Monkey Mind

 “The mind is always moving. Even when you’re asleep, your mind is busy. To meditate, without having your mind get in there and talk to you constantly, requires you to get above the concrete mind. … When you lift your thoughts above the concrete mind, that is when your resurrection aspect works faster, takes in more, is able to retain what it is learning.”

09/23/2024 Blog. Ascended Master Stella, RESURRECTION AND FAITH, February 10-12, 2012, Pgs. 17-18, Copyright © 2012 Rev. Penny Donovan. All rights reserved. Photo (c) Vovaanty | Dreamstime.com

Beware of Hope

“Hope is a funny thing. It’s kind of a two-edged sword. It’s good to have, but it’s not good to rely on because hope leaves the door open for something negative to come in. If you hope something, then you also believe it could not be good. But when you know something, you don’t leave the back door open for negativity.”

09/25/2024 Blog. Nq-on Kar, A Tibetan Master, TRUE DETACHMENT FROM ILLUSION, April 29-21, 2013, Pg. 17. Copyright © 2013 Rev. Penny Donovan and Donald Gilbert. All rights reserved. Photo (c) Csontstock | Dreamstime.com

Hope & Detachment

“And then, there are those who practice detachment, but they’ve got a little wrong spin on it there. When someone is detached, it doesn’t mean that they think, ‘I’m not going to let that bother me. I won’t think about it. No. No. No. It’s not going to bother me.’ – That’s not detachment. Detachment is when you see a situation and you think: ‘God’s Will is working through this. I know somehow it’s going to come out alright. This will be good. And I don’t need to worry about it. I lift them in light. I ask God to bless them and I know it will be okay.’ They do that to a point, but instead of knowing, it’s going to be okay, they are hoping it will be okay.”

09/23/2024 Blog. Nq-on Kar, A Tibetan Master, TRUE DETACHMENT FROM ILLUSION, April 29-21, 2013, Pg. 16-17. Copyright © 2013 Rev. Penny Donovan and Donald Gilbert. All rights reserved. Photo (c) Eldarnurkovic | Dreamstime.com