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Soulbyte for Thursday July 13, 2017

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Find your way to inner peace and calm no matter what is going on outside of you. It’s the only way to stay stable and sane. It’s not selfish but necessary in times of turmoil. And yet, do not be so inward turned as to miss the important things in life, especially the call to make changes that are beneficial, to move on when necessary, and to grow beyond where you are now. For even in inward turning, changes are expected if the inner process is to have impact. Otherwise it’s just another cover for not doing what needs to be done, for not facing what must be faced, and that will benefit no one. The charge of life is always to grow and change. It’s what the world is doing all the time, especially in times of turmoil, pushing for change. Let the self be still but never asleep. Let the self be calm but never inert. Let the self be inward turned but stay alert and aware, and never stop growing. For growth is the creative urge in all of life and that’s exactly what’s called for now!

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Wednesday July 12, 2017

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Sit calmly. Breathe. Let your mind be still. Let your body rest. Let your energy flow naturally throughout your body, bringing loving kindness to yourself. Let your brain be silent, your thoughts cease, your worries titrate down to nothing more than a simmering breeze. In this manner temper your suffering, reduce your anxiety, turn down your inner patter, your judgments, your condemnations of self and other. None of these things really exist; they are mere inventions of your mind seeking resolution, but you will not find resolution there. The mind is a dead end street. Instead let your spirit find you once again in the house of your physical body where it has been wandering and waiting. Let it greet you and take you down the streets of calmness, even as you become active again. Let yourself be whole in this way, in companionable silence within the quiet self!

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Thursday June 22, 2017

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Let wisdom be your guide. Let silence be your anchor. Let calmness balance you. Let these three things settle in your body. Let them rise from your heart and let them settle back into your heart. Let them be stilling. For when things feel impossible, when darkness threatens, when love feels distant and forgotten, hold within you the wisdom, silence, and calmness that have stilled the turmoils of the ages and find your own stillness there. And then wait in your stillness for the things that bring turmoil to pass, for all things pass.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Thursday May 25, 2017

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When your mind wanders bring it back to safe anchoring with calmness of breath. Like a boat gone loose from its moorings guide it gently back to calm emptiness by tying it fast to the dock of yourself and in your mind’s eye sit beside it. As you watch the water’s rippling surface feel the gentle breeze upon your skin, the sun upon your head, and know that you are safe. Breathe in calmness, breathe out disturbance, sadness and pain. Breathe in purity and goodness, breathe out madness and evil. Breathe in love, breathe out hate. Use your mind in this manner for calmness, peace, and love. It’s within your power, the power of your own breath!

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne