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Postby yat_chum » Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:56 am

"Nou aru taka wa tsume wo kakusu. The hawk with talent hides its talons." Japanese Proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:53 am

"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood."
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Henry V", Act 3 scene 1
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:10 pm

"Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such."
Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:02 am

"Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain."
Khalil Gibran
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Aug 06, 2006 2:05 am

Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart
and try to love the questions themselves ...
Don't search for the answers,
which could not be given to you now,
because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is, to live everything.
Live the questions now.
Perhaps then, someday far in the future,
you will gradually, without even noticing it,
live your way into the answer.

Rainer Maria Rilke
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:12 pm

"Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination."
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:12 pm

"One must have dignity without ferocity. Martial arts must bring one to this height. It will not do to act recklessly to no purpose and cause trouble for others. Masters and saints may appear as simpletons. Those who are pretentious declare to the world that they are just novice scholars or martial artists.
To stand still is to regress; those who think that they have learned everything and become conceited braggarts proclaiming their own merits after learning the movements of some kata and acquiring dexterity in their physical movements are not fit to be considered as serious trainees in the martial arts."

Master Gichin Funakoshi from The Karate-do Kyohan
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:19 pm

"He who wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:45 pm

Don't worry it's going to be ok.
It's all right little one you're safe and loved.

It's ok to cry, it's ok to be afraid, it's ok to be weak,
it's ok to be vulnerable, it's ok to be human.

It's from all these elements that we grow,
and it's from all these elements that I am born out of you.

I Love You.

You're not alone.
So long as you reach out to others you're never alone.
Ask for my help in loaning you the courage you already have.
It's not that I never give you more than you can handle,
I am not responsible for the consequences of your actions,
only you are.

Stay on the path if you're suffering
by taking the steps you need to take.
Hang on and hang in there, because it's now
that you're growing at light speed,
You're never going backward only forward.

Decay your loneliness, by making full use
of my greatest gift to mankind, which is mankind.
Feel my alleged absence, as proof,
for the paradox that I exist and have always existed.
Let me in by letting me out.

Love fear and all of the other feelings spored
are what create this reality.
These are the cause and effect of compassion and true forgiveness.
Ask for my help in walking through the anguish of forgiveness.
Do everything in your power to learn to forgive
and love those that hurt you,
Not for just them, but for others as well as yourself.
And never give up the hope that some day your ex-suffering
will be able to help the ones who were sick and hurt you,
As well as those who suffered like you.
Learn all this by practising to love everyone.

Always look into yourself first;
you're past, your present, your motives,
you're feelings, and share the secrets
you find with myself as well as others.
Be gentle and kind to yourself
by being vulnerable, and sharing yourself
with others who are patient, kind and who can only
try to love and accept you as much as I do.
As you get better at this,
take the risks that will enable you to venture out
further and further, so that your true self
may finally be exposed to the real world
I created for you to live in.

Be honest with everyone by never
accepting the blame that is not yours.
Free yourself with the truth, by telling
those stepping on your toes how you feel,
no matter how difficult it may seem at first, or
what it's consequences may be
you'll only get better at it.

If you can learn to love/forgive,
fully listen, understand and accept those around you,
you will eventually begin to learn how to love/forgive,
fully listen, understand and accept yourself.

A personal prayer - anonymous
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:47 pm

"Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it."
Salma Hayek
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Postby Inga » Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:39 am

"Love and Laughter, along with the positive actions and impacts these inspire and create, are powerful medicines."

- Inga
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Aug 12, 2006 3:05 am

"I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I have come to understand that life is best to be lived and not to be conceptualized. I am happy because I am growing daily and I am honestly not knowing where the limit lies. To be certain, every day there can be a revelation or a new discovery. I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude."
Bruce lee
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Aug 12, 2006 10:04 pm

I realize that the body is not separate from the mind
As I let go my old attitude toward my body
I appreciate the influence of the spirit and soul
And I embrace my body and my entire self

My body is a reflection of my thoughts
As I give myself positive affirmations
I release my negative emotions and thoughts
And I let my body be healed as well as my mind

I am forgetting that I am not my disease
And that I can stop the disease to please
I am not my mistakes and my failures
And I am not my past and my pains

I am awakening from my illusions
I fear and I choose not to
I suffer and I choose not to
I am sick and I choose not to

I am willing to get better and heal
I am lifted above the areas of my pain
I am rising beyond my suffering
I am releasing my desperation

I understand and accept my insecurities
I feel compassion toward my pains
I surrender my terror for it is not real
I surrender my fear as I surrender all things

I open my heart, my soul and my body
I know the strength and the power of faith
I feel the process of cleansing and
I welcome the miracle of healing

May every cell of my body be healthy
May every feeling of my soul be radiant
May every thought of my being be vibrant
May every action be aligned with love

I accept my imperfections as
I release my fears and doubts
I invite a healing light as
I become illumined and light

I trust the process and the journey
I receive peace and calmness
I learn from my mistakes and
I also learn from happiness

I wish to be released from the pain
I want to rise up joyful and strong
I will be born anew into health
And into happiness, peace and love

I am aware of the need to forgive
I am grateful for the opportunity to grow
I am confident that I will succeed
I am expecting my freedom and healing

I listen well to my body
I follow my intuition
I find all the knowledge and
I apply all the insights

I search for the lessons within
I release all shame and blaming
I let go of all false thinking
I let myself be free and happy

I cast out all the impurities
From my body, heart and soul
I do my best to fill myself with love
I expect a miracle with relaxed anticipation

I am my own best doctor and advisor
I am a catalyst for healing
I am a producer of health
I am a creator of happiness

Thank you for my healing body
Thank you for my gentle soul
Thank you for my strong spirit
Thank you for the chance to heal

I am willing to be enlightened as
I am blessed with this wisdom
I deserve to be healthy and happy and
I claim my perfect health again

I am ONE and I am LOVING.
I am HERE and I am NOW.
I am HEALED and I am WHOLE.
Thank YOU. Let it Be! And SO IT IS!

prayer for healing - Darina Stoyanova
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:07 pm

"There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out."
Russian proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:20 am

Matthew 7:7-8 (New International Version)

Ask, Seek, Knock

7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:07 am

"To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state"
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:16 pm

"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all."
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
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Postby The Possible Human » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:52 pm

"I am not out to liberate anybody. You have to liberate yourself, and you are unable to do that. What I have to say will not do it. I am only interested in describing this state, in clearing away the occultation and mystification in which those people in the 'holy business' have shrouded the whole thing. Maybe I can convince you not to waste a lot of time and energy, looking for a state which does not exist except in your imagination."

-UG Krishnamurti
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:11 pm

"Obey the principles without being bound by them."
Bruce Lee
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:51 pm

"The only way most people recognize their limits is by trespassing on them."

Tom Morris
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