Notice:
On this page you will find numerous
quotes and sayings but be assured that in all likelihood just about
none of them are my own as I don't have a creative bone in my body! I
make no claim of ownership of these sayings in anyway whatsoever. For
the most part, but not always, I have chosen to not credit the sayings
because I believe that in providing such a credit you are actually
taking away from the message rather than allowing the message to
deliver the impact that it is meant to. The message that is conveyed by
the saying is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than who said it. Furthermore, as we
are all one and all connected then providing some sort of identifier is
pointless. Look at it this way; if you have an itch you scratch it but
you do not give credit to which finger provided the relief do you? Of
course not.
A Thought
If you do not already know this then please try to understand that we are not human-beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All are bound together.
All are connected.
The Four Agreements
Be Impecable With Your Word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.Don't Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.Don't Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse and regret.Visit Humanity Healing Foundation
Shamanism
For me personally, I have found this to be MY path to truth. It is not for me to judge for another whether or not any other religious concept is right or wrong. We all have our paths to follow and I will not discredit the various "faiths" that exist - unless adherence to such a faith is being thrust upon another against their will.
When you have a question, where do you go for the answer? Do you have a long list of authorities? Books? Teachers? Seers? We each come in with a body and a spirit that carry incredible amounts of wisdom...but it is, many times, the last place we look for our truths...! Have you ever had the experience that, after someone made a statement, you intuitively knew what they said was true? It touched a place deep within you and was physically acknowledged to be something that made sense to you...you may have had an ah-ha experience of recognition! And, again, you might have had just the opposite reaction to anotherÂ..s comment - feeling an accompanying glitch inside, realizing that something was wrong with what they had just said. These are responses that, the more we use and trust them, the stronger they become. Fears veil our natural intuitive knowing with that illusion that there is something out there that can "get us." And fears will draw to us the very thing we fear until we can somehow overcome those feelings. It is all about trusting ourselves and reclaiming our power to know. We are also privy to inner guidance...Angels, Guides, Teachers, who are here to help us develop our intuitive knowing.
There is something inside of all of us that knows the truth when we see it. Call it instinct or a gut feeling. The truth lies within us. I believe I have developed a pretty good inner detector of what rings true and what does not feel quite right. I am slow at times though, often ignoring this inner voice of wisdom and knowing but I am trying to get past such ignorance, learning to trust my instinct. You must look within to know what truth is - it is within us and we need to recognise it. We are wise beyond our outward knowledge and we must try to develop this great but hidden inner knowledge.
Hell Explained
The following is apparently how Hell was explained by a University of Washington chemistry student in a mid-term exam. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
However, one student wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell,then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God." This student received an A+.
Jonathan Ott:
"Shamanic ecstasy is the real "Old Time Religion," of which modern churches are but pallid evocations. Shamanic, visionary ecstasy, the mysterium tremendum , the unio mystica , the eternally delightful experience of the universe as energy, is a sine qua non of religion, it is what religion is for! There is no need for faith, it is the ecstatic experience itself that gives one faith in the intrinsic unity and integrity of the universe, in ourselves as integral parts of the whole; that reveals to us the sublime majesty of our universe, and the fluctuant, scintillant, alchemical miracle that is quotidian consciousness. Any religion that requires faith and gives none, that defends against religious experiences, that promulgates the bizarre superstition that humankind is in some way separate, divorced from the rest of creation, that heals not the gaping wound between Body and Soul, but would tear them asunder... is no religion at all!"
Dr. Miceal Ledwith, L.Ph., L.D., D.D., LL.D (h.c)
Miceal Ledwith, the guy in the video above, served as a Catholic priest and as Professor of Theology and College President for over 25 years in Ireland. During the course of his academic and administrative careers he lectured extensively to interested adult groups in many countries and continues to speak at venues all over the world today.
Emma Goldman
"Free love? As if love is anything but free! Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love. Man has subdued bodies, but all the power on earth has been unable to subdue love. Man has conquered whole nations, but all his armies could not conquer love. Man has chained and fettered the spirit, but he has been utterly helpless before love. High on a throne, with all the splendor and pomp his gold can command, man is yet poor and desolate, if love passes him by. And if it stays, the poorest hovel is radiant with warmth, with life and color. Thus love has the magic power to make of a beggar a king. Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere."