance of what we focus on. Can’t hurt to re-read occasionally.

An elderly Cherokee was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, ‘A fight is going on inside me, it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.’ ‘One wolf is evil… he is fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, competition, superiority, and ego. The other is good… he is joy, peace, love hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith. The same fight is going on inside you and every other person, too. They thought about it for a minute and then one child asked his grandfather, ‘Which wolf will win?’ The old Cherokee simply replied, ‘The one you feed.

Obama Wins Nobel!

Nobel Prize awarded on thought blueprints! I’m so glad The Secret is OUT!

According to the committee:

“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population.”

Unlike many, the committee seems to understand this;

“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” Lin Yutang

Mastering the illusion of form one tweet at a time

That’s my new project. To master the illusion of form. Yes yes I know, but some bodys 😉 got to do it. You can follow my progress in the ethers here;

Lilly o’ the Field

The language of the ethers doesn’t always translate well but I’ll do my best to share my exploration with you.

*To Be Heard

I find quoting a marvelous way to make myself better heard because;

“Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?” Philip G. Hamerton

I’ve even taken to quoting myself on occasion;

“You get what you think about whether you like it or not — SO THINK ABOUT THINGS YOU LIKE!!!!” Trish Scott

See how that blockquote makes a difference?

Of course now that The Secret is OUT! that one gets bandied about a lot. But here it is back in the early 1800’s

“You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.” Harriet Martineau

I don’t need to quote myself much because so many have said the same things so many times that I needn’t go further than reading and passing on “Quotes of the Day” from my feed reader. I love this one;

“I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say.” Marshall McLuhan

I do find that sometimes I trot out an opinion that I don’t even believe any more. Maybe I didn’t EVER believe it! I have come to the opinion that opinions are just plain stupid anyway. An election year always reiterates that point and here is a perfectly succinct way of putting that without having to write a less elegant rendition of the fact myself;

“In religion and politics, people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.” Mark Twain

See? I could have spent a whole lot of time writing a blog about that fact when there it is all neat and tied up with a bow.

I could go on and on with this but I will spare you that with this one last message;

“Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he’ll eat for weeks!” Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

🙂 Happy Sunday!

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*More Explanations For Everything — in Quotes

This one pretty much explains everything;

“The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

This is a goodie too;

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” George Bernard Shaw

Maybe this can replace The Secret on those days you just can’t remember how it goes;

“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” Herm Albright

Always watch for this one, it’s important!

“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” Bertrand Russell

And finally a nod to Oprah, who is said to change her sheets every other day, and to X and soon to be X-husbands everywhere…

“Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.” A. H. Weiler

*”Ain’t it Awful” Cure

“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” Anne Frank

*New Age Mumbo Jumbo?

Preface to Peace Power and Plenty
by Orison Swett Mardon
January 1901

NEVER before in the history of mankind has there been such an awakening to the great possibilities of the power of right thinking as we are now witnessing in all civilized countries.

Metaphysical schools are springing up under different names in all parts of the enlightened world. People are getting hold of little bits of one great divine truth, a new gospel of optimism and love, a philosophy of sweetness and light, which seems destined to furnish a universal principle upon which people of all nations, of varying philosophies and creeds, can unite for the betterment of the race.
The basic principle of this great metaphysical movement has opened up many possibilities of mind building, character building, body building and success building which are destined to bring untold blessings to the world.

We are all conscious that there is something in us which is never sick, never sins and never dies, a power back of the flesh but not of it, which connects us with Divinity, makes us one with Infinite Life.

We are beginning to discover something of the nature of this tremendous force back of the flesh, this power which heals, regenerates, rejuvenates, harmonizes and upbuilds, and which will ultimately bring us into that state of blessedness which we instinctively feel is the birthright of every human being.

To present in clear, simple language, shorn of all technicalities, the principles of the new philosophy which promise to lift life out of commonness and discord and make it worthwhile; to show how these principles may be grasped and applied in a practical way in every-day living to each person’s own individual case is the object of this volume.

There is a growing belief that “God never made His work for man to mend.” We are just beginning to discover that the same Principle which created us, repairs, restores, renews, heals us; that the remedies for all our ills are inside of us, in Divine Principle, which is the truth of our being. We are learning that there is an immortal principle of health in every individual, which if we could utilize would heal all wounds and furnish a balm for all the hurts of mankind.

The author attempts to show that the body is but the mind externalized, the habitual mental state out pictured; that the bodily condition follows the thoughts, and that we are sick or well, happy or miserable, young or old, lovable or unlovable, according to the degree in which we control our mental processes. He shows how man can renew his body by renewing his thought, or change his character by changing his thought.

This book teaches that man need not be the victim of his environment, but can be the master of it: that there is no one outside of him which determines his life, his aims, that the person can shape his or her own environment, create their own opinion, that the cure for poverty, ill health and unhappiness is bringing one’s self through scientific thinking into the conscious union with the great source of infinite Life, of opulence, of health and harmony, thus getting in tune with the infinite secret of all peace, power and prosperity.
It emphasizes man’s oneness with Infinite Life, and the truth that when he comes into the full realization of his inseparable connection with the creative energy of the universe, he shall never know lack or want again.

This volume shows how man can stand porter at the door of his mind, admitting only his friend thoughts, only those suggestions that will produce joy, prosperity; and excluding all his enemy thoughts which would bring discord, suffering or failure.

It teaches that “your ideal is a prophecy of what you shall at last unveil”, that “thought is another name for fate”, that we can think ourselves out of discord into harmony, out of disease into health, out of darkness into light, out of hatred into love, out or poverty and failure into prosperity and success.

Before an individual can lift themselves, they must lift their thought. When we shall have learned to master our thought habits, to keep our minds open to the great divine inflow of life force, we shall have learned the secret of human blessedness. Then a new era will dawn for the race.

Orison Swett Mardon
January 1901

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*Promoting the Gratitude Attitude

There are several memes going around blogging communities but I am really wanting to get something going that can be of more than a momentary interest and do more for folks than drive a bit of traffic to their blogs.

Why not start substantially improving our lives right here right now? It can easily be done if we promote the Gratitude Attitude in ourselves and others each day. So here’s what I’m going to do.

I tag you ALL, everyone reading this blog, to write 5 things you are grateful for today. Then if you have a blogging community, challenge your whole community to do the same. I would love to see “5 Things I Am Grateful For” in every blog I read this week! Hey! This works to make people happier! I know that because I’ve Seen It On Oprah! 🙂

I’m keeping the number low because some people are not accustomed to noticing the good stuff and may need to ease into this gratitude thing. Write 5 Things I Am Grateful For in your blog if you are a blogger and if you aren’t a blogger just write the 5 things in a notebook where you won’t lose it.

The bigger challenge is to keep writing down 5 things you are grateful for every day. I think it is wonderful to awaken in the morning and think of at least a few things before you get a chance to say, “OMG it’s all starting again!” and in the evening it’s good to write down a few more to counteract what the world has deposited on you during the day :).

I’ll start it off with;

5 Things I am grateful for today.

1 – I am grateful to awaken in the morning in a body that is still breathing.

2 – I am grateful to find my three wonderful animal companions have awakened, breathing in their precious little (Well Alfie is hardly little) bodies.

3 – Believe it or not I am extraordinarily grateful to arise at 5 in the morning 3 days a week to get to my job cooking for the senior citizens in the community. My business is slow during the summer and Alfie is expensive to feed. The job came as a god send just as I was thinking (groan) I would have to start looking for work. Whew!

4 – I’m really grateful that the exercises I have been doing have worked in relieving my extreme back pain from the first weeks of working at the above job!

5 – I am grateful to have an outlet for all my musings here on my blog.

Bonus – And most of all I am grateful to all the people who find anything at all I have to say helpful.

*More quotes & a very, very long cat…

While I am in quote mode here is a beauty from Abraham-Hicks

If man understood that “what I create has nothing to do with what anybody else is creating” then he wouldn’t be so afraid of what others are doing. — Abraham

And I might add, would get on with his own doing with joy and wouldn’t always be looking over his shoulder to see how he’s stacking up against everyone else.

You’re picky about the car you drive. You’re picky about what you wear. You’re picky about what you put in your mouth. We want you to be pickier about what you think. — Abraham

Because, for those who aren’t familiar with the law of attraction, what you think is the blueprint for your future. “Ain’t it awful” brings on more awful. “Ain’t life grand!!!” brings more grand. Change your mind, change your life. Simple. Not always easy.

And if you are worried about being thought a Pollyanna, here is a goodie.

“You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.” Olin Miller

And I’ve just been looking for an excuse to use this one. Couldn’t find one so I’m just going to plunk it down here.

“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.” Albert Einstein

And, I may add, telepathy operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there and sometimes there is a cat, sometimes a dog…

Happy Sunday 🙂