GoOD Mornings with CurlyNikki: The Rosary

Today's Quotes:

"I am happy even before I have a reason." - Hafiz

"Hafiz tells us that the Beloved's nature is pure Joy.  The closer we come to Him, the more we are able to hear and feel God's Laughter.  The rhythm of His Laughter is the music of the dance of life.  That music is the essence of Love, and it is the radiant core of every song of Hafiz."
-Daniel Ladinsky 

Today's Practice:

Keep listening and feeling for God's silent, jubilant Laughter.  Allow It to become the soundtrack and the feeling quality of your life.  Allow It to replace your life.  

I Love you, 
Nik
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The secret to fulfilling your deepest desire is... FULL FEELING.  God's Love.  Having the felt- experience of God where you are, frequently.  

Today's Quotes:

"Books and learning, yoga and meditation and illumination-- all are but dust compared with Love." 
- Vivekananda 

"Friend, if you've never really met the Secret One, 
what is the source of your self-confidence?
Stop all this flirtation using words. 
Love does not happen with words. 
Don't lie to yourself about the holy 
books and what they say. 
The love I talk of is not in the 
books. 
Who has wanted it has it. " 
- Kabir

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." 
- Albert Einstein

"As Namdev, the great 13th-century poet-saint, wrote, he had perfect knowledge of the Vedas (ancient Indian scriptures) and all of the schools of Indian philosophy; he had accomplished the goal of the yogis; he had himself experienced the joy of merging in the formless God; but he’d transcended all of these experiences through the grace of the saints, to find that “the secret is the Lord’s Love.” 
- Krishna Das, Chants of a Lifetime 

"The effort through mental means to become spiritual is wasted effort. The attempt to understand spiritual things with the five senses or the intellect is useless. Developing a sense of receptivity; learning to silence the senses and gaining the ability to listen for “the still, small voice” – this is the Way. Human thoughts – even good ones – will not help."
-Joel Goldsmith, Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture 

Today's Practice:
Fulfilled prayer happens when you are FILLED FULLY... fully feeling God's Love where you are.  Don't pray for happiness or peace.  Don't pray for dream solutions and dream stuff.  Drop everything and you'll find only Love.  Drop even good thoughts and words and you'll find only God.  And then God will fulfill Itself. 

I Love you, 
Nik
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Today's Quotes:

"The more fearful a person is, the more he uses his mind. The more fearless a person is, the more he uses his Heart." 
- Teal Swan 

"The spiritual work is like jumping out of an airplane and after you get out of the airplane, you see you have no parachute on.  But then you finally figure out it's okay because there is no ground." - Ram Dass 

"Don't lose heart.  God helps those who are courageous." - Neem Karoli Baba 

Bonus Quotes:

"Give your real being a chance to shape your life.  You will not regret it." 
-Nisargadatta Maharaj 

"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is One Lord. (Deuteronomy 6:4)
In our agreement and understanding that God is one, God has no opposite, and there is no opposition.  With God as one, there is only one activity, one being, one cause, one power, one law." 
- Joel Goldsmith 

"Think of God alone. Dismiss every thought from your mind, You will see God before you and all your problems will be solved." 
- Shivapuri Baba 

Today's Practice:
Keep recognizing familiar thought patterns and immediately shifting into your spiritual practice-- your mantra, listening for silence, staring straight ahead, unblinkingly, swaying, smiling, etc.  

Jump out of the mind and into the Heart.  Fall into the One Love, the One Power, the One Cause, and you'll discover your wings. 

I Love you, 
Nik 
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You're actually NOT frustrated, you're just feeling the pain of believing that Peace isn't here... that Love isn't real.  You've forgotten God, and have named that feeling, 'frustration.'  The moment you remember God, Its Peace first comforts you, and then, shortly after, blossoms forth as rest, solutions, abundance.  

I Love you and I'm with you, 
Nik
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Quotes:

"There will be periods of frustration.  There will be periods of doubt.  Your worldly involvements will hamper your sadhana (practice) and an atmosphere of defeat will prevail.  But, come what may, throw everything aside, don't bother about anything and continue your abidance in the "I am" in all earnestness." 
- Nisargadatta Maharaj 

"Don't bother about anything.  Just continue abiding in the 'I am'.  A moment will come when it will be pleased and reveal all the secrets." 
- Nisargadatta Maharaj 

"He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley,I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." 
-Psalm 23 2-4

"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows."
-Psalm 23:5

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Love is saying, "I Am always in communion with you. Once I take a hold of your hand, I never let go, even when you let go of mine.”
(Krishna Das quoting Maharajjii)

Listen to THIS EPISODE if you haven’t yet (further elaboration on the Thread of Love that was woven through this episode, as well).

"The Lord of the Universe

When we praise Him,
He is here.

When we forget Him,
He is here.

When we die,
He is here.

All this takes place inside the theatre of God,
His Divine play.

But he remains in a secret place,
where few find him as He really is.

He I call my Father, beyond gender, beyond form, beyond name.

Though he appears through many forms, He is the single one, indefinable.

Not one particle of the universal consciousness, or the forms of the elements, known to us, or not known to us can exist apart from Him.

He alone exists.

Shout Hallelujah to the Truth.

Praise be to God!"

Mooji

"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you." - Isaiah 49:15

Today' Practice:

Listen to THIS EPISODE if you haven’t (about the Thread).  Stay aware AS the Thread of Love today.  Become aware of thoughts as knots on that Thread.  But notice how the knots don't negate the thread.  You're still Love, even when thoughts are present.  You're still Love even when anger is present.  You're still Love even when excitement, anxiety, or fear are present.  Stay aware that God is with you.  Stay aware of God AS you. Stay aware AS the Thread, today.  

I Love you, 
Nik
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"Customary prayer makes one superior to God because it tells God what it wants and usually when it wants it. It sets up the ego because it dares to try to influence God in one’s behalf or in behalf of another. But in the silence of meditation, the prayer is:

'I do not ask You to serve my purpose, to do my will or my wish or my bidding. I am Your servant—do what You will with me. Teach me, feed me, direct me. You are closer to me than breathing. You know my needs, and it is Your good pleasure to give me the kingdom. Therefore I wait upon You. '

In this waiting, a vacuum is created, and the ego is in abeyance. The personal sense of self with its desires, wishes, hopes, and ambitions fades away, and then there is room for that transcendental spark to be kindled. There must be humility, before the Spirit of the Lord can be upon us. So it is that when we pray in secret, realizing our oneness with the Father and that, because of that oneness, all that the Father has is ours by divine inheritance and, therefore, it is our Father’s good pleasure to give us the kingdom, we then need no longer look to any man for reward, compensation, gratitude, co-operation, or affection. When we understand our relationship with the Father, we learn to mold every thought and deed in accordance with His will.”
— The Thunder of Silence by Joel S. Goldsmith

Bonus Quotes:

"-Prayer is not just vocal prayer is a way of involving your whole body and getting it into a certain attitude of receptivity, of seeing.

-If you manage to keep aside the assumed importance that you have for yourself, then you are in prayer, you don’t have to say anything.

-Meditation means you have understood your limitations, now you just shut up."
-Sadhguru

A Prayer of Silent Union With God from Franciscanmedia

"You may find it rewarding to try this simple prayer exercise:

Just sit down and, keeping your back straight but free, begin quieting your mind and your body by taking a few relaxing, deep breaths. Close your eyes if you wish. Center your awareness on the silent and infinite presence of God within your heart.

Let the Spirit lead you beyond the noisy world of space and time and into the silent realm where God dwells as the source and ground of your being. Center your attention on that hushed point within you where the human touches the divine, where the branch (you) intersects with Jesus, the vine—where you and God are one and dwell in each other.

Let yourself sink into the silent immensity of God. Simply let your prayer be a silent being there with God. Without any need for thoughts and words, exchange quiet love with God for as long as you feel inspired to do so."

I Love you, 
Nik 

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Today's Quotes:

“The Way It Is"
There’s a thread you follow. It goes among
things that change. But it doesn’t change.
People wonder about what you are pursuing.
You have to explain about the thread.
But it is hard for others to see.
While you hold it you can’t get lost.
Tragedies happen; people get hurt
or die; and you suffer and get old.
Nothing you do can stop time’s unfolding.
You don’t ever let go of the thread.
-William Stafford

Watch this quick video from Richard Rohr on the sacredness of breath.  It's POWERFUL! 

"Not good humanhood or bad humanhood, just Christhood". 
-Joel Goldsmith 
(the mantra I lean on to feel through the world, to the Truth of the invisible Kingdom.  I feel the One Christ, the undivided, formless Love where people appear to be. I know that only Love is (t)here.) 

Bonus Quote:

"The bottom line is that we find our path by following what makes us feel good. Why does that seem like such a revolutionary concept? Why do we spend so much time not doing what we want to do and complaining about what we wind up doing? If we follow our sense of well-being, if we follow our heart and do what makes us happy, it’s going to lead us in the right direction."
-Krishna Das, Chants of a Lifetime 

“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.”
- Teresa of Avila

Today's Practice:

Choose a practice to help you stay aware of and consciously hold the Thread of Love.  You can chant, you can sing, you can breathe consciously, you can sway... you can feel God's presence with you, or feel It as your Self.  Do what it takes, and It will bless you. 

ProTip: Choose the one that feels good. That's the one that works ;)   This is the mala I've purchased like 20 times now for myself and Go(o)d Friends! 

I Love you, 
Nik
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...I didn't know what the next moment held, but I knew that if I held on to the remembrance of Love, I'd be Go(o)d, whatever that looked like.  

I'm deeply thankful to be here with you this morning.  I love you and I'm with you, eternally. 

I Love you, 
Nik 
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"There is only God and to realize that, is the only thing that has to be done." 
- Anandamayi Ma

"Suffering is sent to remind you to turn your thoughts towards That which is real- to God who will give you solace." 
- Anandamayi Ma 

"You can plan for a hundred years. But you don't know what will happen the next moment.” 
-Neem Karoli Baba

"Those who sing the praise of Him are no longer ordinary men trapped in the world." 
-unknown

"Joining the humble Saints, chant the Lord's name.  This is the most immaculate and perfect occupation of all." 
- Guru Granth Sahib  (the Sikh bible)

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"Liberation is only to remain aware of the Self." 
- Ramana Maharshi 

"I am not talking about Joy as the ultimate possibility in your life; I am talking about Joy as the 'A' of your life, not the 'Z' of your life." 
- Sadhguru 

"You have escaped the cage.  Your wings are stretched out.  Now fly." 
-Rumi 

Today's Practice:
Freedom is staying aware of the Love you can feel in and AS this moment.  Not losing felt-oneness with It.  Not forgetting It.  Staying constantly, consciously aware of It.  Recognizing that when you're aware of this inner Freedom, you are free of your self... of your ego.  You are being the invisible, boundless Freedom, not a person.  And because you are being Freedom, you'll watch that person be free.  You'll watch it be great.  

I Love you, 
Nik 

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"People say, 'what should I do with my life?'  The more interesting question is, 'how do I cultivate the quietness of my Being, where what I should do with my life becomes apparent.'" 
-Ram Dass 

God is saying, "it's not your life, tho... it's Mine."  :)  So chill! 

Find your Self, your purpose, your best life through giving Love your attention, and It'll give you the world. 

“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom." 
-Luke 12:32

I Love you,
Nik
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