Spiritually Speaking's Daily Guide for August 23, 2006

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In This Issue:

1.. The Daily Motivator

2.. Chopra Daily Inspiration

3.. Enlightening Thought for Today

4.. Lesson for Today

5.. The Meditation Tip of The Day

6.. World Prayer

7.. Seeds for the Garden of Your Mind

8.. The Daily Yak

9.. The Daily Zen

10.. Chicken Soup Daily Serving

11.. Elders Meditation for Today

12.. Today's Moon Phase

13.. Today's Skywatch

14.. Your private, random Totally Unique Thought from the Universe...

15.. Daily Horoscopes

 

 

 

The Daily Motivator

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Thoughts into life

 

T he person that you are acts steadily and powerfully in accordance with your

most genuine thoughts. When you think it, there is a part of you that

immediately begins to make it real.

You are the willing and dedicated servant of your thoughts. The thoughts you

hold most often and most prominently set the agenda for the reality of your

life.

 

As each day goes by, you draw from life what you think into it. In the large

efforts and in the small moments, your thoughts point in a direction that your

life dutifully follows.

 

When you truly convince yourself that something must be done, it gets done.

Similarly, when you decide that something is impossible for you, it's not going

to happen.

 

Thoughts control and direct the miraculous, dynamic energy that is your life.

And in each moment, in each situation, in response to each challenge, you can

choose the thoughts that serve you best.

 

It is an awesome and powerful choice you have when you select which thoughts to

think. And from that choice reliably, relentlessly, flows the experience of your

life.

 

-- Ralph Marston

 

http://greatday.com

 

 

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Chopra Daily Inspiration

 

" We shall not cease from exploration - And the end of all our exploring - Will

be to arrive where we started - And know the place for the first time. "

 

- T. S. Eliot

 

 

http://www.chopra.com/

 

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Enlightening Thought for Today

I am in the Flow today. I am one with the river, with the willows in the wind,

with the dolphins in the sea.

- Wendy H. Chapman

http://www.metagifted.org/

 

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Lesson for Today

EXPECTATIONS RUIN EXPERIENCES

 

Expectations ruin experience because they place a demand on the situation

to meet our needs. However, there is a good chance that our needs will not be

met even if the situation lives up to our plan (our picture of how it should

be). Our plan is a way of ritually killing all the inspiration of the event.

Expectations are different from goals, which are good to have because they

invite us forward and are much more productive and successful. If we miss the

deadline or goal, we simply re-set it, which facilitates moving forward. If we

miss an expectation, we beat ourself up and make ourself feel bad, which does

not facilitate moving forward.

 

Today, be aware of your expectations. Willingly let go of how you think it

should be, so you can be taught by the Universe about what is the best way for

you. Trust that, at the very deepest level, everything works out for the best

for your healing and growth. If you are willing to let an experience be anything

that it is and make full contact in any situation, you will have a much greater

chance for happiness. If you have an event coming up where you might have

expectations, imagine the event as a city at the end of a beautiful, emerald

river. See yourself getting into a little boat and launching it into this gentle

river. As the boat moves out into the current, just relax and watch the scenery

go by. The river itself carries you toward the city, your goal, and it feels so

easy. There is no effort necessary. As your goal calls you, there is nothing to

do - just relax and enjoy.

 

 

 

http://www.gaia-mind.com

 

 

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Deeshan: The Meditation Tip of The Day

 

 

.... for the sheer Joy of sharing Wisdom ...

 

Tuesday 22 August 2006

 

The Meditation Tip is going on a break... back in September!

Love to you all.

 

It is not necessary to meditate in the name of Jesus,

of Buddha or anyone.

It is just enough to meditate.

To meditate.

 

Yehudi Menuhin

 

 

 

 

http://www.deeshan.com/

 

 

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World Prayer

 

The objective of this website is to gather the great prayers written by the

spiritual visionaries of our planet into an online database representing all

life affirming traditions. Many of these prayers have been used for hundreds if

not thousands of years. Others are from spiritual contemporaries in today's

intricate global fabric. Though these sacred verses arise from divergent paths,

voices, languages, cultures and heritages, they all carry within them the same

burning flame - the same impassioned love for life and the divine mysteries.

 

 

 

 

Write it on your heart

that every day is the best day in the year.

He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day

who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

 

Finish every day and be done with it.

You have done what you could.

Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.

Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;

begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit

to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

 

This new day is too dear,

with its hopes and invitations,

to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

 

ralph waldo emerson

 

 

http://www.worldprayers.org/

 

 

 

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Seeds for the Garden of Your Mind

 

 

 

 

 

August 23

 

 

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:

 

 

 

" God doesn't create the details of my life. "

 

 

 

" Most people believe that God know us intimately. We've probably always liked

the idea that God was in charge of every tiny detail of our lives. It meant that

we weren't alone and that our lives were unfolding as specified. Coming to

believe that God is unaware of " this world " make us feel extremely vulnerable,

abandoned. However, the rest of the " message " is that the Holy Spirit does know

us. It guides us, comforts us, assures our peace, offers us a new vision of

every circumstance. It was given to us a gift from God.

 

 

 

We have not been forgotten. We can count on guidance every bit as holy as though

is were voiced by God. While it's true that each of us is responsible for the

details of our unfolding lives, we don't have to solve any problem alone. In

fact, if we dare to try, we'll be relying on the ego and the situation can only

become stickier. It's good that we have stuck around this Course long enough to

get more complete information. Our lives can be much calmer and more joyful now

than any set of beliefs made them in the past. "

 

 

 

" I am not disturbed realizing God isn't in charge of me today.

 

The Holy Spirit's presence meets my every need. "

 

 

 

Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: " We heal through

noticing, and prayer. Awareness alone does not heal us. "

 

 

 

Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: " Today I will not rank the activities I

engage in. Almost any activity is inherently interesting. I can stick with my

predetermined attitude about large gatherings, uninvited house guests, answering

snail mail, waiting in line at the DMV, and a hundred other circumstances I have

decided I don't like, or I can accept the situation I am in and look for ways to

enjoy it. The only thing I have to lose is my self-righteousness. "

 

 

 

Wayne Dyer: " When you affirm that things might not work out, that your

troubles continue to mount, that your problems are insoluble, that God has not

been listening, or that you are powerless in the face of so many struggles, you

are affirming doubt rather than faith. "

 

 

 

Paul Ferrini: " Your essence is unbroken, whole, dynamic and

creative. It but awaits your trust. "

 

 

 

Unity's Daily Word:

 

 

 

" I listen to my inner voice and

 

follow the infinite guidance of God. "

 

 

 

" I quiet my thoughts and take time to become aware of God's loving presence.

There is nothing too trivial to take to God when asking for guidance. There is

nothing too overwhelming to place in God's care. I rest in the assurance that

the power of God is at work in that situation. "

 

 

 

" I listen to the inner voice of infinite wisdom that is revealed to me in a

silent language of the soul. Divine wisdom illumines the way before me. God is

my constant companion and guide no matter where I am and no matter what the

circumstances may be. Attuned to God, I grow in wisdom and in love. "

 

 

 

" This inner voice is divine guidance that leads me in reaching out to others.

The light of God within me may be a beacon of spiritual understanding to them as

well. "

 

 

 

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 235

 

 

 

" God in His mercy wills that I be saved. "

 

 

 

Namaste - Ron

 

A Scattering Of Seeds

Buddha: " On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of

companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest

property. "

 

Stephen Corey: " To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on

holy ground. "

 

Wendell Phillips: " One on God's side is a majority. "

 

Dr. Julia Boyd: " Your scars are evidence that you have healed. "

 

Namaste - Ron

Ron Rasmussen <rrasmussen01

 

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The Daily Yak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thinker, the one who is watching, the one who acts, is the past, with all

the inheritance of man, genetically, biologically -- the traditions, the habits

and all accumulated knowledge. After all, the past is knowledge, and the thinker

is not separate from the past. Thought has created the past, thought is the

past; then thought divides the thinker and the thought, which the thinker must

shape, control. But that is a fallacy; there is only thought. The self is the

'me', the past. Imagination may project the future but it is still the activity

of thought.

 

~J. Krishnamurti

 

http://www.yakrider.com

 

 

 

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The Daily Zen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.dailyzen.com/

 

 

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Chicken Soup Daily Serving

 

 

 

 

 

Angel to the Bone

By Lori Shaw-Cohen

 

 

When I met Cindy, she seemed like any one of us women dropping our children

off at school: thirty-something, a wife and a mother of two with a minivan, a

dog, a house in the suburbs - a middle-class woman living a middle-class life.

But things aren't always the way they seem.

Shortly after I met Cindy I found out she had leukemia. Her appearance

gave no hint, nor did her attitude reflect it. If it weren't for the fact that

she was listed with the National Bone Marrow Registry, I wouldn't have believed

it.

While days for the rest of us passed with relative normalcy - kids with

stuffy noses, trips to the vet, grocery and dry cleaners - Cindy continued with

business as usual too - except that her young life was slipping away as each day

passed without word of a donor match. She went to the market, drove carpool,

baked cookies for her youngest daughter's preschool and cheered as she watched

her seven-year-old daughter perform gymnastics. She even went on daily,

one-hour power walks with her friends, met us gals for the occasional lunch and

managed to laugh during our many silly get-togethers. When I think back on it

now, I marvel at her strength. Cindy set an example for all of us.

The only time I can remember her broaching the subject of her illness is

when one of her young daughters asked Cindy if she was really dying, or whether

it was just a bad dream.

Those were the hardest days, when she thought about her children. She was

a mother and wife first, and a cancer patient a distant second.

Overcoming the odds was Cindy's specialty: one match out of 20,000 possible

donors was located in a few months. The donor had passed the initial screening

and follow-up tests; all systems were go. Cindy's husband could breathe again,

her children had fewer nightmares and her family and friends rejoiced.

But this was real life, not a medical television drama.

After seven months of indecision, the donor backed out. It was as simple

and as devastating as that. (The names of all donors are confidential until a

year after the transplant.)

The agonizing awareness of the odds in finding another matching donor was

almost too much to bear. As much as Cindy tried to hide it, the strain was

beginning to show in her beautiful eyes. Her laugh, when it came, was no longer

as easy or as deep. Days now seemed like weeks, and we all knew that time was

the enemy, and the enemy was closing in.

Lightning rarely strikes twice in the same spot, but in Woodland Hills,

California, one winter afternoon, a second miracle appeared in the form of a

telephone call. Another donor had been found. And because of what had happened

the first time, the registry had waited to make sure this donor was committed.

Most angels are easily identifiable, given away by their gossamer wings and

opaque halos. But sometimes they live here on Earth - even disguised as a

twenty-eight-year-old married mother of a two-year-old daughter from New

Hampshire. Although Cindy didn't know anything about her donor - her angel -

she received a note as she waited in her hospital room for the gift of bone

marrow from this perfect stranger.

It said simply:

" I know this marrow will help you. My mother will be watching over you, Patty. "

Patty was released the next day after the bone marrow aspiration. Cindy

had a six-week hospital stay. After a fever and an additional week in the

hospital to remedy that, as well as some drug modifications, the first year of

Cindy's recovery went well. The doctors explained that the biggest hurdle was

the first hundred days; after that, if the disease stayed in remission for one

year, the prognosis would improve significantly.

At first, her friends handled Cindy like fragile crystal. We networked on

the telephone, confirming with each other that she seemed to be getting

stronger, looking better, acting like herself again. But before long, as we

were swept into the business of our own daily lives, Cindy's illness faded into

history.

Then, exactly one year to the day after Cindy's transplant, that harbinger

of life-altering news - the telephone - rang again. Cindy's husband answered

the call and handed her the phone.

" It's your sister, " he said.

When Cindy put the receiver to her ear, the voice on the other end was not

familiar to her. " This isn't my sister, " Cindy mouthed to Hal.

" Oh yes it is, " insisted her husband, his voice trembling.

Then she realized it was Patty.

Tears ran down Cindy's cheeks; on the other end, Patty was crying, too.

They spent an hour on the phone, swapping information through the telephone

lines back and forth between New Hampshire and California. Cindy learned that

Patty had lost her mother to cancer, and although she couldn't help her mother,

she was determined to help someone else. She had originally registered as a

donor with the City of Hope to help a little boy. She called every two weeks to

inquire about the status of her compatibility with him. Ultimately, she

discovered she was not a match for the boy, but she was for a woman in

California: a wife and mother named Cindy.

Patty had recently given birth to another daughter - but she had waited to

get pregnant until she was able to donate her marrow to someone in need. Cindy

described her battles with the life-threatening disease and how she eventually

emerged victorious due to Patty's generous and loving act. They made plans to

meet the following month.

Cindy and her family flew to Boston, then drove to Portsmouth, New

Hampshire. Patty arrived at their hotel with her tiny daughter. When the door

opened the two women fell into each other's arms like the long-lost sisters they

had now become. Between tears and laughter, these two women, once strangers,

who now shared identical bone marrow, forged a permanent friendship and bond.

Five months later, Patty and her family made the trip to California to meet

Cindy's fam ily and friends, who all wanted a chance to personally thank the

woman who saved Cindy's life. They met at a local restaurant - a modest setting

for the thirty people who gathered to celebrate the kindness of strangers and to

renew their trust in the goodness of people.

When Patty was introduced, some guests raised glasses and some broke out in

applause; others wept openly as they beheld the face of an earthbound angel and

everyday saint.

Every year, on October 14 - the anniversary of Cindy's transplant - Cindy

places a call to Patty and says the same heartfelt words: " Thanks for another

year, angel. " Eight priceless years of memories and cherished time have come

and gone since the paths of these two remarkable women crossed: a story of love,

character and courage. A gift of healing and hope.

 

 

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Elders Meditation for Today

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elder's Meditation of the Day August 23

" They also learned, and perhaps this was the most important thing, how to

look at things through the eyes of the Higher Powers. "

--Fools Crow, LAKOTA

Our eyes can only see our beliefs. Our beliefs cause us to make

assumptions, draw conclusions and cause confusion. Our five senses are very

limiting. The Creator has a way of allowing us to see or know in the spiritual

world. This is called the Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense is like a radar system;

our personal radar system. It will help us " see " opportunities and help us avoid

disaster. This Sixth Sense is controlled by God. We must learn to listen to it.

We must learn to trust it. We must learn to act on it even if our head says

differently. We must learn to look at things through the eyes of God.

 

 

My Creator, guide me today. If my eyes cause confusion, let me close them and

see through Your eyes. If my ears hear confusion, let me listen to my heart. Let

me let You guide me.

 

 

 

http://www.whitebison.org/

 

 

 

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Today's Moon Phase

 

undefined Moon

is Waxing

 

Moon enters undefined

in NaN days, NaN hours, NaNmin.

 

Next full moon: Blood Moon

in -311 days, 19 hours, 23min.

 

-245 days left until Yule

 

 

Moon in

Pisces

 

Sun in

Pisces

 

SIGNE: Mutable Water

PLANET: Neptune

COLOR: Turquoise

KEYWORD: I believe

 

The Moon in Pisces is an extremely psychic time. Emotions are also high

with compassion and feelings reaching their peaks. Listen to your heightened

intuition.

 

 

 

http://www.lunarwitch.com

 

 

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Today's SkyWatch

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 23:

Pull back. The Moon turns V/C at 1:19 A.M. early this morning and will remain

V/C until she enters Virgo at 1:08 P.M. Stick to routine when the Moon is V/C.

Green lights come on big-time as the Moon changes signs and then meets the Sun

in Virgo at 2:10 P.M. and we celebrate a New Moon in the very first degree of

Virgo, suggesting new endeavors which can have a powerful impact in our lives in

the future. Yes, yes, yes. Good news floats through the salt air on the south

Texas coast this evening as it will where you live-a sterling Mercury trine

appears in the heavens tonight. Say what's on your mind.

 

If your birthday is this week (Aug 20-26)

 

Your year ahead astrological movie, your new Solar Return, is just loaded with

kisses and quacks, Leo and Virgo. Kisses include Jupiter trine Uranus = good

energy around cars, computers, astrology, friends and groups. It's a very good

year to make major changes in your life. Saturn is also opposite Neptune in this

new chart. This is instant karma and trouble for cheating or lying, and you will

be tempted in the months ahead. Stick with the truth, Uranus, and you'll be

protected from harm. For singles, Venus in Leo in this new SR suggests a

romantic love affair if you want to be available. Mars in Virgo in this chart

prompts you to start an exercise program and to clean up your diet. Concentrate

on high priority matters in this next year-you can make some great progress. As

times change.

 

http://www.skywatchastrology.com/

 

 

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Your private, random Totally Unique Thought from the Universe... if you believe

in random:

Isn't it a hoot?

Of all the people in all the world who actually " get it " , few, if any,

actually give it to themselves.

 

The trick? Baby steps.

 

Give, just a little, today. Give credit, give praise, give goodies, to

yourself, and the Universe will

give you even more.

 

Selfishness is a virtue, unless you think it must come at the expense of

others. And why would anyone think that? Oh yeah, that's what all the people who

don't get it told you.

 

 

 

http://www.tut.com

 

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Daily Horoscopes

 

 

 

Yesterday Tomorrow

Wednesday, August 23

Today is the first day of a new astrological month as the Sun says goodbye

to mid-summer Leo and enters late summer Virgo. The Moon steps into critical

Virgo at 2:08 pm EDT and then at 3:10 pm EDT, the New Moon marks a turning of

the tide in the lunar cycle. We need to have useful information at our disposal

during this phase, and we aren't willing to accept data unless we believe that

it's truly valid. Astrological wisdom reminds us to focus our intent for the

coming month during the New Moon phase. We must plant seeds now that can be

harvested in a couple of weeks at the next Full Moon.

 

 

Aries Cancer Libra Capricorn

Taurus Leo Scorpio Aquarius

Gemini Virgo Sagittarius Pisces

 

 

Aries It's time for you to concentrate your attention onto all the

little things that you've overlooked. Let's face it: you don't always clean up

as you go and now details left untended will come back to haunt you. It is

easier to make your list and start on it today than it will be in a couple of

weeks when the stakes will be higher.

 

Taurus You may not have such a great flair for creativity now, but

you can be relied on to make things happen on schedule. During the month ahead,

it may feel as if others are purposefully thwarting your activities and it can

feel like you are not in total control. Your best path will be to keep

light-hearted, even playful, but this doesn't mean that you get to be

impractical with your work. Take yourself serious enough so that others do the

same.

 

Gemini Virgo is like a cousin to Gemini, since both signs are in the

family of Mercury. With this New Moon in analytical Virgo, your key planet

Mercury is brought into emphasis. You need to face up to the deeper emotional

issues in your life as you seek to resolve power struggles in your home and

immediate environment. More than ever, now is the time to talk through your

concerns with your partner.

 

Cancer The emphasis of this New Moon in your 3rd House is on the

daily routines and those you interact with on a regular basis. This isn't about

deep and passionate communication; it's about working out schedules, arranging

meetings, getting the kids off to school and returning phone calls. Of course,

these things are always present in your life, but now they will take more time

and attention than is normal. Don't fight it; just keep the calendar

synchronized to the events in your real world.

 

Leo Today's New Moon initiates a phase in your life where finances

take on an increased level of importance. But this is more than just about

paying your bills. Look at all your possessions and make decisions about what is

of value to you and what is not. Ultimately the cash on hand is less important

than how you choose to relate to the material world.

 

Virgo This New Moon in Virgo is yours and it means that you are at

the beginning of a significant emotional cycle. It's time to look back over the

last months and reassess your needs and then think forward a few months. Imagine

how you can get to where you want to be, especially in the emotional realm and

in the physical world. Take action now, while it matters most.

 

Libra You are being presented with situations that seem to be beyond

your control, but in fact may be connected with aspects of your inner self that

need expression. Look deep within your own subconscious to see what your role is

in the obstacles that you are facing, but don't be too hard on yourself. We all

get in our own way from time to time. Now is your chance to shine the light on

your own shadows in order to free yourself from the chains of limitations.

 

Scorpio This New Moon can set into motion deeply rooted conflicts

that play out within your social world. Your values may be brought into question

and it's up to you to confirm what is important in your life. This isn't about

convincing others of your worth; it's really about accepting yourself. If you

discover that what you cherish is changing, accept this as part of your growth

and evolution.

 

Sagittarius Today's New Moon initiates a cycle that requires you to

find a place in your life for the little things that you usually set aside. You

are the champions of the big picture and often have difficulty in keeping up

with the finer points. Now, your career may depend upon your ability to keep

track of the details and to follow through with them. It won't be as difficult

as it sounds if you just make a commitment to yourself.

 

Capricorn This New Moon falls in a fellow earth sign and you are in

your element happily making practical plans. This isn't about trying to pull off

some grandiose scheme. The vision can be bigger than life, but your feet are

planted firmly on the ground and you have the realistic mindset to pull it off.

You'll be able to scale mountains and leap over tall buildings in a single

bound. You may not be Superman, but it may seem that way to others.

 

Aquarius The Virgo New Moon emphasizes the complexity of

relationships in your life. This isn't just about the one-on-one partnerships;

the interrelationship between people who bring particular resources or

capabilities into your network is strongly affected. You have entered a phase

when it will benefit you to pay attention to what others add to your life that

you may not normally think about.

 

Pisces Virgo is opposite Pisces and this Virgo New Moon reflects

light on the closest relationships in your life. It is more difficult at this

time to accept those you love, for you really want them to be their very best.

In a way, you might be expecting them to compensate for your own shortcomings.

Forgiveness is typically one of your strengths. You may now have to forgive

yourself for being human so that others can live up to your expectations.

 

 

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