No judgments. Instead ask, “How am I like the person I judge? Where is that person in me?” No one is perfect. Perfection is nothing to strive for, it’s a waste of time. Instead, strive for balance, humility, compassion and a lack of judgment of others. In this way know and accept the fullness of the self.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Do you self-sabotage? Do wandering thoughts dominate your mind? Do old habits sparked by old thoughts dominate your actions? Do fear and worry dominate your wandering thoughts, controlling you? Seek relief from your fears and worries by emptying your mind of your wandering old thoughts and sit in the bliss of empty mind. Wandering fearful thoughts do not aid you in your life; they only hinder growth and keep you stagnant, wondering what is wrong with you and why you are so fearful. Tell fear and worry to go away. You have no use for them. They merely crowd your mind with useless draining thoughts. Instead take action to change your mind, to think differently. Do this constantly, telling fear and worry and wandering thoughts to go away and insert positive thoughts in their place. Turn the old thoughts on their heads and begin each new day in a new way; think positively! The power of the positive is available to you right now, in your own mind. Mind your thoughts!
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
To live a healthy life take responsibility for yourself and your actions. Dutifully tend to inner fires so that outer fires do not flare up. In taking care of the needs of the self in mature fashion, with patience and fortitude, one becomes innerly calm and one leaves the outer environment calmer too. Distorted views often begin with disturbed inner visions or ideas. Mind the self, body and soul, by seeking proper guidance and in so doing make progress toward a healthy persona, finding peace within so that peace without may also reign.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
During these times of great change make great changes in your own life that support a new and different worldview, one based on new and yet ancient principles of balance and equality, of moderation and consolidation, of positive inner attitude and generous outlook. Look inside the self for the resources most applicable and called for now, love and kindness for instance, and bring them out into the world. Do not fear sharing yourself in this loving way for it is in sharing your deeper self that you will discover that all beings share a need for understanding and acceptance. These are the principles now needed, along with a good dose of heart centered compassion for all beings, even those who hate and kill. This too is keeping things in balance. The eternal struggle between good and evil lies within all beings, even you. Evil has been ignored for too long, dismissed as not acceptable, and that is why it is acting out. It will not be resolved until it is acknowledged and accepted as part of life too. Accept all sides of the self. Set yourself right with your inner world and help get the outer world right too. As within so without.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Look to your body to tell you what you need to know about yourself, the living organism that is you. Look to your soul as well. Know yourself inside as much as outside in order to accomplish this feat, for fully knowing the self is one of the most worthy endeavors of a lifetime. For if you can know yourself on the deepest levels you can know all of life on deeper levels. Know yourself so that you may be free to fully be yourself. Knowing yourself means facing yourself every day and facing who you truly are, all of you, body and soul, the complete picture, and accepting all of it. Know yourself fully. You will never regret it. And then you will know what’s right, how to be, how to act, how to truly communicate in the world on ever deeper levels too.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne