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  Help With Motivations “So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.  God is love...” ‭‭1 John 4‬:‭16 NRSV                               ‬‬ ~ ❖ ~ “Come to me,  all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens,  and I will give you rest.” ‭‭Matthew 11:28 NRSV                             ~ ❖ ~  The Conversation Elements From The Conversation ~ ❖ ~ “If you would only switch on the light of awareness  and observe yourself and everything around you throughout the day,  if you would see yourself reflected in the mirror of awareness  the way you see your face reflected in a looking glass,  that is, accurately, clearly, exactly as it is without the slightest distortion or addition,  and if you observed this reflection  without any judgment or condemnation,  you would experience all sorts of marvelous changes coming about in you.  Only you will not be in control of those changes,  or be able to plan them in advance,  or decide how and when they are to take place.  It is this

Hulp Met Motiverings “Ons ken en vertrou die liefde wat God vir ons het.  God is liefde.” ‭‭1 Joh 4‬:‭16 ‭AFR20                               ‬‬ ~ ❖ ~ “Kom na My toe,  almal wat vermoeid en swaar belas is,  en Ek sal julle rus gee.” ‭‭Matt 11‬‬:‭28 ‭AFR20‬‬                             ~ ❖ ~  Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek ~ ❖ ~ “If you would only switch on the light of awareness  and observe yourself and everything around you throughout the day,  if you would see yourself reflected in the mirror of awareness  the way you see your face reflected in a looking glass,  that is, accurately, clearly, exactly as it is without the slightest distortion or addition,  and if you observed this reflection  without any judgment or condemnation,  you would experience all sorts of marvelous changes coming about in you.  Only you will not be in control of those changes,  or be able to plan them in advance,  or decide how and when they are to take place.  It is this nonjudgmental awareness alone 

Uncertainty As Motivation “Jesus looked him hard in the eye—and loved him!" ‭‭Mark 10‬:‭21 The Message                               ‬‬ ~ ❖ ~ “When my soul was embittered,  when I was pricked in heart,  I was stupid and ignorant;  I was like a brute beast toward you.  Nevertheless I am continually with you;  you hold my right hand.  You guide me with your counsel.....” ‭‭Psalms 73‬:‭21‬-‭24 NRSV‬                              ~ ❖ ~  The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music Is Henry so insecure and uncertain that he keeps asking his wife for guidance? Or is he just plain lazy and sly? With love. George & Matilda

My Onsekerheid As Motivering “Jesus het na hom gekyk en hom liefgekry ....” ‭‭Markus‬ 10‬:‭21‬ ‭AFR83                               ‬‬ ~ ❖ ~ “Toe ek verbitter was en veronreg gevoel het,  was ek dom en sonder insig;  soos 'n redelose dier het ek my teenoor U gedra.  Tog was ek nog altyd by U,  want U vat my aan die hand.  U lei my met u raad ....” ‭‭Ps‬ 7‭3‬:‭21‬-‭24 ‭AFR83                             ~ ❖ ~  Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Is Henry só onseker dat hy heeltyd leiding van sy vrou vra? Of is hy  doodgewoon lui en geslepe? Met liefde. George & Matilda

  Gratitude As Motivation “ You don’t get wormy apples off a healthy tree,  nor good apples off a diseased tree.  The health of the apple tells the health of the tree.  You must begin with your own life-giving lives.  It’s who you are,  not what you say and do, that counts.  Your true being brims over into true words and deeds.” ‭‭Luke ‭6‬:‭43‬-‭45 The Message                               ‬‬ ~ ❖ ~ “ My friends, this can’t go on.  A spring doesn’t gush fresh water one day and brackish the next, does it?  Apple trees don’t bear strawberries, do they?  Raspberry bushes don’t bear apples, do they?  You’re not going to dip into a polluted mud hole  and get a cup of clear, cool water, are you?” ‭‭James‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭The Message‬                             ~ ❖ ~  The Conversation Elements From The Conversation A taste of the list from Barbara Ann Kipfer's extraordinary 14,000 Things To Be Happy About. ~ ❖ ~ "To become fully human  means learning to turn my gratitude for being ali

Dankbaarheid As Motivering “'n Goeie boom dra nie slegte vrugte nie,  en 'n slegte boom dra weer nie goeie vrugte nie.  Elke boom word aan sy eie vrug geken.” ‭‭Lukas‬ ‭6‬:‭43‬-‭44‬ ‭AFR20                               ‬‬ ~ ❖ ~ “'n Fontein laat tog nie uit dieselfde oog vars én bitter water uitborrel nie? 'n Vyeboom, my broers, kan tog nie olywe dra, of 'n druiwestok vye nie? 'n Brak fontein kan ook nie soet water gee nie.” ‭‭Jakobus‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬-‭12‬ ‭AFR20‬‬                             ~ ❖ ~  Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek 'n Proe aan die lys uit Barbara Ann Kipfer se besondere  14 000 Things To Be Happy About. ~ ❖ ~ "To become fully human  means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive  into some concrete common good.  It means growing gentler toward human weakness.  It means practicing forgiveness  of my and everyone else's hourly failures to live up to divine standards.  It meas learning to forget myself on a regular basis  in order to

Guilt As Motivation The Conversation Elements From The Conversation ~ ❖ ~ "I am convinced that guilt and shame are never from God. They are merely the defenses of the False Self as it is shocked at its own poverty — the defenses of a little man who wants to be a big man. God leads by compassion toward the soul, never by condemnation. If God would relate to us by severity and punitiveness, God would only be giving us permission to do the same (which is tragically, due to our mistaken images of God, exactly what has happened!)." Richard Rohr                 ~ ❖ ~ "It is about as hard to absolve yourself of your own guilt as it is to sit in your own lap. Wrongdoing sparks guilt sparks wrongdoing ad nauseam, and we all try to disguise the grim process from both ourselves and everybody else. In order to break the circuit we need friends before whom we can put aside the disguise, trusting that when they see us for what we fully are, they won't run away screaming with, if n

Skuld as Motivering Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek ~ ❖ ~ "I am convinced that guilt and shame are never from God. They are merely the defenses of the False Self as it is shocked at its own poverty — the defenses of a little man who wants to be a big man. God leads by compassion toward the soul, never by condemnation. If God would relate to us by severity and punitiveness, God would only be giving us permission to do the same (which is tragically, due to our mistaken images of God, exactly what has happened!)." Richard Rohr                 ~ ❖ ~ "It is about as hard to absolve yourself of your own guilt as it is to sit in your own lap. Wrongdoing sparks guilt sparks wrongdoing ad nauseam, and we all try to disguise the grim process from both ourselves and everybody else. In order to break the circuit we need friends before whom we can put aside the disguise, trusting that when they see us for what we fully are, they won't run away screaming with, if nothing wors

Spirituality In Conversation With Einstein The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music Originally sung by Coldplay, this song is actually about a lover who tries to be a scientist in his efforts to determine why a relationship just isn't working. Even the greatest scientists have not yet been able to come up with a formula for that aspect of being human. And a side note: Einstein's own love life was also complex. In 2017, on our way to a Living School symposium in Albuquerque in the USA, we ran into Einstein at the airport in Frankfurt. With our love. Which also travels at the speed of light. George & Matilda  

Spiritualiteit In Gesprek Met Einstein Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Oorspronklik deur Coldplay gesing, gaan dit hier eintlik om 'n minaar wat sy lyf wetenskaplike hou en probeer bepaal waarom 'n verhouding net nie wil werk nie. Selfs die grootste wetenskaplikes kon nog nie met  'n formule daarvoor vorendag kom nie.  En 'n kantnota: Einstein se eie liefdeslewe was ook maar kompleks. In 2017, op pad na 'n Living School simposium in Albuquerque in die VSA, het ons Einstein op die lughawe in Frankfurt raakgeloop.  Met ons liefde. Wat ook teen die spoed van lig beweeg. George & Matilda