September 2, 2012

July 15, 2012
Oprah’s Life Class Notes from Season 2 Episode 5 Spiritual Solutions

  • If you are living in the space of an open heart, you have a blessed life.
  • You are a spiritual being having a human experience.
  • Live in the now.
  • Death reminds us you are not going to be here forever, we need to use our time on earth wisely.
  • Spirituality is an on going practice.
  • Problems are keeping you living in fear.
  • Spirituality is a journey into self awareness, finding out who you really are, your true self beyond your ego.
  • Control the thoughts that come in and out of your head.
  • We are not prisoners of our thoughts. We can let anything go.
  • Karma- Everything you try to do to me you have already done to yourself.
  • Karma creates memories which creates desire and imagination which then creates karma again, a continuum.
  • You are not your thoughts, you are the one in control
  • STOP - S- Stop T- Take three breaths O- Observe P- Proceed now with kindness and Compassion.
  • Change your thought, think the opposite.
  • Karma means you have to live with the consequences of your past actions.
  • Life is an echo, what you put out in the world comes back. Good or Bad.
  • Now is the moment that never ends.
  • Take ownership of your thoughts and actions.
  • The worst you say about another is a small truth about yourself.
  • You can never feel good about yourself by bringing somebody else down.
  • How am I looking at myself in this moment?
  • We turn our worst experiences into rules of life.
  • Have empathy without being condescending by judging him we judge ourselves.
  • Everybody does the best they can in the stage of awareness they are in.
  • Every sinner has a future, every saint has a past.
  • The highest form of intelligence is to observe yourself, without judging yourself.
  • The best way to prepare for the future is to be present now.
  • Other people’s observations and opinions of you are theirs don’t get that confused with who you are.
  • In God I move and breathe and have my being. ACTS 17:28
  • You can believe the diagnosis but never believe the prognosis.
  • The past is gone, the future is not here, now I am free of both.
  • I use memories, but I will not allow memories to use me.
  • Nobody has power over your thoughts unless you give it to them
  • Will it make me happy, but will it make other people happy as well?
  • What most people call their biography is actually their ego profile.
  • Who am I? The answer shouldn’t involve what you do.
  • Be what you seek. Good luck is a state of grace.
  • Whatever you’re struggling with is a reminder for you to find true purpose in your lifetime.
  • Soul Profile = Meaningful Questions
  • Who am I? (Not what you do)
  • What do I want in this life?
  • What is my purpose?
  • What are my unique skills and talents?
  • What do I expect in a meaningful relationship?
  • In your personal transformation is the future transformation of the world.
  • The only true belief you need to have is in your infinite potential.