6 Habits of Enlightened Souls

Author Unknown

1. BE QUIET. At least once a day, sit down.

There is a source within each one of us called the

spirit or soul. It is a crime to disturb the inner

peace. This peace is our power to create

positive things in our life.

Try speaking softly and slowly than your usual way.

Speaking this way is more powerful because it attracts

the peace in others. Just be aware of your words.

Savor their energy and rhythm.

2. LET GO. Don't hold on to anything with your hand or

with your mind.

Many think that doing this means losing. If you don't

release the old, you can't get anything new. This

requires detachment. Letting go means moderating

excessive attachment to material possessions, to

emotions, or to the status quo or comfort zones in our

lives.

3. LET IT BE. We are great fixers of other people's

lives.

We're trying to write somebody else's script. We are

absent from our own lives because we're busy living

the life of others. Acceptance and contentment are the

first steps to healthy relationships. An example is

our appreciation of the moon, which is beyond change.

We never dream of wanting to change or influence it,

nor have we the slightest remorse that the same face

of the moon is always turned toward us: We have no

need to see the dark side. Extend this deep feeling of

acceptance to the people we meet.

4. LISTEN IN. Use your intuition, the inner tutor and

the voice of wisdom.

Because we have held on to our false beliefs for so

long, we ignore and distrust our inner voice and tell

it to shut up. The process of enlightenment is the

process of learning to trust that inner voice once

again.

Example is the conscience as intuition at work. When

we misbehave, the voice of conscience alerts us to our

mistake. We may shun that voice, engaging in reason as

the ally of ego to justify our deeds. Yet the

troubling intuitive disapproval of conscience will go

on to make its rebukes. We can either suppress the

advice or repair the wrong.

5. WAKE UP. Habits are programmed by our external

conditioning.

Write your own habits then decide which ones to strike

out and replace them with virtues. Visualize the

virtue you want to create and empower that image. For

example, if you want to develop patience, visualize

yourself as a patient person. Watch, feel and manifest

patience in every action you do until it becomes your

behavior. Waking up is to consciously choose your

behavior and thereby create the personality

(character) you want. Never believe anyone who says,

"You can never change."

6. KNOW YOURSELF. Look behind the "I want" attitude,

those desires that make us need things that are not

necessary.

The truth is, happiness is a choice, not a chore; a

decision to bring out from the self. Affirm that you

are happiness, a source of happiness.

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything
                                        /Mark Twain/

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The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car ... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.
     - Ben Sweetland

                     
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Let go
Let go of that nagging feeling that something could go wrong.  For
whatever may happen, you can always choose a way to move forward.

Let go of your resentment and anger over things that are beyond your
control.  Do the very best with where you are, with what you have, and
that will be more than enough.

Let go of the pain you carry from things that happened long ago.  Allow
yourself to experience the glorious freedom of forgiveness.

Let go of the needs that you don't really need, that keep your life so
anxious and complicated.  Find real fulfillment not in getting, but in
being.

Let go of the regrets, the disappointments and distress.  Choose to
follow the very best of the possibilities that beckon you forward.

Let go of all the excuses you have for not living fully.  Give beauty
and meaning to the life and the world that you're in right now.
-- Ralph Marston

There will be a day - Jeremy Camp

The Fern and the Bamboo
One day I decided to quit...I quit my job, my relationship, my
spirituality.... I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one
last talk with God.
"God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"
His answer surprised me.
"Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"
"Yes", I replied.
"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of
them. I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from the
earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the
bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo."
"In the second year the fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again,
nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo."
"In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would
not quit. The same in year four."
"Then in the fifth year, a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to
the fern, it was seemingly small and insignificant."
"But just six months later, the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had
spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it
what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge
it could not handle."
"Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you
have actually been growing roots? I would not quit on the bamboo. I will
never quit on you."
"Don't compare yourself to others." He said. "The bamboo had a different
purpose than the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful."
"Your time will come", God said to me. "You will rise high"
"How high should I rise?" I asked.
"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.
"As high as it can?" I questioned
"Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."
I left the forest, realizing that God will never give up on me.
And He will never give up on you.
Never regret a day in your life.
Good days give you happiness; bad days give you experiences;
both are essential to life.

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"BURY ME WITH SOLDIERS"
(Author Rev. Charles Fink)

I've played a lot of roles in life,
I've met a lot of men.
I've done some things I'd like to think,
I wouldn't do again.
And though I'm young, I'm old enough,
To know someday I'll die,
And think about what lies beyond,
Beside whom I would lie.

Perhaps it doesn't matter much,
Still, if I had my choice,
I'd want a grave amongst soldiers when,
At last death quells my voice,
I'm sick of the hypocrisy,
Of lectures by the wise,
I'll take the man, with all his flaws,
Who goes, though scared, and dies.

The troops I know are commonplace,
They didn't want the war,
They fought because their fathers and
Their fathers had before.
They cursed and killed and wept-
God knows, they're easy to deride,
But bury me with men like these,
They faced the guns and died.

It's funny, when you think about it,
The way we got along,
We'd come from different worlds,
To live in one no one belongs,
I didn't even like them all,
I'm sure they'd all agree,
Yet, I would give my life for them,
I hope some did for me.

So bury me with soldiers, please,
Though much maligned they be,
Yes, bury me with soldiers, for
I miss their company.
We'll not soon see their like again,
We've had our fill of war.
But bury me with men like them,
Till someone else does more.