tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12561833109203365632023-11-15T13:20:28.559-06:00Quotes of the BestWit from the Waves of WisdomCats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-47789076372113614922009-02-12T19:35:00.001-06:002009-02-12T19:35:17.531-06:00Labels Aren't Enough<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'> Labels are insufficient when it comes to life. Life is so much more. It is the wordlessness of the experience where life is truly lived. Rev. Jim Rosemergy, Unity Minister Ft. Meyers FL<br/><br/>Words spoken and unspoken have much power - they spark life into being.<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=9d8ad878-069a-4744-8d30-92e0ef2b3cdb' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-8312062024364032402009-02-05T20:45:00.001-06:002009-02-05T20:45:33.535-06:00Love can only be caught - can't be taught.<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><b>Love is infectious, and when human devotion is intelligent and wise, love is more catching than hate. </b><br/><br/><br />The Urantia Book, <a target='_blank' href='http://www.truthbook.com/index.cfm?linkID=1351#U100_4_6'>Page 1098 (100:4.6)</a></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-72820551958712372132009-01-30T08:34:00.001-06:002009-01-30T08:34:54.712-06:00Our First Love - Freedom<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>The Dalai Lama provides such pure and simple wisdom for us. He<br />believes that freedom is a human need. In fact, he wonders if it<br />extends to the animal kingdom because he has a cat. He said that the<br />cat has all the cat needs. People feed him; they pet him, but if the<br />window is cracked open he will run away.<br/><br/>No matter how good things are, when we are controlled, we want out.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-44206750022453214272009-01-29T21:08:00.001-06:002009-01-29T21:08:39.353-06:00Seeing the Reality of our Totality<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Meditation gives us the best opportunity to see the reality of our totality. We are shown the strength to overcome our adversities. Spirit has such a sense of humor that we are often surprised by the ease in which a situation can change. Merrily Smith<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-56265860322094482752009-01-28T20:50:00.000-06:002009-01-28T20:51:05.240-06:00Proof Positive About Prayer<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Prayer has been the ancestor of much peace of mind, cheerfulness, calmness, courage, self-mastery, and fair-mindfulness in the men and women of our evolving human race. Urantia<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-51534764233791719652009-01-28T10:46:00.001-06:002009-01-28T10:46:45.350-06:00Belief and Faith<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><b>Beliefs may become group possessions, but faith must be personal.</b><br/><br/>The Urantia Book, <a target='_blank' href='http://www.truthbook.com/index.cfm?linkID=1352#U101_8_2'>Page 1114 (101:8.2)</a><br/><br/>As I choose my beliefs, I place my faith in its truth.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-52472433604265212602009-01-26T23:04:00.001-06:002009-01-26T23:04:31.795-06:00Benefits of Faith<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Benefits of Faith, faith will expand the mind, ennable the soul, reinforce the personality, augment the happiness, deepen the spirit perception, and enhance the power to love and be loved. Urantia<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-47247244065021695452009-01-23T22:35:00.001-06:002009-01-23T22:35:06.859-06:00Reasons to Pray<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>God answers man's prayer by givinghim an increased revelation of truth, an enhanced appreciation of beauty, and an augmented concept of goodness. Urantia Book<br/><br/>These subtle enhancements are valid reasons to turn within and talk to God<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-19963718551293618532009-01-21T22:16:00.001-06:002009-01-21T22:16:24.707-06:00How to love?<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Thomas Merton says: "The one who truly meditates loves." <br/><br/>Meditation pulls the attention to the heart and thereby sends fort loving kindness.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-12434372387233641932009-01-15T16:52:00.001-06:002009-01-15T16:52:45.138-06:00Cook up a Little Love<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>"Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon." Dalai Lama<br/><br/>Test out new ingredients.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-4040368661909080642009-01-14T21:58:00.001-06:002009-01-14T21:58:56.992-06:00Kindness is Wisdom<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. Theodore Rubin.<br/><br/>It surely makes the world a friendlier place.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-45909754773340022852009-01-13T17:47:00.000-06:002009-01-13T17:47:00.714-06:00Aging Clarity<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people." Abraham Joshua Heschel<br/><br/>The reach of the mind can indeed be very clever - tho without feeling. Kindness results from walking in the other one's shoes on the human, and humility, path. When we see kindness, it seems to offer trust.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-7323450919457891912009-01-11T17:10:00.001-06:002009-01-11T17:10:47.826-06:00Be who You Are - With Arms Wide Open<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>"Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values." Dalai Lama<br/><br/>A friend studies in India with a noted guru for seven years. He was an American. The guru came to him one day and said -"It's time for you to go back to your people." <br/><br/>But replied lmy firend - "These are my people. I can't live without your teachings. I don't know what I would do."<br/><br/>The guru said - "Take in mind all you have learned here and throw it up in the air. What comes down to you is yours by right of consciousness and will not leave you.<br/><br/>He did and became a spiritual leader to his community.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-21097959144348566142009-01-09T07:30:00.001-06:002009-01-09T07:30:17.172-06:00The Dalai Lama and Rules<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>We all have such a love of freedom innately that this makes us smile.<br/> "Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-32068242641364678802009-01-05T08:03:00.001-06:002009-01-05T08:03:31.927-06:00Getting What You Want???????<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." Dalai Lama<br/><br/>We often are wanting just a piece of a whole picture of the good that can be ours.<br/>Request - and let go - Spirit sees broader. Merrily<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-83718376715179364312009-01-04T06:53:00.001-06:002009-01-04T06:53:07.097-06:00Look for the Lesson<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>"When you lose, don't lose the lesson." Dalai Lama<br/><br/>Put the hammer down - quit hitting yourself over the head when the event seems lost. There's always a lesson - search it out. Merrily<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-31870791965504557902009-01-03T19:13:00.001-06:002009-01-03T19:13:04.723-06:00Moments in Time<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><div><font face='verdana,geneva' size='1'>"We do not remember days... We remember moments" - Cesare Pavese<br/><br/>I love this thought. The stories that hover and remain in my mind are all about special moments. I usually have a difficult time put a time on them. These moments inspire at some level - always a heart-touch. May 2009 bring them on. Merrily<br/><br/></font></div></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-55745067712806622662009-01-01T16:55:00.001-06:002009-01-01T16:55:07.077-06:00Mother Teresa #6<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>"In the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and other people anyway."<br/><br/>The way our responses from other people come, we forget that it the Universe helping us through another lesson.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-88198100999600300382008-12-31T08:18:00.001-06:002008-12-31T08:18:29.459-06:00Mother Teresa #5<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;<br/> Give the world the best you've got anyway.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-17927100479828717052008-12-29T21:36:00.001-06:002008-12-29T21:36:09.307-06:00Mother Teresa #4 - Doing Good<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>The good you do today, People will often forget tomorrow, Do good anyway.<br/><br/>There is spiritual value in doing good for the energy it sends out - it puts the Universe in debt to you.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-25716599325610249162008-12-28T10:53:00.001-06:002008-12-28T10:53:01.133-06:00Life - from George Bernard Shaw<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have for a moment. I want to make it burn as brightly as possible. George Bernard Shaw<br/><br/> Usually what snuffs out our lit candles are not the obstacles of the day but views of our past or future. <br/> A technique I've seen used is to envision a rope tied to a past problem that clouds our current view - pull and tug at it until attention is again focused only on present time. Amazing relief and wisdom comes that see the strength or weakness of what was and how its importance looks today.<br/> The future can be handled similarly - throw that rope out there and pull it inuntil it feels like the current moment. A step toward the goal may appear.<br/> Let's keep our candles lit, My Friends, Merrily<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-8389487986210014262008-12-27T11:20:00.000-06:002008-12-27T11:20:00.337-06:00The Value of Tenderness & Kindness<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. Kahlil Gibran<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-84363912167179123912008-12-25T13:30:00.000-06:002008-12-25T13:31:03.300-06:00Today - as always - is a good day.<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Two friends were being chided by their peers for always being happy. "How cna you be that way?" They would be asked. These two had similar backgrounds and gave this reply. "The worst of today is better than the best used to be." They knew the alternative. Merrily<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-52277927192985673982008-12-24T22:30:00.001-06:002008-12-24T22:30:39.568-06:00Mother Teresa #3<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>"If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives - be kind anyway."<br/>It's your energy that you are sending - it's stronger than theirs.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1256183310920336563.post-54966663230752154362008-12-24T03:20:00.001-06:002008-12-24T03:20:40.351-06:00Mother Teresa - #2<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>"People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered - forgive them anyway."<br/><br/>We never really know what soul expression they are following.<br/></div>Cats I'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03858931869295429118noreply@blogger.com0