Quotes

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"The only reliable resource for security in the world today is relationship. When relationships are healthy, you don't need any military to protect you. When relationships are unhealthy, the largest military in the world won't keep you safe."
~ John Burch, September 11, 2001

What is the soul?   "Essence."
~ Don Fitton

"Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand."

"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."

~ Carl Sagan

"Unless we connect directly to the earth, we will not have the faintest clue why we should save it."
~ Helen Caldicott

We are embedded in a single, multi-form, emerging energy event that we call the Universe. And, at a very deep, mystical level, it is embedded in each of us also. We are all embedded in each other, too. Everything is embedded in everything all the time, everywhere, in every way. All is One.
~ John Burch

"Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living."
~ Helen Keller

"The age of nations is past. The task before us now, if we would not perish, is to build the earth." ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
 ~ Plato

"The mind does not shine by its own light. It too is illuminated by the One, which, even now, is creating everything."
~ Anonymous

"The true nature of anything is the highest it can become."
~ Aristotle

"Worldview is the sum total of all of our ideas, beliefs and assumptions about the way things are. Worldview determines what we see, and therefore, what we do."
~ John Burch

“The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.”
 ~ Meister Eckhart

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
~ Albert Einstein

"When we shift our awareness or "frequency" from self-consciousness -- where fear, impossibility or feelings of separation reside -- to cosmic consciousness, which is in total harmony with the universe and where none of those feelings exist, then anything is possible."
~ Rhonda Byrne

"By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels until all our fellows ascend with us."
~ Edwin Markham

"No moment on earth is so unprecious not to be the experience of truth and love." ~ John Burch

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
~ Margaret Mead

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, allowing the energy of the universe to lead you."
~ Oprah Winfrey

"You must find the place within yourself where nothing is impossible."
~ Deepak Chopra

War is obsolete.

We are the same.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
~ Albert Einstein

“If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.”
 ~ Seneca

"If we study the evolution of consciousness on Earth, we can see a steady progression toward expanded and extended identity. We have enlarged our levels of concern from family, to tribe, city, state and nation. Now, it appears we have stalled at nationhood! If we wish to survive, we shall need to take the next step, and embrace the whole living planet." ~ John Burch

ONE EARTH * ONE HUMANITY * ONE SPIRIT

"The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." ~ Marcel Proust

We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together, and if we are to live together, we have to talk.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Conversation is our way of being in process and evolving together. Given the many crises that are emerging today, high quality conversation is an essential evolutionary force.
~ Tom Atlee

Conversations don't reshuffle the cards. They create new cards.
~ Theodore Zeldin

 "The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe."
~ Albert Einstein

"When the well is dry, we will know the worth of water."
~ Benjamin Franklin, 1746

"Our problem is ignorance." - Harry Rathbun

"God, Love, Totality, Spirit and Truth are the simplicity of the teachings." 
- Emilia Rathbun

“When we measure something, we are forcing an undetermined, undefined world to assume an experimental value. We are not ‘measuring’ the world, we are creating it.”— Neils Bohr

“The very study of the external world leads to the conclusion that the content of consciousness is an ultimate reality.”— E.P. Wigner

“The only things we perceive are our perceptions.”— Bishop George Berkeley

“One thing I have learned in a long life — that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike—and yet it is the most precious thing we have.”— Albert Einstein

“Our normal waking consciousness… is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted from it by the filmiest of screens, there lie potential forms of consciousness entirely different… No account of the universe in its totality can be final which leaves these other forms of consciousness quite disregarded.”— William James

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete"― Buckminster Fuller

"What can go wrong, will go wrong."
~ Edward Murphy (Murphy's Law)

"Our most urgent task, if we wish to survive, is to emerge a global community with a culture that works for all life." - Foundation for Global Community, Palo Alto.

"He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment. "
~ Meister Eckhart

“Your beliefs become your thoughts,
Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.”

“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”

― Gandhi

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room."
~ Dalai Lama

"If you want the rainbow you have to deal with the storm."

"We are being called to become as wise and loving as the system that produced us." ~ LoveShift

"I never worry about action, but only about inaction."
~ Winston Churchill

There will be no Homeland Security until we realize that the entire planet is our homeland. Every sentient being in the world must feel secure. -John Perkins, economist and author.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix, musician, singer, and songwriter (1942-1970)

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God. -Jesus of Nazareth

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. -Thomas Edison, inventor (1847-1931)

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. -Jose Narosky 

War would end if the dead could return. -Stanley Baldwin, statesman (1867-1947) 

No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. -Alexis de Tocqueville, statesman and historian (1805-1859)

There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for. -Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. -Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th president (1890-1969)

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. -Andre Gide, author, Nobel laureate (1869-1951)

Do not be too quick to assume your enemy is a savage just because he is your enemy. Perhaps he is your enemy because he thinks you are a savage. Or perhaps he is afraid of you because he feels that you are afraid of him. And perhaps if he believed you are capable of loving him he would no longer be your enemy. -Thomas Merton, writer (1915-1968)

He that is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. -Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (1737-1809)

War, at first, is the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off. -Karl Kraus, writer (1874-1936)

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. -Leo Tolstoy, author (1828-1910)

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace. -Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, and musician (Nobel 1952)

A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. -German proverb

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. -Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th president (1890-1969)

I don't hate my enemies. After all, I made 'em. -Red Skelton, comedian (1913-1997)

War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder.
~ Alexander Berkman

The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.
~ Lyndon B Johnson

The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and hate in the world.
~ Norman Thomas

I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed... we, too, will be remembered not for our victories or defeats in battles or politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.
~ John F. Kennedy

There is nothing that war has ever achieved we could not better achieve without it.
~ Havelock Ellis

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
~ Mother Teresa

What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.
~ Adolf Hitler

If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative. If you want to be infinitely better: Be collaborative.
~ Unknown Source

If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately.
~ Benjamin Franklin

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
~ Bertrand Russell

You are the most powerful magnet in the universe! You contain a magnetic power within you that is more powerful than anything in this world, and this unfathomable magnetic power is emitted through your thoughts.
~ Rhonda Byrne

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
~ Wayne Dyer

Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
~William Shakespeare

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
~ Voltaire

The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking.
~ Albert Einstein

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.
~ The Buddha

"Insofar as we think of ourselves today, as we were in the past, our past is guaranteed to resurrect itself and become our future."
- John Boyle

"The significant problems we face in life can not be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."

"The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking."
- Albert Einstein

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. ~Mother Teresa

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. ~Eric Fromm

Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. ~Peter Ustinov

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. ~Robert Heinlein

Only in love are unity and duality not in conflict. ~Rabindranath Tagore

The past is behind us, love is in front and all around us. ~Terri Guillemets

Love is a game that two can play and both win. ~Eva Gabor

Loving is never a waste of time. ~Astrid Alauda

Love is being stupid together. ~Paul Valery

Love thy enemy. Love thy neighbor as thyself. ~Jesus of Nazareth

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

P.S. Wondering how quotes change reality? Read the article below. The premise is that, when you think, reality thinks with you. As your worldview changes, the world cannot be the same. This is the wonderful, mystical answer to why "thoughts are things" and how "mind over matter" really works. Even as you read this paragraph, and then the article below, and the quotes above, and videos on the LoveShift Blog, even then... the system changes instantly in response to your new way of thinking. Ask, seek and knock. The Universe will find you and respond to your intentions.

Your Thoughts Create Your Reality
By Tania Kotsos

Thought power is the key to creating your reality. Everything you perceive in the physical world has its origin in the invisible, inner world of your thoughts and beliefs. To become the master of your destiny, you must learn to control the nature of your dominant, habitual thoughts. By doing so, you will be able to attract into your life that which you intend to have and experience as you come to know the Truth that your thoughts create your reality.

For Every Outside Effect There is an Inner Cause: Every effect you see in your outside or physical world has a specific cause which has its origin in your inner or mental world. This is the essence of thought power. Put another way, the conditions and circumstances of your life are as a result of your collective thoughts and beliefs. James Allen said it best when he said "circumstances do not make a man, they reveal him". Every aspect of your life, from the state of your finances to the state of your health and your relationships, is accurately revealing your thoughts and your beliefs.

It's an Inside Job: Most people have it back to front, believing that they feel or think a certain way because of their circumstances, not knowing the truth that it is their thought power that is creating those very circumstances, whether wanted or unwanted. By internalizing and applying this Truth, that your thoughts create your reality, you will grant yourself the power to create the changes you want to see manifest in your life. Reality creation is an inside job.

Your Thought Power is Limitless: There is a single, intelligent Consciousness that pervades the entire Universe, which is all powerful, all knowing, all creative and present everywhere at the same time - the Universal Mind. Your mind is part of this One Universal Mind and since your thoughts are a product of your mind, it follows that your thought power too is limitless. Once you truly understand that your mind is one with the Single Source of All Power and that this power is within you, you will have found the only true source of infinite power for which nothing is impossible and impossible is nothing. Know that thought power comes from within. Accessing the source of All Power starts by looking inwards.

Your Thoughts Are Alive

Your Thoughts are Alive: The greatest mystics and teachers that have walked the Earth have told us that everything is energy. This has now been undeniably confirmed by modern science. Your thoughts too are energy. William Walker Atkinson told us that "where mind is static energy, thought is dynamic energy - two phases of the same thing" and Charles Haanel went on to say that "thought power is the vibratory force formed by converting static mind into dynamic mind". Your thoughts are alive. Each time you entertain a specific thought, you emit a very specific, corresponding frequency or energy vibration.

What Frequency Are You On: The basic premise of the Law of Attraction is that like energy attracts like energy. You attract to yourself those things and circumstances that are in vibrational harmony with your dominant frequency, which is itself determined by your dominant mental attitude, habitual thoughts and beliefs. Mike Dooley, one of the presenters of the movie The Secret, fittingly suggests that if you want to know what a thought looks like, just look around you. Keep in mind these three words "thoughts are things".

Not All Thoughts Are Created Equal: The attractive power of any particular thought is determined by how often you have that thought and by the strength of the feelings or emotions associated with it. The more energy you give to a particular thought, the greater its power to attract its corresponding circumstance into your physical world through the Law of Attraction. Your one-off, passing thoughts do not have the same creative power as your habitual thoughts and beliefs. Remember, that it is of little use to entertain positive thoughts for just a short burst of time each day if you then proceed to think negative or unwanted thoughts for the rest of the day. A negative thought cancels the benefit of a positive thought and vice versa. Since your reality is the sum total of all your thoughts there are many factors influencing your life. This makes it difficult to directly join the dots between the cause (thought) and the effect (circumstance) but the causation is always there.

Use Thought Power to Change Your Life: It is your subconscious mind that is the storehouse of your deep-seated beliefs and programmes. To change your circumstances and attract to yourself that which you choose, you must learn to programme and re-programme your subconscious mind. The most effective and practical way to do so, is to learn the simple process of creative visualization. It is the technique underlying reality creation, making use of thought power to consciously imagine, create and attract that which you choose. Your imagination is the engine of your thoughts. It converts your thought power into mental images, which are in turn manifested in the physical realm.

Become Aware of Your Thoughts But Not Obsessed: It is important that you learn to be aware of your habitual thoughts and to appropriately adjust them so as to maintain an overall positive mental attitude. However, be careful not to become obsessed with every thought that enters your mind as this would be equally counter-productive, if not more so, than not being aware of them at all. Remember that to obsess over your negative, unwanted thoughts, is to give them power and as the saying goes, what you resist persists. So instead of resisting any of your negative thoughts, simply learn to effortlessly cancel them by replacing them as they arise.

Instantly Replace Unwanted Thoughts: To instantly neutralize the power of a negative thought, calmly and deliberately replace it with its opposite, positive equivalent. For instance, if you think to yourself "I'm not good enough, I will never succeed", mentally replace that thought with "I am good enough and success comes to me easily". You can also use the "cancel, cancel" technique made famous by the Silva Method. Each time you catch yourself thinking an unwanted thought, mentally tell yourself and the Universe "cancel, cancel" and immediately follow it up with a positive statement.

Tame Your Dominant Thoughts and Your Random Thoughts Will Follow Suit: It is estimated that the average person has between 12,000 and 70,000 thoughts a day. This is evidence enough to suggest that your goal should not be to control every thought. It is your dominant thoughts and beliefs that you must learn to bring under your conscious control as they are what largely determine your mental attitude. As you do, you will find your random thoughts themselves becoming more positive and more deliberate.

The following words of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha perfectly capture the essence of thought power: "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."

In a nutshell, your life is the perfect mirror of your thoughts, beliefs and dominant mental attitude. Whether you realise it or not you are already creating your reality through your thought power. Every effect you see in your outside world has its original cause within you - no exceptions. To gain access to the greatest creative power at your disposal, you must learn to control the nature of your habitual thoughts and to align yourself with the One Source of All Power of which you are a part. Your thoughts create your reality - know, internalize and apply this Truth and you will see your life transform in miraculous ways.