Saturday, October 31, 2009
Letting Go of Negative Emotions
learn how to release negative energy and emotions
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Raise Self Esteem (quick, easy and effective) part2
Watch the Raise self esteem (quick, easy and effective) - Part 1
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Raise self esteem (quick, easy and effective)
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
In Every Breath
if you're the center
of your own desires
you'll lose the grace
of your beloved
but if in every breath
you blow away
your self claim
the ecstasy of love
will soon arrive
in every breath
if you're the center
of your own thoughts
the sadness of autumn
will fall on you
but if in every breath
you strip naked
just like a winter
the joy of spring
will grow from within
all your impatience
comes from the push
for gain of patience
let go of the effort
and peace will arrive
all your unfulfilled desires
are from your greed
for gain of fulfillments
let go of them all
and they will be sent as gifts
fall in love with
the agony of love
not the ecstasy
then the beloved
will fall in love with you
Rumi -- Ghazal (Ode) 323
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
What is Real Love - A Sufi Perspective
Vancouver Canada April 2005 - Shaykh Hisham Kabbani speaks at an interfaith event about the reality of human beings, the meaning of real love, tolerance, acceptance and the human potential.
Some notes on Sufism.
Sufism, which is sometimes known as the Way of the Heart, is the spiritual path that exists in Islam. Sufism teaches humankind how to rise above our lower selves, by purifying our hearts from bad manners and characteristics.
Sufism recognizes and nurtures the spiritual nature of human beings.
Sufism as a path is an art, a science, a practice. It's mystical and practical. It's the path to knowing God by knowing ourselves.
Sufism is the path ot seeking the pleasure of God, learning to love and be at peace with one's self, to be in harmony with all Allah's creations and to be dressed with the beautiful attributes of Prophets and Saints.
Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani once said:
"Liberate yourself from the fetters of the Ego and surrender yourself before God.
Let the Lord be your shepherd, allow Him to attend to all your cares
And do not allow temptations to entice you.
Aspirations of this world are the cause of all concern.
Aspire to God and obtain freedom."
-Here is from Rumi, "The Life and Thought of Rumi"
Do not regard yourself as infamous or weak.
Reflect upon your aspirations, O noble one.
No matter what your station be,
keep searching.
For this pursuit is a blessed course.
This quest removes all impediments to God.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Monday, October 26, 2009
Choices - Inspiration and motivation
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Last Breath
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Saturday, October 24, 2009
The Law of Acceptance
The Law of Acceptance is best illustrated by an old Sufi story about a farmer and his son.
One day the farmer went out to feed his animals, only to find his only beloved horse lying on the ground, dead. Soon the whole village learned of the news, and came by his house to express their dismay. They said, "We've heard of the awful news! It is terrible that you lost your only horse!" The farmer replied, "Maybe."
The next week, while the farmer was working the land, his son runs to tell him that he just captured a herd of wild horses. Again the villagers hear of the farmers news, and stop by saying, "You are so lucky! You have been blessed with an entire herd of horses!" Again, the farmer's only reply was "Maybe." A few days later, while trying to tame the horses, the farmer's son was thrown to the ground and his leg was broken. When one of the villagers heard of the accident, he stopped by to say, "What poor luck you are having, I am terribly sorry." The farmer's reply once again was, "Maybe."
Weeks go by, and the farmer's son is still lame. The emperor sends out his messengers to round up all the able-bodied boys in the nearby villages to fight a local battle. When the messengers arrive at the farmer's house, they see that the farmer's son is injured so they pass him by. A few weeks later, the neighbors, who lost their sons in the battle, again come by the farmer's home and say, "You are so lucky to have your son home with you." Again the farmer replies, "Maybe."
The Law of Acceptance teaches us that our lives are always evolving. And what may appear to be a tragedy, may be the perfect conduit for our dreams to be fulfilled. The Chinese symbol of crisis, is also the same symbol used for opportunity. In the midst of difficult times, wonderful outcomes often (and usually) surface. The Law of Acceptance ultimately means trust. We must trust that our lives are evolving. Trusting can be difficult when we are in the throes of pain, but it is exactly the solution for our evolution - surrender.
Acceptance is the opposite of resistance. Anger, sadness, disappointment, shame, guilt, envy, and resentment are all human emotions that we all feel from time to time. However, at the root of each of these is resistance to what is.
It would be good four us to practise daily affirmation by saying : I surrender, trust and accept that all things are working together for my highest good.
From the surah Al-Hadid, Allah s.w.t said:
No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded in a decree before We bring it into existence: That is truly easy for Allah. In order that ye may not despair over matters that pass you by, nor exult over favours bestowed upon you. For Allah loveth not any vainglorious boaster,- 57:22-23 - Yusuf Ali Translation:
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Friday, October 23, 2009
Dale Carnegie - inspirational words of wisdom
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Learn to Die while you're alive
A story by the Poet Rumi about why we need to learn to die while we are alive.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Laws of Attraction (Part 2)
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Laws of Attraction (Part 1)
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Monday, October 19, 2009
An Inspirational Video - The Law Of Attraction
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Dr Wayne Dyer - The Matrix of Life
All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. The mind is the matrix of all matter.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Saturday, October 17, 2009
He's the One
He’s the one sitting next to you,
in the bus you ride everyday to work.
He’s the one selling drinks at the junction,
the one you won’t even bother to look at.
He’s the one in sky-priced suits,
the man your boss once had lunch with.
He could be the one asking to shine your shoes for a coin.
He could be the one driving mercedes in his armani.
He could be anyone you see once in your life.
You look but you don’t really see.
By all means: Did you really search?
What do you look for :
Path to God, or just beard, turban, and robes?
Neither turbans nor robes,
he doesn’t even have to ‘look right’ for you :
no bride dress up but to her Lover’s liking.
God’s highest nobles are kept unseen in ordinariness.
Why tell you who he is,
or when, or where,
we’re not even worth to be told:
what have we done,
to think we deserve such honor?
The messenger for your soul.
The one can lead you to the path,
understands every single secret from the life of yours,
answers every single question you need to ask.
He’s the slave to one God,
serves only to one master.
Slaves won’t come,
no matter how loud you shout:
they can only be met
by permission from the master.
By all means: did you really ask?
‘By all means.’
Did you?
“And they say: Why does this messenger eat food,
and walk abouts in the markets?
Why is not an angel sent down to him,
to be a warner with him?” *
(By Herry Mardian - 2006)
Image from here
* Q. S. [25] Al-Furqaan : 7, “Dan mereka berkata: ‘Mengapa rasul ini memakan makanan dan berjalan di pasar-pasar (seperti kita) ? Mengapa tidak diturunkan padanya malaikat agar malaikat itu memberikan peringatan bersama-sama dengan dia?’”
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Friday, October 16, 2009
Inspirational & Motivational Message
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Unconditional Love - The Simple Question
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Come on my sweetheart
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Sunday, October 11, 2009
The Secret and Living Life
A gift from the Secret dedicated to someone very special. The secret to you. Today is the begining of my new life. I am starting over today. All good things are coming to me today. i am grateful to be alive. I see beauty all around me. I live with passion and purpose. I take time to laugh and play every day. I am awake, energized and alive. I focus on all the good things in my life. And give thanks for them. I am at peace and one with everything. I feel the love, the joy, the abundance. I am free to be myself. I am magnificence in human form. I am grateful to be.....Me. Today is the best day of my life.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Forgiveness - The Wisdom of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The Impossible Dream
This brief video tells a familiar story, but pay particular attention to what happened — and FAST! — AFTER the old belief was shown to be completely wrong.
"[B]elief is all important ... and as your beliefs will be shaped to a very great extent by the things you observe and think about, it is important that you should carefully govern to what you give your attention.
"And here the will comes into use, for it is by your will that you determine upon what things your attention shall be fixed."
Those words from The Science of Getting Rich remind us that as long as we continue to let the images, words, beliefs propounded by others have top place in our thoughts, we'll continue to get the RESULTS of those beliefs, those habitual thoughts.
Or we can choose to hold a different "clear mental image" and learn to gently shift our attention away from more of what we do NOT want and toward more of what we DO desire to be, do, or have. Every moment offers a new opportunity to choose differently.
Watch yourself the actual races event recorded in 1954.
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness
comes as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice.
meet them at the door laughing and invite them in.
Be grateful for whatever comes.
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
(Jalaluddin Rumi, translation by Coleman Barks)
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Gentle and Forgotten Art of Blessings
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
The Grace of Unconditional Love
In this message, Harold W. Becker shares that it is usually during times where we face the greatest challenges in life that we also create the most beautiful opportunities. These are the moments where we often initially feel the intense sense of helplessness or hopelessness, fear and doubt. Yet, when we are fortunate to be aware of the present now moment, remember to take a deep breath, release our attachment to the challenge and the outcome, and allow unconditional love as our perspective we experience grace.
Glenn Clark
Monday, October 5, 2009
Internal Power: Seven Doorways to Self Discovery
In this overview from the book by Harold W. Becker, Internal Power, Seven Doorways to Self Discovery, we find ourselves in a Grand Hallway with seven doorways representing our potential. Each doorway leads us into greater insight, understanding and personal awareness. The hallway represents our inner selves while the doorways help us recognize our journey to inner peace and freedom.
The first doorway, Choice, is the foundation of our journey of self discovery. Here we also realize the power of intent and responsibility in relationship to our choices.
In doorway two, we encounter the various ways we Communicate, both within and externally. Auditory, visual or kinesthetic along with our internal and external dialogue all point to the types of thoughts we entertain.
Positive Thinking is doorway three and here we find the road to happiness and joy in acknowledging the positive aspects of our lives.
Doorway four opens us up to the world of our Creativity. By accepting our creative nature through our thoughts, we restore the fullness of our ability to consciously create in everything we do.
Doorway five brings us to the important understanding of our innate Masculine and Feminine energies. Perhaps one of the most potent of our attributes is to embrace and balance the imagination, the feminine energy, with that of our masculine energy of willpower. This goes beyond our gender identification and when in balance, we become more whole and complete.
Doorway six leads us to the most incredible and fulfilling relationship of our Child Within. We can learn to bring this vibrant and dynamic energy back into our present moment as a spontaneous and joyful expression.
This brings us to the final doorway of Unconditional Love. The culmination of our life journey, here we release our attachments to fear and doubt and accept the natural flow of love that is always present. Our Internal Power is greatest when we realize unconditional love for ourselves and all life.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Dont go to sleep this night by Rumi
don't go to sleep
this night
one night is worth
a hundred thousand souls
the night is generous
it can give you
a gift of the full moon
it can bless your soul
with endless treasure
every night when you feel
the world is unjust
never ending grace
descends from the sky
to soothe your souls
the night is not crowded like the day
the night is filled with eternal love
take this night
tight in your arms
as you hold a sweetheart
remember the water of life
is in the dark caverns
don't be like a big fish
stopping the life's flow
by standing in the mouth of a creek
during a night
the blessed prophet
broke all the idols and
God remained alone
to give equally to all
an endless love
Translated by Nader Khalili
Rumi, Fountain of Fire
Cal-Earth, September 1994
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears - Glenn Clark
Friday, October 2, 2009
Escaping the Matrix
Escaping the Matrix is a metaphor for the mystic path to enlightenment.
Are your ready to escape the Matrix?
About the Author
Edwin Harkness Spina is an award-winning author, speaker and mystic. His first book, Mystic Warrior, won the Independent Publisher Book Award for Visionary Fiction and a Nautilus Silver Book Award for Fiction. Ed is also a contributing author, along with Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Joe Vitale and others, to the bestseller, 101 Great Ways to Improve Your LifeClick here to view Harun Yahya comment on the above film http://www.harunyahya.com/matrix.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/matrix02.php
Hold the Light
HOLD THE LIGHT
© 1968 Sommersongs / BMI
And I've seen where I'd like to be
It's a place where your mind is free
If you've seen it, better keep it, don't let go
Hold the Light, it's so bright
I can't describe it but it's right
And easy to find it, Hold the Light.
And I know what I want to do
I can try to enlighten you
If you've seen it, better keep it, don't let go
Hold the Light, it's inside
And will be there day or night
We can be somewhere, Hold the Light.
It's so hard to hold on, but you can if you try
Don't be mislead by what you've been brought up to do
It's for the better in you, and will be there day or night
We can be somewhere, Hold the Light.
And I've touched what I want to reach
And it's things I would like to teach
If you've seen it, better keep it, don't let go
Hold the Light, it's inside, and will be there day or night
We can be somewhere, Hold the Light
And will be there, Hold the Light
We can be somewhere, Hold the Light
And will be there day or night
We can be somewhere, Hold the Light.
You can watch the video here.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Laskar Pelangi
Sebuah kisah keajaiban masa kecil 11 anggota Laskar Pelangi yang luar biasa dan menghiburkan. Pengembaraan anak-anak Melayu Belitong yang menyentuh dan sukar dilupakan. Kecintaan terhadap pendidikan, keunggulan nilai persahabatan dalam menempuh kesukaran hidup dan kemurnian prinsip menghiasi perjalanan Laskar Pelangi. Novel ini dipersembahkan untuk mereka yang meyakini the magic of childhood memories, dan untuk mereka yang masih percaya akan adanya pintu keajaiban lain untuk mengubah dunia pendidikan.
Pelbagai peristiwa menakjubkan terjadi pada zaman para anggota Laskar Pelangi masih kecil. Sebelas orang anak Melayu Belitong yang luar biasa ini tidak menyerah kalah walau keadaan tidak selalu menyebelahi mereka. Lintang, si miskin cilik yang genius dengan senang hati berbasikal berulang alik sejauh 20 kilometer untuk menuntut ilmu meskipun kadang-kadang hanya sempat menyanyikan lagu Padamu Negeri pada akhir waktu sekolah. Mahar, selain bersekolah dia turut memarut kelapa untuk biaya keluarganya adalah seniman yang imaginatif dan kreatif meskipun dia sering dipersendakan sahabat-sahabatnya. Tetapi dia berjaya mengangkat darjat sekolah Muhammadiyah di kampung mereka. Begitu juga kisah sembilan orang Laskar Pelangi lain yang bersemangat dalam menjalani kehidupan dan berjuang meraih cita-cita.
Novel ini menyelami kejujuran pemikiran, dan indahnya pengembaraan mereka. Anda akan tertawa, menangis dan tersentuh menghayati gelagat mereka. Novel ini dipersembahkan untuk mereka yang meyakini the magic of childhood memories, dan untuk mereka yang masih percaya akan adanya pintu keajaiban lain untuk mengubah dunia pendidikan.
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