October Soul Biz – 2011

There may be more to learn from climbing the same mountain a hundred times than by climbing a hundred different mountains. -  Richard Nelson   Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -  Harold Whitman   The very purpose of our life is happiness; the very motion of our lives is toward...

September Soul Biz 2011

For John Beckner (1932-2011)   Quotes by John Muir   John Muir (1838 –1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books tell of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Millions have read them. He was the founder of the Sierra Club in which John Beckner was a member. Climb...

August Soul Biz 2011

Dogwood “Pax de Trois” by O.M. Braida© “When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.” Peace Pilgrim – born Mildred Lisette Norman, American Teacher and Spiritual Leader 1908-1981  ~~~~~ “If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.” Peace Pilgrim – born Mildred Lisette Norman, American Teacher and...

It’s All A Matter of the Attention

Everyone knows what attention is. It is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Focalization, concentration of consciousness is of its essence. It implies withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others, and is a condition, which has a real opposite in the confused, dazed, scatterbrained...

June Soul Biz 2011

“Let none deceive another Or despise any being in any state; Let none through anger or ill-will Wish harm upon another; Even as a mother protects with her life Her child, her only child, So with a boundless heart Should one cherish all living beings; Radiating kindness over the entire world, Spreading upwards to the skies, And downwards to the depths, Outwards and unbounded, Freed from hatred and...

May Soul Biz 2011

To copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility. Pablo Picasso ~ ~ When all love of I and mine is done, then the work of the Lord is done. Kabir ~ ~ The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself. Alan...