Category: Spiritual Writings

“The secret for success and inner peace has two components: (1) a mind that is open to everything, and (2) a mind that is attached to nothing. Your attachments are the source of all your problems. The need to be right, to possess someone or something, to win at all costs, to be viewed by others as superior—these are all attachments. The open mind resists these attachments and consequently experiences inner peace and success.

To release attachments, you have to make a shift in how you view yourself. If your primary identification is with your body and your possessions, your ego is the dominant force in your life. If you can tame your ego sufficiently, you’ll call upon your spirit to be the guiding force in your life.

As a spiritual being, you can observe your body and be a compassionate witness to your existence. Your spiritual aspect sees the folly of attachments because your spiritual self is an infinite soul. Nothing can make you happy or successful. These are inner constructs that you bring to your world, rather than what you receive from it.

If you think peaceful thoughts, you’ll feel peaceful emotions, and that’s what you’ll bring to every life situation.”

Wayne Dyer, drwaynedyer.com

“Happiness happens only when you are grounded in this attitude, that the world is just a play.

So try this, and do everything in a very festive way, celebrating, doing an ‘act’ – not a real thing. If you are a husband, play, be a play husband; if you are a wife, be a play wife.

Make it just a game. And there are rules, of course; any game to be played needs rules. Marriage is a rule and divorce is a rule, but don’t be serious about them. They are rules, and one rule begets another. Divorce is bad; because marriage is bad: one rule begets another! But don’t take them seriously, and then look how the quality of your life immediately changes.

Behave with your wife or husband or your children as if you are doing a part in a drama, and see the beauty of it. If you are playing a part you will try to be efficient, but you will not get disturbed. There is no need. You will do the part and go to sleep. But remember, it is a part, and for seven days continuously follow this attitude.

Then happiness can happen to you, and once you know what happiness is you need not move into unhappiness, because it is your choice. You are unhappy because you have chosen a wrong attitude towards life. You can be happy if you choose a right attitude.

To me this is the criterion: the attitude that makes you happy is the right attitude, and there is no objective criterion. The attitude that makes you unhappy and miserable is the wrong attitude. The criterion is subjective; your happiness is the criterion.”

Osho, The Book of Secrets, Talk #37

“How can you let your individuality set the tone for the day and keep your personality from asserting itself, at least temporarily? The Cayce readings recommended a creative habit that can make the difference.  In essence, it’s a prayerful, mindful attitude that invites spiritual guidance.

First thing in the morning, as you’re waking, dedicate one minute to God.  If worries, concerns, or desires try to squeeze themselves into your thoughts, gently but firmly instruct them to wait – no doubt, they’ll get their turn later.

For this first minute of the day, as the transition from sleep to wakefulness is being completed, give your individuality top priority and mindfully reincarnate into physical consciousness.  One way to hold this mindful, prayerful attitude when you first wake is to silently say to yourself, God, what would you have me do today?

Repeat this several times, and it’s fine to adjust the words of this prayer so that they feel right for you,  What’s important is that you say the words with sincerity, that you really mean them.  Feel your openness to being guided and your willingness to live in this open and receptive state that’s attuned to Spirit.  Then, listen for an inner response, an intuitive prompting, an inner knowing about what’s important for the day ahead.”

PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION,  Mark Thurston, PhD, Venture Inward, EdgarCayce.com