Inspiration From Spiritual Teachers: Joyful Words Of Wisdom (including appreciating ego)

Homa LightChild: loved it Thank you dear Ron for sharing♥

Mark Stone: Thank You Ron!!
Lamar Holmes: Very inspiration with words and pictures full of hope and a way of life that is meant to be lived in the now! C. Ron thank you very much for sharing this with the world.

‎"Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression.
We experience joy in formng the intention of being generous.
We experience joy in the actual act of giving something.
And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given." Buddha

‎"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls." ~ Mother Teresa

Ron Alexander ‎"To have joy one must share it." Lord Byron and sharing with pets is a win-win situation!
Muhadi Wiyono: a comment above me gave me aha moment and about win win solution gave me ahahahahaha moment. Thanks for sharing, ron. Love your comment.
Ron Alexander: hahahahahahaha, great Bro Muhadi!- angels can fly cause they take themselves so lightly! Thanks Danny!
Ha, aha! lets keep this joy training on the tracks - "Joy is the realization of the truth of oneness..." Tagore

"Joy depends on being in harmony with our soul."

Anonymous

The root of joy is gratefulness...Brother David Steindl-Rast

"Joy is not the absence of suffering. It is the presence of God."

Robert Schuller

"The beating heart of the universe is holy joy."

Martin Buber

"We can do nothing well without joy, and a good conscience which is the ground of joy."

Sibbes

"The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is Joy."

Fra Giovanni

"I do not teach children, I give them joy."

Isadora Duncan

"Joy is you at the deepest level, and your joy is one with the infinite timeless joy of this unbound universe."

Robert Ellwood



"When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom."

Marianne Williamson


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"Remember to light the candle of joy daily and all the gloom will disappear from your life."

Djwhal Khul


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"You have to sniff out joy. Keep your nose to the joy trail."

Buffy Sainte-Marie


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"Joy is untouched by circumstance."

Unknown


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"In thy presence is fullness of joy."

Psalms 16:11


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"Joy is the echo of God’s life in us."

Abbot Coumba Marmion


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"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."

Guatama Buddha


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"What I know for sure is that you feel real JOY in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your truth."

Oprah


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"Joy springs from within; no one makes you joyous; you choose joyfulness."

Unknown


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"Thou has made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance."

Acts 2:28


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"True joy results when we become aware of our connectedness to everything."

Paul Pearsall

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"Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I’m doing."

Phil Jackson

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"Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief."

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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"Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters."

Oprah


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"Man loves because he is Love. He seeks Joy, for he is Joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without Him."

Sathya Sai Baba


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"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."

Mark Twain


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"Follow your bliss."

Joseph Campbell


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"Joy is not in things; it is in us."

Richard Wagner


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"Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy."

Sarah Ban Breathnach


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"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."

Psalm 30:5


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"Release the joy that is inside of another, and you release the joy that is inside of you."

Neal Donald Walch


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"Joy is the infallible sign of the Presence of God."

Rev. Joyce


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"Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm."

Jean Paul F. Richter

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"It is okay to feel more Joy than the people around you. It is one of the greatest gifts we can give. They need our Joy, not our sadness."

Unknown

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"We need Joy as we need air.
We need Love as we need water.
We need each other as we need the earth we share."

Maya Angelou


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"There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go."

Frederick Wm. Faber


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"The only true measure of success is the amount
of joy we are feeling."

Abraham - Hicks

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"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile."

Wilfred T. Grenfell

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"If you are not living in Joy, you are out of integrity with your Soul."

Michael Bernard Beckwith

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"I am a gift of joy that God gives to a wonderful world."

Ernest Holmes

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"Following the basic laws of the Universe leads us to a life of total and complete joy in every moment."

Arnold Patent


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"Your true nature is purity, peace, and joy. "

Sai Baba

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"...keep knocking, and the Joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who's there."

Rumi
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"The artesian well of joy never runs dry. We clog it with our thoughts."

Don Blanding


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"...focus on the journey, not the destination.
Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."

Greg Anderson


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"Love is the unifier, the motivator and the source of joy
for every being."

Sai Baba


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"Heaven, the treasury of everlasting Joy."

Shakespeare


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"Joy is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are except in Joy. Not knowing Joy, we do not know ourselves."

Marianne Williamson


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"Always remember, Joy is not incidental to spiritual quest.
It is vital."

Rebbe Nachman


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"Joy needs no object; it is our own nature."

Sai Baba


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"There is no real and true Joy if that Joy is not imbued with love.
Love cannot exist without Joy."

Saraydarian
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"Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things are. Joy is not necessarily what happens when things unfold according to our plans."

Marianne Williamson (A Woman's Worth)


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"Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy
there is no creation: know the nature of joy."

Upanishads (c. B.C. 800)


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"True joy is that which gives us more energy
and makes us feel more alive."

Robert Puryear


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"Joy is the flag you fly when the Prince of Peace
is in residence within your heart."

Wilfred Peterson


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"Joy is unlimited, because each shining thought of love
extends its being and creates more of itself"

A Course in Miracles (T22.VI 14:8)


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"Scatter Joy"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Joy is a great purifier. It burns away many polluted currents trying to reach us."

Torkom Saraydarian -Irritation - The Destructive Fire


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"This is the true joy in life...being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one... being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."

George Bernard Shaw


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"Joy is the highest expression of Love.
In it is found the principle connection to Life and to the divine essence that is the creator."

Galactic Federation

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"From joy springs all creation, By joy it is sustained,
Towards joy it proceed, And unto joy it returns."

The Upanishads


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"Without Joy in your life you are powerless."

Joyce Meyers

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"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your JOY."

Thich Nhat Hanh


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"I have a wonderful joy in a wonderful way
and my wonderful joy has come to stay."

An Affirmation by Florence Scovel Shinn


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"Now and then it is good to pause in our pursuit of Joy
and just be Joyful."

Anonymous


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The greatest gift you can give yourself is joy, not only because of the feeling that goes with it at the moment, but because of the magnificent experience it will draw to you. It will produce wonders in your life."

Jack Boland


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"Success is only measured in terms of JOY"

Abraham-Hicks

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"JOY is an attribute of LOVE. It cannot be experienced where there is not LOVE. As you give more love you have more joy"

Anonymous

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"Goodness of heart is life to a man, joy is what gives him length of days."

A Testament verse dating back to the reign of Solomon

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"The closer you come to your core, the greater is your joy."

Torkom Saraydarian

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"If we follow our own instincts, our wishes, our own thoughts,
our own decisions, we should never know anything but joy
and health."

Jack Boland


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"Joy is a quality of the soul and is realized in the mind when
personality and soul are in alignment."

Djwhal Khul


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"Joy springs from within. No one makes you joyous; you choose
joyfulness."

Author unknown


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"Unconditional love is our essence and joy is it's expression."

Author unknown


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"Joy is the freedom of movement without interruption. It is the
freedom of expression without judgment."

Author unknown

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"The greatest gift you can give yourself is joy, not only because
of the feeling that goes with it at the moment, but because of
the magnificent experience it will draw to you. It becomes your
mark, your nature, your name. It is a wonder-working technique
that will produce wonders in your life."

Jack Boland


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"When we love unconditionally, with our hearts wide open, we
feel joyfulness."


Arnold Patent


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"The greatest gift that one human being can give another is
unconditional love. It's the only thing, ultimately, that really
matters."

Joy Gardner


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"Never miss a joy in this world of trouble-that's my theory!....
Happiness, like mercy,is twice blest: it blesses those most
intimately associated with it and it blesses all those who see
it, hear it, touch it or breathe the same atmosphere."


Kate Douglas Wiggin


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"Joy is prayer - Joy is strength- Joy is love - Joy is a net of love
by which you can catch souls. She gives most who gives with Joy."

Mother Teresa


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"Absolute Reality is expressed by existing ever in a state of upwelling Joy."
P.C. Mehta


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"From joy springs this universe; in joy it has it's being,
and unto joy it returns."
Brihadaranyaka Upanisad

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"May all beings learn how to nourish themselves with joy each day."

Thich Nhat Hanh

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"The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out."

Jim Rohn


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"Shared joy is double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow."

Swedish proverb


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"Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls."

Mother Teresa


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"Joy is the state of the human soul who is not identified with the personality. Happiness is a state of the soul who is identified with the personality and enjoys the life in the personality."

Torkom Saraydarian


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"Joy is the highest expression of love."

Abraham-Hicks


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Jeanne Porter Ashley via Tricycle: The Buddhist Review: ego IS good...keeps us from running into each other as we walk down the sidewalk...♥Hang On to Your Ego | Tricycle
www.tricycle.com
Although many believe that the ego is just a source of trouble, Thanissaro Bhikkhu teaches that a healthy, functioning ego is a crucial tool on the path to Awakening.

Jeanne Porter Ashley: Ron, interesting, after our recent conversation, to see this article jump up on the web -- huh? I appreciate your valuing the ego, as I do. Poor thing has been so maligned by so many...I love my ego and am grateful to it for letting / helping me BE me...lol!
Ron Alexander: Gary Zukav calls the ego our Earth Guide. Freud, who identified and named it in the 1930's along with the id (instinctual part of self) and superego (our highest self), calls it our "conscious bridge between the id and superego.