http://notsobiglife.com/ Quote of the day from notsobiglife.com. en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 05:24:46 -0700 It’s not enough to move the furniture around; if you are like most people, you’ve already tried that. To bring your life into harmony with who you are inside, you have to see where the obstructions to that aim reside. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_48 We need to recognize the reflectivity inherent in our experience of anything and to learn how to position ourselves - just as we do a window or a skylight - to let in as much of that life experience as possible. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_47 Every experience in your life is a window capable of reflecting light on your inner world. All the events are like the walls and ceilings of a house, and our experiencing of those events can allow us to see ourselves better. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_46 By constantly listening to your dreams and treating every event and appearance as a clue to the questions you are most interested in, the things you want to understand will be revealed. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_45 The journey to understand ourselves is one path, defined by our life’s storyline, but the path is there to be explored as something sacred and profound, and not just plodded along without consideration. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_44 When you search for hidden meaning, you open up the possibility of insight—which is a type of epiphany—a thrilling experience, and one that makes you feel more alive. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_43 When we experience moments of epiphany or insight and when we notice our heart’s desire for something we’re passionate about, we recognize the possibility that there might be more to life than we know. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_42 The questions we need to ask ourselves today are “When do we know we have enough?” and “What could we do with our lives if we weren’t so focused on acquiring more?” http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_41 It is possible to relate to the content of our lives just as we do the story line of a novel. And we can do so while still engaging in our everyday lives just as we’ve always done, but with new awareness. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_40 When we remove the obstacles to self-observation, and when we add to this what we can learn from dreams — both sleeping and waking — our views of that inner world become even more inspiring and much richer. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_39 The most important step is simply to begin. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_38 You can only do this work by being as open as you can to what life presents you. Absolutely everything in your life contributes to your own growth when you learn how to see things differently. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_37 A Not So Big Life is not, as the saying goes, a destination, but a journey. If you focus on goals and objectives, and if you try to force things to happen, doors will remain firmly locked. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_36 Our idea of ourselves constructs the reality we experience. Although whatever is happening seems so real at any particular moment, we know that two people rarely remember the same event the same way. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_35 When the conditioned pattern stops playing, your experience of time changes because you are no longer struggling with your imaginary boogiemen, those old conditioned responses that are no longer serving you. http://notsobiglife.com/#qotd_34