Identity : 7 stages of inner Evolution

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Stage One :: I am small and insignificant, stranded on the vast expanse of Nature. I hope I can   survive.

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Stage Two :: I can do more than survive; I can compete and fulfill more of my needs.

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Stage Three :: I am peaceful inside. My inner world is beginning to satisfy me more than outward things.

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Stage Four :: I am self-sufficient. Things may not always go my way, but that doesn't shake me anymore.

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Stage Five :: I have discovered how to manifest my desires from within. My inner world turned out to have power.

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Stage Six :: I am at the center of an immense scheme of Power and intelligence that emanates from God.

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Stage Seven :: I am.

How to Know God, Dr. Deepak Chopra

Flower on a star

' If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers…' 

____ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (The Little Prince)

 

When you feel weighed down by worries and misfortunes, go out at night and look at the starry sky_meditate on how small the earth is, lost in infinite space…

Think how the One who created so many worlds must surely have filled them with creatures more intelligent, more beautiful and more powerful than humans. For when you see these pygmies arguing, squabbling and killing each other, how can you think that the earth – a speck of dust in the immensity of space _ is where the Creator placed his most perfect creatures?

Beneath the stars, you can feel that all the problems that take on such huge proportions in your mind now hardly mean a thing. When you consider that the stars you are watching have existed for billions of years, that the Intelligence that created those worlds is eternal and that you are created in its image, you feel that your spirit also is eternal and that nothing can really trouble you.

____ Omraam Mikhael Ainanhov

Pink Herbal Iced-Tea

Today I have been delightfully surprised when making my usual herbal infusion of the day.

Following the suggestion of a friend, I added the juice of half a lemon and, surprise-surprise, the outcome is...............SO Pink! 

Most probably by the color of 'purple-ruffles' basil leaves.

_____and since it is summertime here in wonderful Cyprus this jar is going straight to the fridge to be iced.

Recipe ::

Clary sage (Salvia officinalis) ....(I have used 2 different native Cyprus kinds of sage)

Purple ruffles ( (Purple Ocimum basilicum)

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)

half a lemon juice

optional* 

3 drops of stevia if you prefer some sweetness

boil water and add the fresh leaves. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.

Add the lemon juice and refrigerate.

:: Note That ::

Sage has the ability to reduce perspiration by as much as 50 percent! So how cool is that during the summer months (?)

:: Always Remember :: 
All things grow stronger with love, so does your immune system.
Time to allow more 'pink' into your life . . .

Enjoy*

The Magic of Words

Learn to speak gently and lovingly, not only to human beings but to animals, flowers, birds, trees and the whole of nature, for this is a divine habit.

He who knows how to utter words that inspire and vivify possesses a magic wand in his mouth, and his words will never be spoken in vain, for at least one of the four elements is always there, ready and waiting to clothe his words in matter.

The materialization may actually occur a long way from he who produced the seed, but you can be sure that it will always occur. Just as seeds are blown away by the wind to fall and take root in distant places, our good words fly from us and produce their magnificent fruits far from our sight.

If you have learned to control your thoughts and feelings, if you have managed to attain an inner state state of harmony, purity and light, your words will produce waves that will have a beneficial effect on the whole of nature.

OMRAAM MIKHAEL AIVANHOV

Heart-Wisdom by Charlie Chaplin

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When I started loving myself

I’ve understood that I’m always and at any given opportunity

in the right place at the right time.

And I’ve understood that all that happens is right –

from then on I could be calm.

Today I know: It’s called TRUST

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When I started to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody

When I try to force my desires on this person,

even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it,

and even though this person was me.

Today I know: It’s called RESPECT

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When I started loving myself

I could recognize that emotional pain and grief

are just warnings for me to not live against my own truth.

Today I know: It’s called AUTHENTICALLY BEING

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When I started loving myself

I have stopped longing for another life

and could see that everything around me was a request to grow.

Today I know: It’s called MATURITY

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When I started loving myself

I’ve stopped depriving myself of my free time

and I’ve stopped sketching further magnificent projects for the future.

Today I only do what’s fun and joy for me,

what I love and what makes my heart laugh,

in my own way and in my tempo.

Today I know: it’s called HONESTY

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When I started loving myself

I’ve escaped from all what wasn’t healthy for me,

from dishes, people, things, situations

and from everyhting pulling me down and away from myself.

In the beginning I called it the “healthy egoism”,

but today I know: it’s called SELF-LOVE

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When I started loving myself

I’ve stopped wanting to be always right

thus I’ve been less wrong.

Today I’ve recognized: it’s called HUMBLENESS.

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When I started loving myself

I’ve refused to live further in the past

and to worry about my future.

Now I live only at this moment where EVERYTHING takes place,

like this I live every day and I call it CONSCIOUSNESS

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When I started loving myself

I recognized, that my thinking

can make me miserable and sick.

When I though requested for my heart forces,

my mind got an important partner.

I call this connection today HEART WISDOM

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We do not need to fear further discussions,

conflicts and problems with ourselves and others

since even stars sometimes bang on each other

and create new worlds.

Today I know: THIS IS THIS LIFE!

Sir Charles Spencer 'Charlie Chaplin' (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977)

(on his 70th birthday)