Illusions

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions;
reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
- Simone Weil

Tradition is the illusion of permanence.
- the Woody Allen movie Deconstructing Harry

How strange; when an illusion dies,
it's as though you've lost a child.
- Judy Garland

Growing up is best measured in terms of illusions lost.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: All Is Not As It Appears

The Illusion of Knowledge

Practice Keen Awareness

You Cannot Serve Both God and Money

You cannot serve both God and money.
- Jesus (Matthew 6:24)

Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
    may the name of the Lord be praised.
- Job 1:21

Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink;
or about your body, what you will wear.
- Jesus (Matthew 6:25)

Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor.
- Jesus (Mark 10:21)

Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth.
- Jesus (Matthew 6:19)

Today's affirmation:
I say YES to simple living, faith, gratitude, generosity, and service.
I say NO to coveting wealth or lacking compassion.

Further reading: This God Called Money

Why do some "respected Christians" reject Jesus' teachings?

A Simple Life

Gratitude for THIS Moment
    

Thankful for All Blessings

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
- Paulo Coelho

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies;
but let the thankful heart sweep through the day
and, as the magnet finds the iron,
so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
- Henry Ward Beecher

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
- William Blake

A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect;
be open to receiving the bounty of the Universe.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Feeling Blessed

Gratitude for This Food

Release the Struggle

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life

Appreciating Our Blessings
    

Universal Connection

If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet,
you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.
- Alan Watts

We need to find God, and he cannot
be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass-
grows in silence; see the stars,
the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...
We need silence to be able to touch souls.
- Mother Teresa

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery
that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it,
and fills it with noble inclinations.
- Washington Irving

Today's affirmation:
I am a Unique Expression
of the Universal Fabric of Creation.
I celebrate both my uniqueness
and my connection with all that is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Natural Web

Feel Your Connection With the Infinite - a Meditation

Same Breath

Everything is God
    

Seekers of Truth

Keep the company of those who seek the truth;
run from those who have found it.
- Václav Havel

If you would be a real seeker after truth,
it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt,
as far as possible, all things.
- Rene Descartes

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson

Examine, inquire.
Look into the nature of things.
Search out the grounds of your opinions,
the for and against.
Know why you believe, understand what you believe,
and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
- Frances Wright

The presence of those seeking the truth
is infinitely to be preferred
to the presence of those who think they've found it.
- Terry Pratchett

Believe those who are seeking the truth.
Doubt those who find it.
- Andre Gide

Further reading: Be a Seeker

Welcome the Unknown

The Illusion of Knowledge

It's a Wonderful Life