The INFINITE WAY - Joel S. Goldsmith

---Joel S. Goldsmith was very pivotal in my life. He helped me to resolve and realize the similarities of EASTERN & WESTERN thought. His writings provided the insights that I needed to move through a major roadblock in my life. I became aware of Joel Goldsmith in the latter half of the 1970's.

DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH!

---We are all familiar with the statue of David, or any piece of art for that matter. We begin with a block of granite or marble and begin chipping away. Eventually…we let out what we had in mind in the first place. It took Michelangelo to let David out of block of marble. It took Da Vinci to reveal the Mona Lisa. All art works the same way. It takes someone or something to untrap what is really within.
---We are the same way. We are like diamonds in the rough. Inside of us all is (we‘ll call it our EGO,) which tries to keep our real self - TRAPPED. We are our own worst enemy at times and get in ‘’our own way’’ very often.
---Our EGO always competes and compares itself with everyone and it speaks of how we are the best at everything that we do…for all intents and purposes. The EGO wants to be the star performer…while life is really about being one of the team. We always do our best, but we let other stars shine, too. Though, you may have the better of the ideas, it usually takes the assembling of a team of sorts to carry them out.
---In conclusion, we see that we tend to shine when the conditions are the right ones for us. It may take someone ‘’special’’ the get the piece of art that we are - out of us. But, usually, it is life itself that sets up the conditions to help us flourish. Eventually, we get good at finding those circumstances that are best for our flourishing.
---We are ALL a piece of art just waiting to be released from our ego-captivity…by that someone or circumstance. Sometimes it is our spouse, children or parents - but, it doesn’t have to be. Sometimes it shows itself as a problem for us. It is usually in the form that brings us to highest and truest of ourselves. Good luck to us ALL in this process. HINT: It can begin with some form of acceptance. Take Care.

‘’Diamonds in the Rough’’

ALBERT EINSTEIN

HENRY FORD

10 RULES FOR BEING HUMAN!

Ten Rules For Being Human

1. You receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it is yours for the entire period.

2. You learn lessons. You are enrolled in a ful-time informal school called ''life.''

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error and experimentation. The failed experiments are as much a part of the process as those that ultimately work.

4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be repeated to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, then it means there are still lessons to learn.

6. ''There'' is no better place to be than ''here.'' When your ''there'' becomes a ''here'' you will simply obtain another ''there.''

7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need is to look, listen and trust. If you don't trust, learn that, too,

10. You may forget and re-learn all this.

JACK SCHWARZ - A ''MOST'' Extraordinary Individual

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---Click on the link and read about Jack Schwarz. Some may be aware of him...already. His books are available for sale online. Enjoy.

---He was really something else, BUT, that is because it is OURSELVES that are something else. I think that we would be more like Jack Schwarz if we allowed ourselves. Human Beings seem to be very good at interfering with processes that tend to be good and helpful for them and get-in-the-way of the naturalness of life.

EASTER: The Ultimate in Self-Acceptance

---When we think of Easter…I wonder where it is that our attention goes? Is it to eggs and bunnies hopping around? Or, does it go to the cross? Is it Christ being raised from the dead? Or, your thoughts may go to something that I’ve never heard.

 ---As I see it, the resurrection is the next step in the progression of being yourself. It is accepting yourself on another level that when death is NOT interfered with...it happens naturally. Then it is another step in the growth process.
---Just as a seed must die to become the plant within. The acorn ‘’dies’’ to take root and becomes the tree that is potentially always inside. Humans become the love that is inside. That is why ‘’the love you take is equal to the love you make.’’
  ---The key that we see running through all of this is that the person becomes more and more integrated and becomes what he/she is slated to become. In humans we see that what actually dies is ones ego or false sense of self and he/she becomes more and more who he/she really is.
---He or she is truly love. It makes much more sense learning the ways of love-by loving and things of that nature then trying to mentally figure this all out. You will understand love by being loving; not by logically trying to suss it out. By adding personalities and emotionalism you just complicate the issue. You end up confusing more than clarifying. Take Care.

Easter:

The Ultimate in Self-Acceptance