“Confucius” | Anthony Satori
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
– Confucius
Stop worrying about things that are outside the bounds of your control. Let them go. Also, stop worrying about things that are within the bounds of your control. Control them. That is, take the best action within your reach, right now, to make them better – and then leave the rest to God.
“Heaven-Born Things” | Anthony Satori
“What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.”
– Marcus Aurelius
We are immortal spiritual beings. Never doubt this. Never forget it. We are visiting this physical realm for just a brief moment, temporarily experiencing the wonder and challenge of living in physical bodies made up of water, heat, and stardust. But where we truly live is another realm: the spiritual realm. It is here that we know our true selves: Beings of Pure Consciousness, Light, and Love. It is here that we commune with our collective higher mind, where we have access to endless self-realized power and joy, where we see and love God directly, and where we are seen and loved directly by God, in return.
Make the most of this physical experience while you are here. It is not to be discounted. It is a gift to be cherished. Do your best to live a life of purpose, gratitude, and love. And then, when the time comes, take solace in the knowledge that we will shed these atoms and cells, gratefully returning them to the earth from which they came, and we will fly to our native seat in heaven.
“Family” | Anthony Satori
“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
– Confucius
“Blackbird on a Rock” | Anthony Satori
“There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
– Epictetus
“Good Vibrations” | Anthony Satori
“String Theory describes energy and matter as being composed of tiny, wiggling strands of energy that look like strings. And the pitch of a string’s vibration determines the nature of its effect.”
– Roy H. Williams
Much in the same way, the vibrations that we choose to generate with our being – our words, our thoughts, our actions – truly determine the nature of our effect on the world around us. Each day, each moment, we have the opportunity to choose our own vibrations and frequencies. If we choose these vibrations mindfully, wisely, and from a place of love, our effect on this world will be beautiful, joyful, and good.
“Purple and Yellow Flower” | Anthony Satori
“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”
– Albert Einstein
“The Middle Way” | Anthony Satori
“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”
– Lao Tzu
This is true. A good traveler also knows the direction they wish to go, and they continue to seek ways to keep themselves moving in that direction, each day.
On the one hand, our Good Traveler knows that the journey is the destination, and so they strive to remain present and grateful, each step of the way. On the other hand, they are also mindful and conscious in their choice of the direction they wish to go, and they continue to pursue this good and worthy aim with enthusiasm, clarity, and drive.
This is the middle way.
“Cross” | Anthony Satori
“I am not going to heaven because I have preached to great crowds or because I’ve read the Bible many times. I’m going to heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment, ‘Lord, remember me.’”
– Billy Graham
“Black and Yellow Butterfly on Blue Flowers” | Anthony Satori
“Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence.”
– Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Chocolate Covered Ice Cream Bar” | Anthony Satori
“Together with a culture of work, there must also be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must also take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, to read, to listen to music, to play a sport.”
– Pope Francis
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