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    “An optimist is one who sees opportunity in every difficulty.  A pessimist is one who sees difficulty in every opportunity.” ~ L. P. Jacks, via The Way of the Seal

      “The nature of the outer, conscious mind is to receive input, process it through our story filter, and then make meaning out of it.  A problem arises when too much of what flows through our minds is negative: The conscious mind dwells on negative things and obsesses about them.  Sound familiar?  It’s well known that whatever we focus on tends to become our reality, even if the focus is on not wanting something.  Negative input can plant seeds of destruction in our subconscious mind, which then partners with our conscious mind in a conspiracy for failure.” ~ Mark Divine, The Way of the Seal

        “Though we’d like to believe our thoughts are under our control, guess again.  Thoughts arise constantly, and many have no business being in our minds, nor do they have a positive purpose in our lives.  Road rage, what goes through your mind when someone cuts you off in traffic, is a good example of an emotion-driven thought.” ~ Mark Divine, The Way of the Seal

          “To win anything, we must first win control over our minds.” ~ Mark Divine, The Way of the Seal

            “You do not have to wait until the flame has gone out to be reborn.  I am reborn many times every day.  Every moment is a moment of rebirth.  My practice is to be reborn in such a way that my new forms of manifestation will bring light, freedom and happiness into the world.  My practice is not to allow wrong actions to be reborn.  If I have a cruel thought or if my words carry hatred in them, then those thoughts and words will be reborn.  It will be difficult to catch them and pull them back.  They are like a runaway horse.  We should try not to allow our actions of body, speech and mind to take us in the direction of wrong action, wrong speech and wrong thinking.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear

              “If you drop the mind, suddenly you become happy for no reason at all.  Then happiness is just natural, just as you breathe.   For breathing, you need not be even aware; you simply go on breathing.  Conscious, unconscious, awake, asleep—you go on breathing.  Happiness is exactly like that.” ~ Osho, Fame, Fortune, and Ambition

                “If there is any instrument you must fall in love with and fetishize, it is the human brain—the most miraculous, awe-inspiring, information-processing tool devised in the known universe, with a complexity we can’t even begin to fathom, and with dimensional powers that far outstrip any piece of technology in sophistication and usefulness.” ~ Robert Greene, Mastery