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- The Realization That Leads To Genuine Letting Go - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaWe all know exactly what it is like to be certain we have let go of something sorrowful or worrisome, only to find ourselves in a similar sad situation moments later. Dropping this person and picking up that person doesn't end the loneliness that drives us into dead-end relationships. This ...
Views: 602 - Learn To Step Beyond Your Self (Excerpted from "The Secret of Letting Go") - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaHere is an amazing higher instruction that can help you step beyond yourself: "Walk away from the mental 'how' into the spiritual Now." This secret instruction deserves our close attention. Its real value, like that of a priceless jewel, is best appreciated when seen from every angle. Just as ...
Views: 731 - The Power to Leave Painful Thoughts and Feelings Behind You - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaJust as a storm in the atmosphere of the earth is born of conflicting fronts of different temperatures colliding with one another, so too must there be conflicting forces within us in order to form a mental or emotional storm. Our task is to become conscious of these unseen forces that dwell in ...
Views: 768 - Find Personal Freedom in the Principles of Invisible Justice - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaWe can never hope to be free as long as any part of us struggles with, or suffers over what others are doing, have done, or won't do with their lives. If we could remain aware of the often-compromised state of our own character, that is, how we still do those things to others that we don't want ...
Views: 760 - Three Revelations and Three Bright New Actions That Lead to the Fearless Life - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaWithin each of us lives something Light, Bright, and Timeless that wants to grant us our true wish. And what is this wish? In a word, it is to have a life that is free, uncluttered by self-compromising acts, and full of love. But the secret heart of this wish, upon which all of our other hopes ...
Views: 840 - Using Your Relationships to Realize Real Life - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaThe greatest, most abundant resource on planet Earth is also its least understood and utilized. Its unlimited supply is found virtually everywhere, anytime, and under all circumstances, even though few recognize its real value. What is this most precious collective resource? It is our ...
Views: 930(1 vote) - The Secret of Effortless Happiness - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaHave you ever noticed just how unhappy you can get over the fact you are not happy? Unexamined, this behavior seems to make sense. But a closer look at it will reveal that being unhappy over being unhappy is like throwing gasoline on a fire to put it out. You get lots of fire and smoke -- even a ...
Views: 730 - 20 Insights into the Secret of Letting Go - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaThe secret of letting go not only hold the keys for ending what is unwanted, but locked within this same supreme secret is the beginning of a new life-the birth of a new nature that never has to hold on to anything because it already is everything. Let the following special insights speed you on ...
Views: 759 - The Secret of Perfect Relationships - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaThe less we learn to long for -- or depend upon -- Special understanding from others, The less we will suffer for not receiving this. The less we suffer over what others Seem incapable of giving to us, The less unhappy will we find ourselves In these unanswered moments of our ...
Views: 794 - Sure Steps to a Brighter Life - by Submitted on May 21, 2007 from Chika Shiojima“In the long run, our attitude towards life’s lessons – and the direction our life takes in life – are one and the same; show me someone who resists the Light of Life’s correction in the course of his or her soul, and I will show you someone whose destiny is the darkness of total ...
Views: 743 - How to Win New Spiritual Strength - by Submitted on May 01, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaIf we were to see someone trying to warm himself on a winter's night by snuggling up to a color photo of a fireplace, we would easily recognize this person as being deluded. We know that the glossy paper image which he clings to for life-sustaining heat is powerless to do anything but mock his ...
Views: 690 - Seven Insights into True Silence - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaWe all have within us a vantage point -- a very special part of ourselves within which we may be at peace regardless of what goes on around us. This yet-to-be realized state of ourselves may be called conscious self-awareness. Through its power, instead of being pulled down into painful ...
Views: 874 - Four Ways to Teach the Truths that Transform the World - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2006 from Chika Shiojima(Excerpted from "Let Go and Live in the Now" -- Red Wheel/Weiser, 2004: 850 words) We human beings are born with an indefinable longing to grow beyond ourselves, to penetrate and illuminate the mysterious depths of our own heart. The ideal and pursuit of perfection is literally seeded into our ...
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