What is the Soul?

The luminous splendor of the colorless light of emptiness -- your own true self!

You are here to enable the Divine Purpose of the Universe to unfold.

Your get there by realizing that you are there already.  You find God the moment you realize you don't have SEEK God!


Just a few quotations for the book, The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle.

Happiness Part One

Interestingly enough, what people think and say will make them happy, doesn't.



And Abraham Lincoln had it right when he said, "People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."



I have read some books lately about Happiness. One was fiction, the other non-fiction.





The Happiness Code, by Amy Herrick--about a genetically modified baby, born with the "happiness" gene and some of his adventures while just a year old.




I can't remember the title about noticing the happy times and enjoying them and how to look at other events in a more positive way. (the next book I will read will be about improving the memory!)




And the best book about how to include more joy in your life, The Joy Diet by Martha Beck.

Typographical Error or Inspiration?

Happy Thinksgiving.

Maybe there should be a holiday for thinking. Or is that what Sunday is for? Keep holy the Sabbath day. Spend time in prayer or quiet meditation.

Thinking is not so popular these days. As a matter of fact, some teenagers in my class have told me it gives them a headache. I told them the only way to get past that is to think some more and make sure that they think at least 20 minutes per day. It's like exercise. The brain is like a muscle. If you use it, it gets stronger. If not it atrophies.

I actually believe that it may cause them discomfort. If you do nothing but talk on a cell phone, IM your friends, eat junk food, and sleep, I believe it could feel like pain if you read or concentrate for 20 minutes or so.

I can't imagine a world without books. I read voraciously. I often listen to audiobooks, but that's because I'm in the car and can't read a book and drive at the same time.

These are just some of my thoughts about reading and thinking.

Good Vibrations

I'm on the Joy Diet now. I just finished The Joy Diet, by Martha Beck. It's fantastic. It contains her coaching program, not a food diet, but a recipe for living life more joyfully. I think it's a great approach.

I think I have found the most upbeat song in the world. It’s great to listen to on Monday mornings. I have been listening to Good Vibrations on Jaquee’s website, www.jaqueedee63.com/goodvibrations.html. It is so positive. And since I am doing a presentation on Verbal Impact and the vibrations of words, I’d really like to end the presentation on a positive note, by playing a few minutes of this song. What do you think? Is it the most positive or do you have a better suggestion? I want to guarantee that everyone leaves feeling happy!

I used to use Here comes the Sun by the Beatles and Walking on Sunshine by the Pointer Sisters and more recently, Cheryl Crow’s Soak up the Sun, to boost my mood. I think I'm going to play Good Vibrations every Monday morning and see how that works.