01/12/2019
SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER FOR PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT
1. We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having
a human experience." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
2. "What paralyzes life is lack of faith and lack of audacity. The difficulty lies not
in solving problems but identifying them. As translated in The Ignatian Tradition (2009) edited by Kevin F. Burke, Eileen Burke-Sullivan and Phyllis Zagano, p. 86 ,,,And so we cannot avoid this conclusion: it is biologically evident that to gain control of passion and so make it serve spirit must be a condition of progress. Sooner or later, then, the world will brush aside our incredulity and take this step because whatever is the more true comes out into the open, and whatever is better is ultimately realized." quoted by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
3. "The feminine is the most formidable of the forces of matter. True enough. "Very well, then," say the moralists, "we must avoid it." Not at all, I reply, we take hold of it. In every domain of the real (physical, affective, intellectual) "danger" is a sign of power. Only a mountain can create a terrifying drop. The customary education of the Christian conscience tends to make us confuse tutiorism with prudence, safety with truth…"
4. Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create."~Maria Montessori
5. “You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in what you do. And, of course, you cannot be present unless you become friendly with the present moment. That is the basis for effective action, uncontaminated by negativity. ~Eckhart Tolle
6. 12 Things to infuse your life with balance and happiness:
a) Do one things at a time
b) Do it slowly and deliberately
c) Do it completely
d) Do less
e) Put space between things
f) Develop rituals
g) Designate time for certain things
h) Devote time to sitting (and listening)
i) Smile and serve others
j) Make cleaning and cooking become meditation
k) Think about what is necessary
l) Live simply
I will add a 13…every one of us is a creative being. We have the ability within us to channel our passions in such a way as to make it seem effortless to paint, write, sculpt, or educate. That is a universal fact.