Earthen Spirit

"Change: a deep and sometimes painful realization that the previous you didn't make it but the current you survived"

~ Andrea Balt

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"You can't control what's happening but you can control how you respond"

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"Be careful what you water your dreams with.

Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dreams.

Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success.

Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success.

Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your Dream."

~ Lao Tzu

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"You chose to be who you now are, you came here to thrive, the odds always seem steep, still, the game is rigged in your favor, you knew what you were doing, your demons aren't real, fear was part of the deal, love is all you need, you're never alone, thoughts become things... and you still look absolutely amazing in jeans. Beaming, The Universe"

from Tut, Notes from the Universe. A daily inspiring email, check him out!

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"All you need for taking back your power is to recover your stories" - Barbara Hand Clow - excerpted from "The Pleiadian Agenda; A New Cosmology for the Age of Light"

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"Start from where you are ... The work you're doing becomes your path" Ram Dass

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"REMEMBER To Look up at the Stars Not down at your feet Try to make sense of what you see And wonder About what makes the Universe Exist. Be Curious" - Stephen Hawking

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 "The reason old souls enjoy spending time alone is because they never really are" ~ Tut Notes from the Universe

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"Never apologize for having high standards. People who really want to be in your life will rise up to meet them." ~ Ziad K. Abdelnour, Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

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"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness." ~ Lao Tzu

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 "The Obstacle is the Path" ~Zen Proverb

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"We're in a free-fall into future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It's a very interesting shift of perspective and that's all it is ... joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes." ~Joseph Campbell

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Everything we have learned along the way is not entirely true Hold fast to nothing Except for your own truth Who are you? Why are you here? Who did you come here to be? Do not attach to anything Do not hold on to any one view Rather just be yourself, state your truth, know Be the center of your own universe When you look all around from many angles – what do you see? It is time to return to yourself Return home To the truth only you can touch, hear, feel, taste, BE What is growing inside of you? Fall is the time of harvest, so reap now what you have sown thus far and continue on. I think of it as a noticing of all my leaves, see what they all represent. Sometimes we leave some lay, sometimes we pick up the most colorful ones and continue to enjoy them. Others are not yet ripe, a reconciliation of sorts. Think about the time of rest winter will bring and what seeds you wish to plant again in spring. Fall is a time of change – the trees, leaves, temperatures…a natural falling away occurs. It is a time for crisp noticing! Allow your beautiful colors to drift to the ground as leaves on a tree. Nothing to do but notice and state their truth as they drift down. Even the falling action is oh so beautiful when you take the time to stand still and watch. In the silence of stillness Everything is known. Take some time just for you this fall season to reflect on and appreciate all of the beautiful colors of your tree, unique only to you ... Yotehay Wah! Aho!

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“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” ― Haruki Murakami

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"Travel Light Live Light Spread the Light Be the Light" Yogi Bhajan

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 "You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience". Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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"Doubt everything. Find your own light". Gautama Buddha

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 "You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one" Author Unknown

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 “The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth. The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. This we know. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together and connected like the blood which unites one family”. ― Chief Seattle

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 Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue—to that end we should hear and see more than we speak. Socrates

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 Desires lead to fantasies Fantasies lead to dreams Dreams lead to possibilities Possibilities become realities Realities become the possibility that dreams awaken in fantasies if we only tap into our desires -- and yearn for more... ~Grace Walsh (excerpted from "Divine Arrows")

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 "The best antidote I have found is to yearn for something. As long as you yearn, you can't congeal: there is a forward motion to yearning" ~ Gail Godwin

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"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape – the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show". Andrew Wyeth

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 "Whatever you are gifted with is going to be your greatest challenge" Iyanla VanZant

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 "Everything changes and nothing remains still ... and ... you cannot step twice into the same stream" Heraclitus of Ephesus

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 “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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 “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Aristotle

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 "Make Thou my spirit pure and clear/ As are the frosty skies." Lord Alfred Tennyson

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 "You cannot travel the path until you become the path itself" Buddha

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 "The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy." Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

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“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.” Rainer Maria Rilke

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 Winter by Tommy Makem

WINTER, a sharp bitter day the robin turns plump against the cold the sun is week silver faded from gold he is late in his coming and short in his stay Man, beast, bird and air all purging, all cleansing, earth already purified awaits the rite of spring Her bridal gown a virgin snow and frosts in her hair A snowdrop by the road today bowed gracefully and high upon the wing up in the sparkling nothingness, a lone bird began to sing Can gentle spring be far away?

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 "When you are current, your current is strong" Carol Bridges The Medicine Woman Inner Guidebook

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 "While we practice conscious breathing, our thinking will slow down, and we can give ourselves a real rest. Most of the time, we think too much and mindful breathing helps us to be calm, relaxed and peaceful. It helps us stop thinking so much and stop being possessed by sorrows of the past and worries about the future. It enables us to be in touch with life, which is wonderful in the present moment". THICH NHAT HANH, Peace is Every Step

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 Meditate. Live Purely. Be Quiet. Do your work with Mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds. Shine! Buddha

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 "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." Albert Einstein

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"All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports." Chief Seattle

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