Thursday, October 31, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day...

 The cost of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it ~Henry David Thoreau~  
While money can be replaced, time cannot.  Spend both wisely.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Book Excerpt #17...The Only Thing That Matters

(Note: This picks up where the last excerpt left off. For purposes of continuity, daily reading will prove very helpful.)

You’ve brought your Mind to this self-exploration to remember three things: (a) the purpose of your life’s journey, (b) the paths that this journey can take, and (c) the journey’s destination.

Your remembering will begin with some more basics. But first, a request—from your Soul to your Mind:

Because these are “basics,” much of what you will read in these next few passages may feel like “old news” to you. Have patience, then.

A gentle request, yes?

It is not a bad thing to be reminded of what you already know. Most people are not applying what they already know anyway, and that’s the point. Perhaps a memory jog would be really good right about now.

And perhaps there are one or two tiny pieces of data that are not fully remembered—the remembering of which could change everything.

So please, have patience.

Now then . . . to those basics.
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(NOTE from NDW SUPPORT: Neale considers THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS (just released from Hay House) to be his most important book to emerge from God's inspiration since "Conversations with God." Neale's dream is that everyone could read every word that's in this text. He is therefore posting the entire book, line-by-line, here on Facebook, in daily excerpts. He hopes that you will find the book as beneficial as he has.) 

MommaMae's word for the day...

Don't let your mistakes become your habits.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Book Excerpt #16 from The Only Thing That Matters

(Note: This picks up where the last excerpt left off. For purposes of continuity, daily reading will prove very helpful.)

Back to Basics

DEAR SWEET AND GENTLE BEING . . . As we move more deeply into this exploration, let us step back and take a look at some fundamental concepts, including this one: You are on a journey here. And no, it is not the journey from birth to death. It is a journey from way before birth to long after death.

The importance and the implication of this Journey upon which you find yourself can barely be comprehended by your Mind. It can be comprehended . . . but barely.

Is this because your Mind is so incapable, so inefficient? No. It is because your Mind has been given so little information about the Journey itself.

We learn about it in a very indirect way. Not because our elders and our teachers sit us down and tell us everything we need to know about it (they have, after all, been given no more information than they are giving us), but because our art has done the best it can to fill the gap.

It is humanity’s culture that tells us about the experience in which we find ourselves. (And this is why, by the way, the movement to remove “cultural pursuits”—music and drama, art and other creative expressions—from our schools, leaving classrooms full of children to look only at our history, is so crushingly damaging to our sense of who we are and why we are.)

We need culture and esoterics—story and song, movies and plays, fiction and poetry, and really good television—to tell us about ourselves in fuller ways.

The American poet Em Claire did just this, capturing the essence of our journey, when she wrote . . .

I left The Home so long ago now
that I would not recognize my own face.
I constructed the Boat of my Life
and I set out
into the open sea
waving to all who knew
that the seas would give me
everything I could handle
and everything I could not
and yet they waved, and I set out
into the open sea
In the Boat of My Life:
built from Soul, crafted by Heart
and with great innocence I pushed off
into the open sea
and have been away from my Home
so long now that I would not recognize my own face
but I know that Home
Home
remembers me
.
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“Long at Sea”
©2007 em Claire
!is feeling and sense of being “away from home” is common to many people who yearn for the knowing and the experiencing of their union with the Divine.

Yet are we in the fullest sense “away from home”?

No. We are neither away from home nor away from God, but it sure seems that way. !e tiny amount of information that we have been given by those who simply write about our history and our physical sciences has been wholly lacking in any truly important metaphysical or spiritual detail. Or, worse yet, it has been riddled with error.

All of that is going to end here.
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(NOTE from NDW SUPPORT: Neale considers THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS (just released from Hay House) to be his most important book to emerge from God's inspiration since "Conversations with God." Neale's dream is that everyone could read every word that's in this text. He is therefore posting the entire book, line-by-line, here on Facebook, in daily excerpts. He hopes that you will find the book as beneficial as he has.) 

MommaMae's word for the day...

"I would've," "I could've," and "I should've" are usually the start of one of three things: a regret, an excuse or a lie and none of the three benefit you.  Regrets are the past hindering the present, a lie becomes part of your future instead of your past like the truth would, and, more often than not, there is no excuse for an excuse.  Regrets, excuses and lies keep you from having peace of mind and from achieving your dreams.  Instead of "I would've," "I could've," or "I should've," think in terms of "I will," "I can," and "I am."  It's easier than you think.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Book excerpt #15...The Only Thing That Matters

Note: This picks up where the last excerpt left off. For purposes of continuity, daily reading will prove very helpful.)

The first step in moving into clarity on where you’re going is moving into clarity on where you are right now, on who you are to begin with, and on why you are here.

On Earth, that is.

What are you doing here? What is the point of this? What is Life’s purpose?

These are the questions that have to be answered before you can begin to make decisions about The Only Thing That Matters—to say nothing of living your daily life focused on that. So the next few chapters—Part Two of this book—will be devoted to a deep investigation of these very questions.

As you move through these next pages, know that this is an exploration for which your Mind has earnestly yearned. Your Mind, you see, has been trying for years to make sense of a life that makes no sense at all. Now, thanks to the Knowledge of your Soul, you will be placing everything that is happening in your life into a new context—a context in which life finally does make sense.

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(NOTE from NDW SUPPORT: Neale considers THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS (just released from Hay House) to be his most important book to emerge from God's inspiration since "Conversations with God." Neale's dream is that everyone could read every word that's in this text. He is therefore posting the entire book, line-by-line, here on Facebook, in daily excerpts. He hopes that you will find the book as beneficial as he has.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013


MommaMae's word for the day...

As Maya Angelou once said, "If someone shows you who they are, believe them."  If you characterize people by their actions, you won't be fooled by their words.  Words whisper...Actions scream.

Monday, October 21, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day...

Your thoughts dictate your feelings and your feelings dictate your actions.  What you think about, you bring about.  What you think, feel and do are choices and those choices are under your control.  Get ya mind right and watch the rest fall into place.

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Start where you are...


MommaMae's word for the day...

Stop focusing on what you don't have because if you're not happy with what you have, you sure won't be happy with what you want.  An attitude of gratitude multiplies your blessings.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day...

Doubt and fear are dream killers.  Anyone who ever accomplished anything didn't know how they were going to do it.  They believed they could and they acted accordingly.  You have that same power.  Own it.  Use it. 

Monday, October 14, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day...

Learn from the mistakes of others because you won't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day...

Always be yourself because the people that mind don’t matter and the people that matter don’t mind.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Friday, October 11, 2013

Think about it...


MommaMae's word for the day (borrowed)...


A good friend introduced me to "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne a few months back and it has honestly changed my life for the better

There is a book available, but personally, I prefer the extended version DVD (As of today, $5 on Amazon.com and free shipping if you have AmazonPrime.)  You can also watch it for free if you have an AmazonPrime membership.  Also, the "Daily Teachings" companion book would be a wonderful addition to the book and/or the video.

I watch the video on a very regular basis and it helps keep me focused.  The participants, in my honest opinion, come across as sincere and genuine which is why I love this video so much.  They aren't trying to sell you anything, except on the ideas of how to change your life.  

With all that we do in the course of a day, why not do something that is for your own greater well-being?  

It is this simply...really!


Thursday, October 10, 2013

Book Excerpt #14 ...The Only Thing That Matters

(Note: This picks up where the last excerpt left off. For purposes of continuity, daily reading will prove very helpful.)

For now, let’s get back to the original literary style. That style assumes this book is being written by someone else and you’re reading it. Let’s accept that idea and return to the original question: What does matter? And . . . if you pay attention to only that . . . what of the rest of your life?

How do you live in this world without paying attention to the things that you used to spend 98% of your time on? Hang out in a cave? Enter a monastery? Become an ascetic? “Drop out,” as thousands did in the sixties counterculture of hippies in communes disillusioned with conventional values?

No. The idea here is not to walk away, or to walk around in a meditative daze, abandoning all constructive activity. The idea is to refocus your life’s intention, so that one day it may be said that 98% of your time is being spent on things that do matter.

The surprise here will be that when this happens, your activities themselves probably won’t change very much. Even if everyone on the planet read this book, agreed with it, and began spending 98% of their time on what does matter, people’s activities wouldn’t change that much.

People would still get up and go to work—or create some way to survive.

People would still marry and have kids—or create someone to love and by whom to be loved.

People would still run and jump and dance and sing and laugh—or create some way to entertain themselves, to bring joy into their days and nights, and to be happy.

So the question becomes: if what humans do won’t change that much, what will make what they do suddenly matter?

The answer lies not in what they do, but in how and why they do it. The answer is: something matters if it leads to and produces a particular kind of result—a result desired by the Soul. A result desired by Life Itself.

It is when the way in which you are doing anything facilitates the Larger Goal that you are seeking to reach that it matters.

Yet what human beings are doing cannot facilitate what they are trying to accomplish if they don’t know what they are trying to accomplish. They must be aware of the Larger Goal they are seeking to reach. And therein lies the problem. Most people don’t know what they’re doing.

That is not meant in any way pejoratively. It is a simple statement of fact. Most people have little understanding of the nature of the Journey they are on, much less how to arrive at their desired destination.

It is the things they are doing day-to-day that play a huge role in moving them toward, or away from, their Larger Goal, yet most are not aware of where they were intending to go to begin with, and so, as one comedian wryly noted: “If we’re not careful, we’ll all wind up exactly where we’re headed.”
Today the earth is populated with billions of people desperately hoping to “get somewhere,” but having no idea of where they’re going.

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(NOTE from NDW SUPPORT: Neale considers THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS (just released from Hay House) to be his most important book to emerge from God's inspiration since "Conversations with God." Neale's dream is that everyone could read every word that's in this text. He is therefore posting the entire book, line-by-line, here on Facebook, in daily excerpts. He hopes that you will find the book as beneficial as he has.)





MommaMae's word for the day...

Who you are, what you do is entirely up to you regardless of what has happened in your life.  Your past does NOT define you.  Your thoughts, feelings, and subsequent actions and choices shape your life.  You have the power to define your existence and your experiences. Own your power, change your mindset and you will change your life.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day (via Iyanla Vanzant)...

Spend time alone. Pay attention to what you are feeling. Investigate your thoughts. Examine your activities. Do not judge, condemn, or criticize anything you are doing or have done. Postpone making decisions and pronouncements until you are clear and peaceful within. What is going on in the world is not your truth. Your truth is within you.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day...

If someone wants to love you, you can't stop them.  If someone doesn't love you, you can't make them. Don't cross an ocean for someone who isn't willing to jump a puddle for you. If you are only an option in his/her life, don't make that person a priority in yours.

Friday, October 4, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day...

I see and hear so many people complaining about drama in their lives.  If you have drama you either 1. allow it in your life or 2. are the origin of it.  If you create a storm, don't be surprised when it rains. You can't keep doing the same things and expect change to happen.  Change will not happen until YOU make it happen.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day (via Iyanla Vanzant) :

Feel what you feel and allow it to pass. Don't judge your feelings or yourself for having them. Do not label your feelings good or bad, right or wrong. Drop your hands to your sides and give yourself permission to ride out the emotional tidal waves that are sure to surface every now and then. Each time an emotion surfaces, this is a sure sign that you are working through it in order to release it.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

MommaMae's word for the day...

Happiness is an inside job.  Don't put the keys to your happiness in someone else's pocket.