Reunited With You

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Author Richard F Holmes

Do not ever believe that I am dead and gone

I want you to know that in spirit I live on

Never weep when you gaze at that one empty chair

Don’t you know that quite often I come and sit there

I still know when you’re low, when you’ve had a bad day

For I’m only a whisper or a heartbeat away

I still walk where you walk, I still hold your hand

My footsteps aren’t there when you walk through the sand

But my voice can be heard in the sound of the sea

Or in a little child’s laughter when bounced on your knee

You will hear me when the cool breeze rushes through the flowers

Or in the tree tops that bend with the first evening showers

I will whisper to you in the still of night

If you could but see me you would know I’m alright

Search well with your eyes. You will glimpse me one day

As I stand there and watch little children at play

I’m the light in the window. I’m the snowflake that falls

A shadow lit by moonlight or the night bird that calls

My spirit lives on though my earth time is done

I’m still part of the earth, I am lit by the sun

Smile for me please. I don’t want you to grieve

I’m well and I’m strong, I didn’t really leave

When your time comes to go the last thing you’ll see

Is my smile as I whisper “you’re coming to me”

For death is not final. As you close your eyes

There’s a light that’s far brighter than blue summer skies

I will lead you towards it. All loved ones are there

Happy and strong – free of all earthly care

I’ll be patiently waiting for you to pass through

For death simply means “reunited with you”

Science Without Humanity Is Dangerous

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Author Richard F Holmes

Man is ill; but he is resorting to remedies that cannot cure. People admire the phenominal advance of science, but the advance has been from fear to greater fear, from destruction to more destruction. In prehistoric times men killed each other using bows and arrows; now they kill entire populations with the help of atom bombs; this is praised as remarkable advance.

The scientist cannot stop the rise of greed and hate in the human heart; he can only forge the weapons they require and improve their lethal efficiency. Man lives in daily dread of extinction as a result of the discoveries of science; for any moment the storm of hate may rain bombs on their homes. Science has deprived man of self-confidence. He is not sure of even himself. He is afraid of himself for , at the slightest provacation, he is transformed into a wild and vicious beast.

Baba

You Yourself Are God

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Author Richard F Holmes

Remember that with every step you are nearing God, and God too, when you take one step towards him, he takes ten towards you. There is no stopping place in this pilgrimage, it is one continuous journey, through day and night, through valley and desert, through tears and smiles, through death and birth, through tomb and womb. When the road ends and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has travelled only from himself to himself, that the way was long and lonesome, but that the God whom he reached was all the while in him, around him, with him and beside him. He himself was always Divine. His yearning to merge in God was but the sea calling out to the ocean. Man loves because he is love! he is melody and harmony. He seeks joy, for he is joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without him.

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Fly

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Author Richard F Holmes

It’s only a problem having doubts when we don’t face and overcome them. Your seeming lack of self-assuredness simply highlights the fact that you have gone into the matter free of ego. Fly dear friend, fly…. and when you reach your destination create another one to aim for.

With Love

On Your Own Side

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Author Richard F Holmes

It’s impossible to make much progress if you’re busy clinging to the very things that hold you back. At some point you must decide whether you want to truly move forward or not.

When you constantly have to work against your own negative habits and thought patterns, success will continue to elude you. Real achievement begins the moment you make the firm commitment to put yourself on your own side.

You think thousands of thoughts and take hundreds of actions on a daily basis. Within those thoughts and actions there is enormous opportunity to make real, substantial progress.

How much of that abundance of opportunity are you utilizing to move your life forward? And how much is being wasted, or even worse, pushing you backwards?

When you replace a negative, destructive habit with a creative, productive one, you get a double gain. You are suddenly free from something that was holding you back, and on top of that there is a new force working to move you forward.

Use your thoughts, use your words, and use the actions you take each day to put yourself squarely on your own side. And you’ll be well on the way toward whatever you choose to achieve.

Ralph Marston

Gratitude

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Author Richard F Holmes

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Healing Is

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Author Richard F Holmes

Healing is…

….releasing from the past. It is retraining my mind so as not to see the shadow of the past on anyone. It is learning not to make interpretations of people’s behaviour or motives. It is letting go the desire to want to change another person. It is letting go of expectations, assumptions, and the desire to control or manipulate another person…

Healing knows that forgiveness is the key to happiness and offers me everything that I want. Healing knows that the only reality in the universe is love, and that love is the most important healer known to the world.

To heal is to trust in a creative force that is loving and forgiving, and to know in our hearts that there is no separation and we are all joined in love with God and each other. It means that all hearts and minds are joined as one…

Healing is letting go of the fearful child so many of us carry inside, and awakening to the innocent child who has always been within us.

Healing is…

….peeling away the barriers of fear that keep us unaware of our true nature of love, peace, and rich interconnection with the web of life. Healing is the rediscovery of who we have always been.

Gerald Jampolsky.

Our Deepest Fear

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Author Richard F Holmes

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not in some of us, it is in everyone; and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela

Walk Away From Worry

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Author Richard F Holmes

Most of the things you worry about are not worth the time and trouble you take to worry. And all that needless worry distracts you from other, more productive, creative and joyful things you could be doing.

With every worry also comes the option to let it go. You can feel the worry, see it for what it is, and then choose to immediately walk away from it.

As soon as you do, your mind becomes vastly more clear and more focused. Your spirit experiences a glorious refreshment.

When your mind is filled with worry, just imagine how wonderful it would be to have that heavy burden lifted clean away. Imagine it, and then choose the simple act of doing it.

Choose to walk away from worry, and lift that burden from yourself. In a moment, your worry can be gone.

Breathe in the sweet, refreshing air of freedom, clarity and effectiveness. Walk away from worry, and walk forward with positive purpose.

Ralph Marston