Morality is painted only in seemingly crisp and clear black and white tones, whereas true ethics reveals many shades of grey in every human situation. Our actions do not exist in a vacuum. Therefore, we must focus our vision on the purpose or intent behind an action, and the complex, many-layered and inter-linked context from which that action arises, if we aim to accurately determine its true ethics and value. The key benefit of such inquiry? True forgiveness of self and others.
- Teachings of David Hawkins
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Humor is the good-natured side of a truth, and must be one of the chief attributes of God. Humor is the great thing, the saving thing after all. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations, and resentments flit away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.
- Mark Twain
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Behold the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket" -- which is but a manner of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention." But the wise man saith, "Put all your eggs in the one basket and WATCH THAT BASKET."
- Mark Twain
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She never gave up on her greatest challenges, and that is her real victory.
- Anonymous
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The fact that you exist means that you're made of God, and that's enough!
- Teachings of David Hawkins
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For every physical action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For every emotional force there is a greater and matching counterforce.
- Anonymous
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When you're chewing your life's gristle, don't grumble -- give a whistle, and this'll help things turn out for the best. If life seems jolly rotten, there's something you've forgotten, and that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing. Just purse your lips and whistle, that's the thing! Always look on the bright side of life!
- Anonymous
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The name ‘GODEO’ (pronounced Go-DAY-oh) literally means “of God” or “of the highest love, power, wisdom and awareness” and the related phrase, “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” is a dedication to this highest aim. Whereas GODEO’s purpose is to strengthen and unite the Holistic Community, the Holistic Community’s highest aim is to strengthen and unite Humanity.
- Spirit of GODEO
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You can succeed if others do not believe in you, but you cannot succeed if you do not believe in yourself.
- Dr. Sidney Newton Bremer
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Walk straight ahead, no matter what.
- Traditional Spiritual Saying
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The majority of challenges in our relationships come about when we forget our goal; when we forget the lessons we have learned in the past; when we live in fear, which in effect creates the very thing we fear; and when we do things that we subconsciously know do not work.
- Iyanla Vanzant
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A man who was being chased by a tiger fell over a cliff but clung to a vine. Just then two mice began to gnaw through the vine as he hung in mid-air. He spotted a wild strawberry and, on impulse, put it in his mouth. DELICIOUS!
- Anonymous
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I have a friend who greets each day by throwing open the window and yelling "GOOD MORNING WORLD!!" It gets him some funny looks but it seems to get his day off to a great start.
- Anonymous
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When you cannot see what is happening, do not stare harder. Relax and look gently with your inner eyes.
- Anonymous
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There are two routes to human physical union. One is through the body, appearance, pheremones, hormones. This is the animal instinct, yet still meets a basic human need. The other is angelic, refined, loving, and ultimately more rewarding, exciting and exquisite. It flows from Spirit, friendship, true love and genuine caring and concern for the needs of the other. Here, "imperfections" come to be seen as perfect expressions of one's unique divine form; Spirit rules over matter.
- Anonymous
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We don't need bombs and guns to bring peace - just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence, and we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world. There is so much suffering, so much hatred, so much misery, and we with our prayer are beginning at home. Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the action that we do.
- Mother Teresa
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All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and endowed with reason and conscience. Everyone is entitled to rights and freedoms without distinction of any kind such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Recognition of the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.
- UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Everyone has duties to the community, through which the free and full development of personality is made possible. Education shall be directed toward the full development of the human personality and the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all national, racial and religious groups for the maintenance of peace.
- UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression, including freedom: a) To hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas; b) Of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change religion or belief; c) Either alone or with others and in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance; d) Of peaceful assembly and association. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
- UN Declaration of Human Rights
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All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help. Keep us on the right path, not the path of those who go astray.
- Anonymous
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The highest aim of healing is the speedy, gentle and permanent restitution of health in the shortest, most reliable and safest manner, according to clearly intelligible reasons.
- Anonymous
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To be fully aware of how you are challenged by a life issue is to be engaged in the noble process of facing or confronting it, rather than avoiding it or unconsciously projecting it onto others.
- Anonymous
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When faced with a challenging life situation, here are four options: The first is to accept it fully, as if you had chosen it, and then see what happens. The second option: From a state of balance or presence, attempt to change it in a way that benefits all concerned. The third: Leave it, if possible or applicable. The fourth and last option is to suffer. So by all means pick one of the other three options!
- Teachings of Eckhart Tolle
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Every bad feeling is potential energy toward a more right way of being if you give it space to move toward its rightness.
- Eugene T. Gendlin
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If you need somebody, call my name. If you want someone, you can do the same. If you want to keep something precious, you got to lock it up and throw away the key. If you want to hold onto your possession, don't even think about me. You can't control an independent heart, can't tear the one you love apart. If you love somebody, if you love someone -- set them free.
- Anonymous
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In solitude we give passionate attention, to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.
- Virginia Woolf
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If you are blessed to receive an act of kindness, enjoy it fully. And then, by all means, pass it on!
- Anonymous
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How about me not blaming you for everything? How about me enjoying the moment for once? How about how good it feels to finally forgive you? How about grieving it all one at a time? The moment I let go of it was the moment I got more than I could handle. The moment I jumped off of it was the moment I touched down. How about unabashedly bawling your eyes out? How about not equating death with stopping? How about no longer being masochistic? How about remembering your divinity?
- Alanis Morissette
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If I could tell the world just one thing, it would be that we're all okay, and not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful and useless in times like these. In the end, only kindness matters. I won't be made useless. I won't be idle with despair. I will gather myself around my faith, for light does the darkness most fear. I am never broken -- we are never broken. We are God's eyes, God's mind, God's heart. We are God’s hands.
- Jewel-Hands
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Be impeccable with your word; Take nothing personally; Make no assumptions; Always do your best.
- Anonymous
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In my hands I hold a candle whose flame is small to see. And if I give but one light to you my life is filled for me. But … in your hands you hold a torch for many eyes to see. So hold it high that they may light their candlewicks from thee.
- Faye
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It is said that an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: 'And this, too, shall pass away.' How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!
- Abraham Lincoln
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Please remember that this, too, shall pass.
- Anonymous
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Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your word. Be careful of your words, for your words become your actions. Be careful of your actions, for your actions become your habits. Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character. Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny.
- Anonymous
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
- Helen Keller
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Humanity is a fascinating free will experiment in spiritual consciousness.
- Anonymous
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In romantic or intimate relationships, demonstrations of selfless caring can be very sexy.
- Anonymous
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Spiritual development features fluctuating energy cycles. Successes are often followed by apparent lows. These lows are really just part of the natural process through which further barriers are uncovered or clouds dissolved. Each low, if surrendered, fuels a greater high, and each high gives birth to a deeper challenge of even greater spiritual potential. The highs grow in naturally-occurring joyful intensity until we eventually find our way Home, but this time with full spiritual awareness.
- Anonymous
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When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
- Anonymous
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people to become interested in you.
- Dale Carnegie
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