A Delusive Quest for Happiness

October 1, 2012 at 2:57 pm · Filed under Faith, Healing, Health, Hope, Inspiration, Life, Living, Meditation, Philosophy, Quotations, Quotes, Religion, Spirituality, Zen and tagged: amount of work is the same', Carlos Castañeda, contentment, Deepak Chopra, Inner Joyfulness, make ourselves happy, Mental Health, Mental Wellness, Sharon Salzberg, spiritual wealth, state of peace, state of positive well-being, wealth on all levels

My words for meditation today:

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“Health is not just the absence of a disease. It’s an inner joyfulness that should be ours all the time; a state of positive well-being.”

– Deepak Chopra

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“We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same.”

– Carlos Castañeda

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“By engaging in a delusive quest for happiness, we bring only suffering upon ourselves. In our frantic search for something to quench our thirst, we overlook the water all around us and drive ourselves into exile from our own lives. ”

– Sharon Salzberg

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pic from Outside

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Religion4All is an idea: that every human being (no matter their race, religion, sexuality, social status, lifestyle, or any other possible factor) is LOVED by God; just … as … they are.

We all are loved by God, and NO religion or person has a monopoly on it. Every single person on this planet is loved equally by God … SO many are cut off from God because they are told they don’t belong. God loves everyone … we ALL are beautiful creations … we don’t need to cringe when we hear the words “God”, or “religion”, or their judgments … God LOVES us all!

There is no requirement to change in order to be LOVED by God, or to LOVE God. God is LOVE, and LOVE is God … period. There is no one who God loves more than anyone else … there are only those who choose to LOVE more … to love God more, and consequently then to love each other more. In doing so, we grow closer to God … and know God.

By opening our hearts, and minds to God (free of boundaries like religion, or social trends); by LOVING God … we are exactly where we are meant to be. If we maintain that openness, never allowing any person or event to make us close our hearts, we will be guided by God to be who we are meant to be.

In that space of openness we can then live a life of LOVE, and be guided to where we are meant to be … forever in LOVE.

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