Inspiration

I have kept the following on person and in my wallet for a few years now. It is time to shed my past and live in the moment. I will take the teachings into my life and recycle/reuse the paper.

circa 2003-2004
1. Be there for yourself. ---Gurmukh
2. Be aware of the breath and live in the present moment. ---Alan Arkin
3. Soft inner smile ---Richard Freeman
4. From my uncle----Dear Shane- Despite what our egos and the conventions of a consumer based materialistic society would have us believe- the flesh requires very little. Therefore, seek to live an outer life that gives congruence to the inner life you're called to. The more simple, the more humble, the better. Remember- less is more and true security comes not in having, but in not needing.
Love, ___________

circa 2004-2005
Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity within by controlling nature: external and internal, do this by work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy- by one, or more, or all of these and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, dogmas, rituals, books, or temples, or forms, are secondary details.
Swami Vivekanda