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Today's Inspiration
presented by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
The focus for today's inspiration is:
I am finding my way back to the simple joy of being.
The following are the opening lines of an article that will be published on InnerSelf later this week, and excerpted from the book, Radical Regeneration:
"Nothing is more important for the future of humanity than a global return to joy.
"At a moment of profound sadness regarding the state of the world, Andrew Harvey, in a dream vision, was given a message that changed his life. A golden banner was unfurled in the sunlit sky above, and on that banner were written these words: Joy is the power.
"The tremendous challenges we all face at this time cannot be met by grief or heartbreak or despair alone. What is needed for all of us is to find the way back to what all spiritual traditions know as the essence of reality—the simple joy of being that is the indispensable foundation for all meaningful living and all truly effective action." -- Carolyn Baker and Andrew Harvey, Radical Regeneration
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ADDITIONAL READING: For more reflections on this topic, read the InnerSelf.com article:
What If Your Life Purpose Is Simply Love and Joy?
Written by Marie T. Russell
This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of reconnecting with the simple joy of being (today and every day)
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Today, I find my way back to the simple joy of being.
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RECOMMENDED BOOK:
BOOK: Radical Regeneration
Radical Regeneration: Birthing the New Human in the Age of Extinction
by Carolyn Baker and Andrew Harvey
What is being made crystal clear is that humanity stands at a monumentally fragile threshold with two stark choices placed before it in a situation of complete uncertainty. Those choices are: 1) To continue to worship a vision of power, totally distanced from sacred reality 2) Or to choose the path of submitting bravely to the alchemy of being transfigured by a global dark night event that shatters all illusions but reveals the greatest imaginable possibility being born out of the greatest imaginable disaster.
If humanity chooses the second path, which is what is being celebrated in this book, then it will have trained itself in the new radical unity necessary to weather even worse crises.
For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as a Kindle edition.
About The Author
Marie T. Russell is the founder of InnerSelf Magazine (founded 1985). She also produced and hosted a weekly South Florida radio broadcast, Inner Power, from 1992-1995 which focused on themes such as self-esteem, personal growth, and well-being. Her articles focus on transformation and reconnecting with our own inner source of joy and creativity.
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