Be the Light

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Frank Outlaw, Late President of the Bi-Lo Stores

When we remember to speak words which are true, kind, and constructive, we nourish a beautiful flower in our hearts, and we can offer its sweet fragrance to everyone. Thich Nhat Hahn

Open yourself up to the light. This is different from fighting the darkness. Deepak Chopra

My peace is the peace of the world. Deepak Chopra

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu

Love Yourself

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

The most important relationship in life is the one you have with yourself. And if you have that, any other relationship is a plus and not a must. Diane von Furstenberg

Saying no can be the ultimate self-care. Claudia Black

You yourselves are your last hope. Possessing The Secret of Joy by Alice Walker

Somewhere within us there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace. Elizabeth Gilbert

My family asked me why I was wasting a college degree and why I spent my 401k to move to an island. I didn’t have a straight answer for them, but I did know that I worked harder than I ever had for six years of my life, for almost twelve hours each day and put up with a lack of appreciation for what I did. So it was okay if I took some time to do nothing. You don’t have to be achieving scientific discovery every day. It’s okay to take time to simply be and to experience life. From a post in Tiny Buddha

Choose Joy

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. Henri Nouwen

The same walls we have put up to protect ourselves are the same ones that keep us from awareness of our abundance and joy. Robin Hart

The less you respond to rude, critical, argumentative people, the more peaceful your life will become. Mandy Hale

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. C.S. Lewis

You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are. Yogi Bhajan

We are like the little branch that quivers during a storm, doubting our strength and forgetting we are the tree – deeply rooted to withstand all life’s upheavals. Dodinsky

Wake Up To Who You Are

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

Slow down and everything that you are chasing will come around and catch you. John de Paula

When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering. Miguel Ruiz

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest. Pema Chodron

Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be. Alan Watts

We shouldn’t let another define our sense of self and worth, for this places us into the role of the lesser or the victim. When we play that role, then obviously we will attract or sustain relationships that will mutually fulfill that role. Patsie Smith

Doing Nothing, Being Something

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

The first two months after I left my job, I was really intense. I tried to start my own law practice. I went to seminars, classes, workshops, networking meetings and lunches. I stayed busy. At some point, something inside of me said “Stop! Do nothing.” Doing nothing was foreign to me. How could I not be productive? I made myself follow my inner voice. In doing nothing, I rediscovered myself, the self that I had willingly given away in exchange for a regular paycheck.

As I stopped all directed activity, as I grew more into my intuitive self, I began to read again, to listen to music again, to converse with people whose thoughts, beliefs, and opinions about the meanings of life didn’t revolve around working oneself to death for some unattainable happiness. As some of us know, the treadmill to happiness never reaches its destination. One must learn to be happiness – no matter what. Robin Hart

Be Right With Yourself

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

The illumined walk without fear – by Grace. Joel Goldsmith

Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict. Dorothy Thompson

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. Henri Nouwen

Conditions don’t have to be right. You have to be right. Joel Osteen

Quotations From Thich Nhat Hanh

When we remember to speak words which are true, kind, and constructive, we nourish a beautiful flower in our hearts, and we can offer its sweet fragrance to everyone.

Breathing in, I calm my body. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment, I know this is a wonderful moment.

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

Create From Joy

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

We are manifestations of what IS. We are continuously being created according to our thoughts and behavior. We fail to recognize our infinite power and, therefore, cling to the inconsequential material forms within our limited perception. If we knew that we could create new worlds, we wouldn’t cling so tightly to this one. Robin Hart

I have seen that which is created from anger, hatred, sorrow, and pain. Life improves for a season. Then the storms return. Knowing this, create from joy. Robin Hart

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. Albert Einstein

Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. Rumi

My body is contained within the limitless of my soul. Jim Carrey

You Are an Expression of God

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

That which you manifest is before you. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

Each person’s life – each lifeform, in fact – represents a world, a unique way in which the universe experiences itself.

Throughout history humans have inflicted countless violent, cruel, and hurtful acts on each other, and continue to do so. Are they all to be condemned; are they all guilty? Or are those acts simply expressions of unconsciousness, an evolutionary stage that we are now growing out of?

Jesus’ words, “Forgive them for they do not know what they do,” also APPLY to yourself.”

Diamond in the Rough

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

Those years of tumultuous trembling were as a diamond in the rough, unpolished and mistaken for a rock. I carried this pain like a burden in my pocket, unable to dispose of it. Later, I set the stone upon the shelf of my soul. I gazed at it in peace and serenity and it began to glow. Slowly, I began to discover its value. Little by little, day by day, I began to polish it. Robin Hart

We are made from stronger stuff than any of us knows. The number one thing is not even just to keep going but to trust that there’s something more. Always. O, The Oprah Magazine

If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through. Chinese Proverb

If we focus on what’s ugly, we attract more ugliness into our thoughts, and then into our emotions, and ultimately into our lives. Wayne W. Dyer, The Power of Intention

On the other side of this difficulty is a new level of my destiny. Joel Osteen

Flow With Life’s Possibilities

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Ancient Seeker

The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment. Eckhart Tolle

If you’re going to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat. Joel Osteen