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Know Yourself
Saturday, May 06, 2006
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your life's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have been shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray you own soul. I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty everyday, and if you can source your life from God's presence. I want to know if you can live with the failure, yours or mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, 'Yes'!
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children.
It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
- Indian Native American Poem
I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your life's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have been shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray you own soul. I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty everyday, and if you can source your life from God's presence. I want to know if you can live with the failure, yours or mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, 'Yes'!
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children.
It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
- Indian Native American Poem
Friday, May 05, 2006
ATTENTION LADS AND GENTS!!!
Read carefully and take a minute to think!
WE HAVE ENOUGH STUFF WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE STUFF: STOP STUFFING YOURSELF!
IT IS SIMPLE JUST GO AND SPEND US$20 dont think just DO! You may enjoy the inner joy that it will give you, and you may want to do it agai. DO! Please, for your own sake.
Source: worldvision.org
Read carefully and take a minute to think!
WE HAVE ENOUGH STUFF WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE STUFF: STOP STUFFING YOURSELF!
- Every 1.2 seconds a child is born into poverty.
- Every 3 seconds a child dies of disease.
- Every 7 seconds a child dies of hunger or causes related to malnutrition.
- Every 8 seconds a child dies of a waterborne disease.
- Every minute at least one child is infected with HIV/AIDS
IT IS SIMPLE JUST GO AND SPEND US$20 dont think just DO! You may enjoy the inner joy that it will give you, and you may want to do it agai. DO! Please, for your own sake.
Source: worldvision.org
Monday, April 10, 2006
Thought Power: The Universe is on Your Side
There's an old saying, "If God is for me, who can be against me?" The answer is "No one."
When you allow the Universe to help you, then no one and nothing can be against you, including your past. Past programming can be dissolved with the concept that Life is always looking out for your Highest Good. All you have to do is be present for yourself and for Life. If you know you need to change your diet and begin exercising to improve your health, you do it to support yourself and Life. Suppose you're in a demeaning relationship. Instead of trying to fix the relationship, you show yourself that you're worth better treatment by leaving the relationship.
All of the Universe is on your side. You can trust Life to love and support you, but first you have to believe in yourself and in it. Even if uncomfortable and so-called disastrous things have happened to you in the past, God is for you. Tapping into that feeling and affirming it to yourself will give the Power of the Universe a conduit to flow through to help you. As you reclaim yourself and step in the direction of Self-trust, the Infinite rushes in to meet you. Acknowledge this, and your thought power will attract more joy just as your affirming self care actions.
by Linda-Ann Stewart
When you allow the Universe to help you, then no one and nothing can be against you, including your past. Past programming can be dissolved with the concept that Life is always looking out for your Highest Good. All you have to do is be present for yourself and for Life. If you know you need to change your diet and begin exercising to improve your health, you do it to support yourself and Life. Suppose you're in a demeaning relationship. Instead of trying to fix the relationship, you show yourself that you're worth better treatment by leaving the relationship.
All of the Universe is on your side. You can trust Life to love and support you, but first you have to believe in yourself and in it. Even if uncomfortable and so-called disastrous things have happened to you in the past, God is for you. Tapping into that feeling and affirming it to yourself will give the Power of the Universe a conduit to flow through to help you. As you reclaim yourself and step in the direction of Self-trust, the Infinite rushes in to meet you. Acknowledge this, and your thought power will attract more joy just as your affirming self care actions.
by Linda-Ann Stewart
Saturday, March 25, 2006
The sun may be clouded, yet ever the sun
Will sweep on its course till the cycle is run.
And when into chaos the systems are hurled,
Again shall the Builder reshape a new world.
Your path may be clouded, uncertain your goal;
Move on, for the orbit is fixed for your soul.
And though it may lead into darkness of night,
The torch of the Builder shall give it new light.
You were, and you will be; know this while you are:
Your spirit has traveled both long and afar.
It came from the Source, to the Source it returns;
The spark that was lighted eternally burns.
From body to body your spirit speeds on;
It seeks a new form, when the old one is gone;
And the form that it finds, is the fabric we wrought
On the loom of the mind, with the fibre of thought.
From cycle to cycle, through time and through space,
Your lives with your longings will ever keep pace.
And all that you ask for, and all you desire,
Must come at your bidding, as flames out of fire.
You are your own devil, you are your own God.
You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have trod.
And no one can save you from error or sin
Until you shall hark to the spirit within.
— From the poem, THE LAW,
by Rosicrucian poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Will sweep on its course till the cycle is run.
And when into chaos the systems are hurled,
Again shall the Builder reshape a new world.
Your path may be clouded, uncertain your goal;
Move on, for the orbit is fixed for your soul.
And though it may lead into darkness of night,
The torch of the Builder shall give it new light.
You were, and you will be; know this while you are:
Your spirit has traveled both long and afar.
It came from the Source, to the Source it returns;
The spark that was lighted eternally burns.
From body to body your spirit speeds on;
It seeks a new form, when the old one is gone;
And the form that it finds, is the fabric we wrought
On the loom of the mind, with the fibre of thought.
From cycle to cycle, through time and through space,
Your lives with your longings will ever keep pace.
And all that you ask for, and all you desire,
Must come at your bidding, as flames out of fire.
You are your own devil, you are your own God.
You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have trod.
And no one can save you from error or sin
Until you shall hark to the spirit within.
— From the poem, THE LAW,
by Rosicrucian poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Saturday, March 18, 2006
The Golden Verses
of Pythagoras
1. First, worship the immortal gods, as the law ordains.
2. Reverence thy oath, and next, the illustrious heroes.
3. Then supplicate the good terrestrial daemons with the proper offerings.
4. Honour thy parents, and those most nearly related to thee.
5. Of other men, make him your friend, who is most distinguished by virtue.
6. Listen to his kind words, and copy his good deeds.
7. Do not hate thy friends for a small fault.
8. Now, Power is a near neighbour to necessity.
9. Know these things; accustom thyself to being the master of thy passion.
10. First gluttony, then sloth, luxury, and anger.
11. Do no shameful act in private with thyself, nor with another.
12. And above all things, respect thyself.
13. In the next place, be just both in deed and word.
14. And let it not be thy habit to behave thyself thoughtlessly.
15. But consider this, -- that all must die.
16. And that as the good things of fortune may be acquired, so they may be lost.
17. As to those calamities which befall men through divine fortune.
18. If thou suffer, suffer in patience, and resent them not.
19. Do thy best to remedy them, and bear in Mind,
20. That destiny does not give the largest share to good men.
21. Many sorts of reasonings, good and bad, are to be found amoungst men.
22. But be not disturbed by them, not allow them to harass thee.
23. But, if anything false of thee be put forth, bear it patiently.
24. Listen now carefully to what I am about to tell thee.
25. Let no one ever seduce thee by their words or acts.
26. Nor make thee do what is not seemly.
27. Deliberate before doing, in order that what thou doest, may not be foolish.
28. For it is the part of the stupid man to speak and act without thought.
29. But do thou act so that thou shalt not be troubled by the result.
30. Do nothing also which thou doest not understand.
31. But learn all that thou shouldst know, and so shalt thou live a pleasant life.
32. Neglect not the health of thy body.
33. Be moderate in food, drink, and exercise.
34. Now by moderation, I mean that which will not injure thee.
35. Accustom thyself to a style of living which is simple, but not luxurious.
36. Avoid anything which might give rise to envy.
37. Spend not unseasonably, as one who knows not what is right.
38. Be not niggardly nor covetous.
39. Moderation in all things is most excellent.
40. Do only those things which cannot hurt thee, and think before doing.
41. Never sleep before going over the acts of the day in the mind.
45. Practise thoroughly all these maxims; think on them; love them.
46. This will put thee in the way of right virtue.
47. I swear it by him, who has put into our soul, the quaternion.
48. Who is the eternal source of nature?
49. Go to thy work only after having prayed the gods to accomplish it.
50. Having done this, thou shalt know the constitution of the immortal gods, and of mortal men. 52. Thou shalt know also, according to right, that nature is alike in all.
53. So that thou shalt not hope for that which thou shouldst not, and nothing shall be hidden from thee.
54. Thou shalt know also that men draw their misfortunes upon themselves.
55. Wretches! They neither see, nor understand.
56. Few know how to free themselves from their own misfortune.
57. Such is the fate that takes away the senses of men.
58. Some, like wheels are carried in one direction, some in another, pressed down by ills innumberable.
59. For fatal strife, innate, ever following, unseen afflicts them.
60. They ought not to provoke this, but yield, and so escape.
61. O jove, mighty father, wouldst thou deliver them from many evils?
62. Show them what fate is about to overtake them.
63. But be of good heart, the race of man is divine.
64. Holy Nature shews them all her mysteries.
65. If thou knowest these things, thou wilt do what I bid thee do.
66. And having healed thy soul, thou wilt deliver it from these evils.
67. But abstain thou from the food, of which I have spoken, in your purifications.
68. And in the deliverance of thy soul, decide between the courses open to you, and thoroughly examine all things.
69. Take the supreme mind as thy guide, who must ever direct and restrain thy course.
70. And when, after having thrown aside thy body, thou comest to the realms of the most pure ether.
71. Thou shalt be a god, immortal, incorruptible.
of Pythagoras
1. First, worship the immortal gods, as the law ordains.
2. Reverence thy oath, and next, the illustrious heroes.
3. Then supplicate the good terrestrial daemons with the proper offerings.
4. Honour thy parents, and those most nearly related to thee.
5. Of other men, make him your friend, who is most distinguished by virtue.
6. Listen to his kind words, and copy his good deeds.
7. Do not hate thy friends for a small fault.
8. Now, Power is a near neighbour to necessity.
9. Know these things; accustom thyself to being the master of thy passion.
10. First gluttony, then sloth, luxury, and anger.
11. Do no shameful act in private with thyself, nor with another.
12. And above all things, respect thyself.
13. In the next place, be just both in deed and word.
14. And let it not be thy habit to behave thyself thoughtlessly.
15. But consider this, -- that all must die.
16. And that as the good things of fortune may be acquired, so they may be lost.
17. As to those calamities which befall men through divine fortune.
18. If thou suffer, suffer in patience, and resent them not.
19. Do thy best to remedy them, and bear in Mind,
20. That destiny does not give the largest share to good men.
21. Many sorts of reasonings, good and bad, are to be found amoungst men.
22. But be not disturbed by them, not allow them to harass thee.
23. But, if anything false of thee be put forth, bear it patiently.
24. Listen now carefully to what I am about to tell thee.
25. Let no one ever seduce thee by their words or acts.
26. Nor make thee do what is not seemly.
27. Deliberate before doing, in order that what thou doest, may not be foolish.
28. For it is the part of the stupid man to speak and act without thought.
29. But do thou act so that thou shalt not be troubled by the result.
30. Do nothing also which thou doest not understand.
31. But learn all that thou shouldst know, and so shalt thou live a pleasant life.
32. Neglect not the health of thy body.
33. Be moderate in food, drink, and exercise.
34. Now by moderation, I mean that which will not injure thee.
35. Accustom thyself to a style of living which is simple, but not luxurious.
36. Avoid anything which might give rise to envy.
37. Spend not unseasonably, as one who knows not what is right.
38. Be not niggardly nor covetous.
39. Moderation in all things is most excellent.
40. Do only those things which cannot hurt thee, and think before doing.
41. Never sleep before going over the acts of the day in the mind.
45. Practise thoroughly all these maxims; think on them; love them.
46. This will put thee in the way of right virtue.
47. I swear it by him, who has put into our soul, the quaternion.
48. Who is the eternal source of nature?
49. Go to thy work only after having prayed the gods to accomplish it.
50. Having done this, thou shalt know the constitution of the immortal gods, and of mortal men. 52. Thou shalt know also, according to right, that nature is alike in all.
53. So that thou shalt not hope for that which thou shouldst not, and nothing shall be hidden from thee.
54. Thou shalt know also that men draw their misfortunes upon themselves.
55. Wretches! They neither see, nor understand.
56. Few know how to free themselves from their own misfortune.
57. Such is the fate that takes away the senses of men.
58. Some, like wheels are carried in one direction, some in another, pressed down by ills innumberable.
59. For fatal strife, innate, ever following, unseen afflicts them.
60. They ought not to provoke this, but yield, and so escape.
61. O jove, mighty father, wouldst thou deliver them from many evils?
62. Show them what fate is about to overtake them.
63. But be of good heart, the race of man is divine.
64. Holy Nature shews them all her mysteries.
65. If thou knowest these things, thou wilt do what I bid thee do.
66. And having healed thy soul, thou wilt deliver it from these evils.
67. But abstain thou from the food, of which I have spoken, in your purifications.
68. And in the deliverance of thy soul, decide between the courses open to you, and thoroughly examine all things.
69. Take the supreme mind as thy guide, who must ever direct and restrain thy course.
70. And when, after having thrown aside thy body, thou comest to the realms of the most pure ether.
71. Thou shalt be a god, immortal, incorruptible.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Mother Teresa's Message..
Where there is desperation may I bring hope.
Where there is sadness let me bring joy.
Allow me to console rather then be consoled.
To understand rather then to be understood.
To love rather then be loved.
. . because giving is receiving.
. . because it is in giving that we are forgiven
. . it is in dying that we are born to eternal life..
Try to inhale the words above and listen to your heart..
"International Woman's Day" 8 March 2006
To all true ladies..
After a while..
- by Sappho.
After a while, you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaIning a soul,
And you learn that love doesnt't mean leaning
And company doesnt't mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses arent't contracts
And present aren't promises.
And You begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build all your roads
On today, because tomorrow's ground
Is too uncertain for plans, and futures have
A way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine
Burns if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate
Your own soul instead of waiting
For someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure..
That you really are storng
And your really do have worth.
And you learn and learn..
With every goodbye you learn.
HAPPY WOMAN'S DAY
To all true ladies..
After a while..
- by Sappho.
After a while, you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaIning a soul,
And you learn that love doesnt't mean leaning
And company doesnt't mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses arent't contracts
And present aren't promises.
And You begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build all your roads
On today, because tomorrow's ground
Is too uncertain for plans, and futures have
A way of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine
Burns if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate
Your own soul instead of waiting
For someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure..
That you really are storng
And your really do have worth.
And you learn and learn..
With every goodbye you learn.
HAPPY WOMAN'S DAY
Friday, March 10, 2006
Welcome to 'Explore Yourself'.
The aim of this site is to explore the hidden power which is within you. You will find related topics to Spirituality, Self Improvement, Science, Nature, Music, Art and Mystery.. I will try to bring together the known with the unkown. Please remember this site is only for those who want to understand. You are welcome to browse through the subjects, I guarantee that you will explore at least one aspect about yourself that will help you on your way to liberation.
Enjoy :)
I would appreciate your comments.
- Mehtap
The aim of this site is to explore the hidden power which is within you. You will find related topics to Spirituality, Self Improvement, Science, Nature, Music, Art and Mystery.. I will try to bring together the known with the unkown. Please remember this site is only for those who want to understand. You are welcome to browse through the subjects, I guarantee that you will explore at least one aspect about yourself that will help you on your way to liberation.
Enjoy :)
I would appreciate your comments.
- Mehtap
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