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[color:"fuschia"] Work of Art [/color]
Be sure your pen of actions is drawing a work of art.
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[color:"fuschia"] Contentment [/color]
If I do everything with the feeling of happiness, there will be no task too difficult to perform.
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[color:"Blue"] Power of Thought [/color]
Everything depends on our thinking. If I think in the right way I will be light. If I think in a wasteful way I'll be heavy. Waste thoughts are dangerous. They waste my time. They allow the past to come alive, then I forget the present and question the future.
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[color:"Purple"] Beauty [/color]
You see behind the masks and beneath the fears to the beauty within every heart.
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Sorry been out sick the last couple of days, but back now <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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[color:"Navy"] Rest Easy [/color]
Rest does not come with sleeping, it comes with waking. This is both an insight and an action of enlightenment. When we are enlightened we realise that real rest is possible only when we become free of illusion and we no longer struggle against life. Illusion is the idea that people should be, and do, what we want them to. The truth is, all is as it should be, despite appearances, or our perceptions of others to the contrary. This means you can be easy on yourself, easy with others and easy with the world around you. Easiness is a virtue, an attractive one at that. It is much more influential than force. So quit forcing, end the struggling and...relax!
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[color:"Teal"] Believe Nothing [/color]
It is much easier to believe that it's snowing, than to experience the snow. If you just believe, you can stay inside, stay warm and avoid the cold. That's why people are led up the garden path by others beliefs. It's easier and warmer. And all this 'believing stuff' starts in kindergarten. In the context of your spiritual or personal growth, believe nothing, experiment and test everything, in the laboratory of your own experience. Only then will you be able to separate truth from falsehood, reality from illusion, and lead others with integrity. Challenge and check at least one belief everyday. And if it's found wanting, chuck it or change it. Challenge, check, then chuck or change, now that's a master at work.
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[color:"Teal"] Resist Not [/color]
Have you ever noticed that resistance leads to persistence. And behind all resistance is self-created fear. The only way to relax and stay relaxed is acceptance. You don't have to agree, or follow, or condone, but acceptance means you begin any interaction with a serenity which invites others to engage with you. And out of engagement comes the satisfaction of creative expression and an enriching relationship. That's relaxation in action!
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[color:"Orange"] Opinions [/color]
It's good to have an opinion isn't it? If you don't have an opinion about important issues you are seen as weak - right? This is how people justify holding an opinion about anything and everything. But wait a second - in the moment of expressing your opinion, if it is the defence of a position, or it's designed to be against another opinion, it is nothing more than an attachment. And this means fear is present. It means insecurity. This may explain why those who have the same opinions form pressure groups and factions, and why there is usually a great deal of emotion and conflict present. It may explain why there is much wailing and weeping, loud words and the crossing of swords whenever, opposing opinions meet. Much better to have a point of view, and to be extremely interested in others points of view. This says, "I am flexible", it says, "I have the humility to learn", and it says, "I seek to meet you on the ground we share, as opposed to fight you from a proclaimed territory.
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[color:"Jade"] Generosity [/color]
Generosity means more than just giving. It also means to cooperate with others. The greatest act of generosity is to see beyond the weaknesses and mistakes of others, helping them to recognise their innate value.
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[color:"Orange"] Compassion [/color]
A compassionate person develops an eye for spotting the qualities that make each person special. Even when others are at their lowest ebb, it is possible to help them restore their self-belief by keeping a firm, clear vision of their goodness and specialities. Taking a gently encouraging approach, I must never give up on anyone.
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[color:"Orange"] Offer Up [/color]
Free yourself from forcing, expecting or wanting someone to receive what you think they should take - it could be your idea, opinion, or an opportunity you think they should accept - you can't make anyone take anything - your own experience probably confirms this. Offer humbly. Offer gently. Offer as if you are a master, and then let go, and retire like a shy child. When you can dance the dance between being master and child, you'll be surprised how much more others will accept what you have to say, and how much more they appreciate your offerings.
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Hi Everyone - this is the last thought for the day for this year, I have decided to head to New Zealand for Christmas. Have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year, and will start posting early January.

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[color:"Purple"] Comparing [/color]
If I am always comparing myself with other human beings, I will either suffer from ego or jealousy.
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NZ Girl - have a wonderful Xmas back home. I'm sure your family will be delighted to see you. TT

Happy New Year Everyone - here's looking forward to a more fulfilling and less stressful year.

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[color:"Orange"] The Thinker [/color]
Every action has its seed in a thought and every thought is a creation of the thinker, the soul. I choose what thoughts I want to create and as is my thinking so is my experience in life. Going within, I touch the stillness and pure love that lie at the core of my being and every thought that I create is of benefit to myself and of benefit to humanity.
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[color:"Black"] Tread Lightly [/color]
Tread lightly upon this earth, seeing, understanding but never imposing. Thoughtful, independent, be gracious in victory and defeat. Free of possessiveness, so ease of mind sweetens relationships. Like the scent of a rose the untroubled spirit imparts a lasting fragrance.
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[color:"red"]Life [/color]
Everyone in your life has come to teach you something.
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[color:"Black"] Stray Thoughts [/color]
Your controlling power should be such that you should have only such thoughts at a particular time as you desire to have. No more, no less.
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To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
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[color:"green"]Contented[/color]
To make good use of what you have and to let go of what you do not use is to live in a contented way.

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It is not the distance but the first step that matters.

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