Quotes of the Best

Labels Aren't Enough

2009-02-12T19:35:00.001-06:00

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

Words spoken and unspoken have much power - they spark life into being.

Love can only be caught - can't be taught.

2009-02-05T20:45:00.001-06:00

Love is infectious, and when human devotion is intelligent and wise, love is more catching than hate.

The Urantia Book, Page 1098 (100:4.6)

Our First Love - Freedom

2009-01-30T08:34:00.001-06:00

The Dalai Lama provides such pure and simple wisdom for us. He
believes that freedom is a human need. In fact, he wonders if it
extends to the animal kingdom because he has a cat. He said that the
cat has all the cat needs. People feed him; they pet him, but if the
window is cracked open he will run away.

No matter how good things are, when we are controlled, we want out.

Seeing the Reality of our Totality

2009-01-29T21:08:00.001-06:00

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

Proof Positive About Prayer

2009-01-28T20:50:00.000-06:00

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

Belief and Faith

2009-01-28T10:46:00.001-06:00

Beliefs may become group possessions, but faith must be personal.

The Urantia Book, Page 1114 (101:8.2)

As I choose my beliefs, I place my faith in its truth.

Benefits of Faith

2009-01-26T23:04:00.001-06:00

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

Reasons to Pray

2009-01-23T22:35:00.001-06:00

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

These subtle enhancements are valid reasons to turn within and talk to God

How to love?

2009-01-21T22:16:00.001-06:00

Thomas Merton says: "The one who truly meditates loves."

Meditation pulls the attention to the heart and thereby sends fort loving kindness.

Cook up a Little Love

2009-01-15T16:52:00.001-06:00

"Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon." Dalai Lama

Test out new ingredients.

Kindness is Wisdom

2009-01-14T21:58:00.001-06:00

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. Theodore Rubin.

It surely makes the world a friendlier place.

Aging Clarity

2009-01-13T17:47:00.000-06:00

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people." Abraham Joshua Heschel

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.

Be who You Are - With Arms Wide Open

2009-01-11T17:10:00.001-06:00

"Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values." Dalai Lama

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."

But replied lmy firend - "These are my people. I can't live without your teachings. I don't know what I would do."

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.

He did and became a spiritual leader to his community.

The Dalai Lama and Rules

2009-01-09T07:30:00.001-06:00

We all have such a love of freedom innately that this makes us smile.
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama

Getting What You Want???????

2009-01-05T08:03:00.001-06:00

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck." Dalai Lama

We often are wanting just a piece of a whole picture of the good that can be ours.
Request - and let go - Spirit sees broader. Merrily

Look for the Lesson

2009-01-04T06:53:00.001-06:00

"When you lose, don't lose the lesson." Dalai Lama

Put the hammer down - quit hitting yourself over the head when the event seems lost. There's always a lesson - search it out. Merrily

Moments in Time

2009-01-03T19:13:00.001-06:00

"We do not remember days... We remember moments" - Cesare Pavese

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

Mother Teresa #6

2009-01-01T16:55:00.001-06:00

"In the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and other people anyway."

The way our responses from other people come, we forget that it the Universe helping us through another lesson.

Mother Teresa #5

2008-12-31T08:18:00.001-06:00

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

Mother Teresa #4 - Doing Good

2008-12-29T21:36:00.001-06:00

The good you do today, People will often forget tomorrow, Do good anyway.

There is spiritual value in doing good for the energy it sends out - it puts the Universe in debt to you.

Life - from George Bernard Shaw

2008-12-28T10:53:00.001-06:00

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

   Usually what snuffs out our lit candles are not the obstacles of the day but views of our past or future.
   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.
   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.
                       Let's keep our candles lit, My Friends, Merrily

The Value of Tenderness & Kindness

2008-12-27T11:20:00.000-06:00

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution. Kahlil Gibran

Today - as always - is a good day.

2008-12-25T13:30:00.000-06:00

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

Mother Teresa #3

2008-12-24T22:30:00.001-06:00

"If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives - be kind anyway."
It's your energy that you are sending - it's stronger than theirs.

Mother Teresa - #2

2008-12-24T03:20:00.001-06:00

"People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered - forgive them anyway."

We never really know what soul expression they are following.

God - Shine

2008-12-22T19:36:00.001-06:00

Florence Nightingale had as the foundation of her life this idea: “God is in all things, and all things in God, the Eternal shining through the accidents of space and time.”

If such an idea was a person’s divine center and central mission, what kind of life would be possible? How would life be lived if God was known to be in all things and all things in God? If the Eternal shined through the events of our lives and the world, would it change the way we live? Our lives are changed when a simple truth is at the center. What is your simple truth?

Rev. Jim Rosemergy,
Unity Church of Ft. Meyers, FL

Mother Teresa

2008-12-21T14:10:00.001-06:00

"People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered - forgive them anyway."

Her soul-searching has led her to believe that by clearing the energy of whatever misdirection was expressed, we clear our world with this immature energy. Not easy - just important. Merrily

Planning on Happiness

2008-12-20T17:48:00.001-06:00

"Happiness is something you plan on ahead of time." 94 yr. old woman viewing her new room at a nursing home. Anon.

Being happy no matter what always lifts the spirits.

Not Pushing the River

2008-12-17T10:49:00.001-06:00

True goodness is like water in that it blesses everything and harms nothing. Like water, true goodness seeks the lowest places, even those levels which others avoid. Urantia

Problems = Gifts

2008-12-16T08:07:00.001-06:00

"There is no such thing as a problem without a gift - you seek problems because you need their gifts."
Richard Bach, author of "Illusions"

A Global Philosophy

2008-12-16T08:04:00.001-06:00

My God is Love
   My Race is Human
      My Religion is Oneness

                    Rev. Jim Rosemergy, Unity of Ft. Meyers, FL

A Bitches' Blessing

2008-12-15T14:46:00.001-06:00

Rather than cringe when this is hurled at us women - see it as this blessing to our efforts:
A Babe in Total Control of Herself!!! Bask in it.

The Value of I Am

2008-12-15T00:18:00.001-06:00

Everyone is subject to losing the delicate thread of I Am which is the only truth about identity, the lnly fact of the self that belongs to each of us without falsity, Deepak Chopra

Death is Necessary

2008-12-14T09:04:00.001-06:00

Without death we can't have a resurrection. D L Hughley

The Value of I Am

2008-12-13T15:44:00.001-06:00

Everyone is subject to losing the delicate thread of I Am which is the only truth about identity, the lnly fact of the self that belongs to each of us without falsity, Deepak Chopra

Rudeness - Weakness

2008-12-11T11:20:00.001-06:00

"Rudeness is a weak man's definition of strength." Eric Hoffer

Love Just Keeps Getting Stronger

2008-12-10T21:47:00.000-06:00

Even when we're most sure that love can't conquer all, it seems to anyway. Anne Lamott

Love is the outworking of the divine and inner urge of life. It is founded on understanding, nurtured by unselfish service, and perfected in wisdom. Urantia

The day comes when the risk it takes to remain tight in a bud is more painful than the risk it takes to blossom. Anaias Nin

Gain Power

2008-12-10T02:03:00.001-06:00

"There is no power in the future. Power flows from the moment." Rev.Jim Rosemergy, Ft. Meyers, FL

Maya Angelou Says:

2008-12-08T14:54:00.001-06:00

"People will forget what you said - or did, but never forget howyou made them feel."

Kindness Penetrates

2008-12-07T23:10:00.001-06:00

Kindness is the language which
the deaf can hear and the blind
can see.

Mark
Twain

Have a World-Wide View

2008-12-07T15:31:00.001-06:00

""Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Einstein

Imagination Valued by Einstein

2008-12-07T15:29:00.000-06:00

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."

All that we have was once an idea in someone's mind.

Person Inner Light from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

2008-12-07T15:22:00.000-06:00

"People are like stained-glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross is a noted historian of hospice and personal survival experiences.

Simplicity Rules

2008-12-07T08:45:00.001-06:00

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. Einsten

What a great call to simplify all we have and do. Merrily

Culture of Prevention

2008-12-04T09:18:00.001-06:00

Dr. Sanjay Gupta on American Morning said this today - the medical community needs to focus more on prevention rather than wait till the symptoms become obvious.
And the holistic, alternative, complimentary community says, "Amen."

If You Build It ...

2008-12-01T13:30:00.001-06:00

"Show the Father that you are willing to do your best and He will keep increasing your ability and will place you where you will be blessed and where your work will bless others."
Myrtle Fillmore, co-founder of Unity

Kevin Costner liked to highlight this in the movie, "The Field of Dreams."

Only one?....

2008-11-28T19:45:00.001-06:00

Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day.
~Robert Caspar Lintner.

Hearts Desire...

2008-11-28T06:42:00.001-06:00

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 heart's longing."
~Oriah Mountain Dreamer.

Never, never, never

2008-11-25T13:47:00.001-06:00

"Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left."

Itzhak Perlman - after breaking a string on his violin on stage - requiring changing the whole configuration of the piece - and continuing with the classic performance.

"Never, never, never, never, never, never give up." Winston Churchill

Imagination - Life's Coming Attractions

2008-11-21T14:33:00.001-06:00

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. It is

the preview of life's coming attractions." ~ Einstein

Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, states that the faculty of imagination is seated in the center of our forehead. Many Eastern traditions would call that the "third eye," - also indicating the flow of ideas comes into that part of our being. Intuitive flashes also seem to come in this place. Many inventors attest to this intuitive flow for their designs, processes and products.

Again, Einstein had it right.

Imagination - Life's Coming Attractions

2008-11-20T17:00:00.001-06:00

Rolling Along with Merrily - Blog #7

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. It is

the preview of life's coming attractions." ~ Einstein

Charles Fillmore, co-founder of Unity, states that the faculty of imagination is seated in the center of our forehead. Many Eastern traditions would call that the "third eye," - also indicating the flow of ideas comes into that part of our being. Intuitive flashes also seem to come in this place. Many inventors attest to this intuitive flow for their designs, processes and products.

Again, Einstein had it right.

Hurry -Worry Not

2008-11-20T14:56:00.000-06:00

"Hurry and Worry both come from an ego-state of mind." Charles Roth, Unity Minister, Indianapolis IN.

   When I hurry I'm really saying, "I'm so important that my presence will disrupt the whole thing." Maybe it will - then we need to trust that order will prevail.

   My focus on a wrong outcome for someone or something lends a hold-back energy - sometimes call negative prayer. Tom Moore, author of "The Gentle Way," suggests we view these upcoming situations as having "Benevolent Outcomes," inspiring many of us to quickly say, "MBO," - Many Benevolent Outcomes, as we go our ways.

    This is a charming way to more through our days,
    MBO to you, my Friend

The Brave

2008-11-20T11:16:00.000-06:00

The brave only know how to forgive - it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.

~ Lawrence Sterne