Friday, February 10, 2006

Don’t Let Anyone Go Empty Handed !

If you have an attitude of elevated wishes and elevated feelings, then in one second's thought, with your drishti and a smile from your heart, you can give some one a lot in even one second. Give a gift to whosoever comes; do not let them go back empty-handed.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.


Valentine Special - The Best Ways To Say I Love You .

Thursday, February 09, 2006

Don’t See Anyone’s Weakness Or Defects !

This is the year of Good wishes and Embodiment of Virtues. So make this promise to yourself: You will never ever see anyone's weakness or defect. You will not listen to or speak of anyone's weakness or defects.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Loving Everyone !

Love is the easy method for remembering God. Those who themselves are loving, easily make others into loving souls. Now, you put this love in to the practical form, and with the power of greater love, continue to move forward even more.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.


Valentine Special - Make Your Partner Feel Romantic...........

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Become A Bestower !

To be completely full of all virtues is the sign of the deity life. These virtues are your jewellery. So check whether you have double-light stage of being an angel, whether you have the sign of the deities, that is , of being a bestower.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.


Valentine Special - Making Your Partner Feel Loved ...

Monday, February 06, 2006

Lines Of Fortune !

Every one of us have three fortune lines sparkling.
One is the line of fortune of Godly sustenance.
Second is the line of fortune of the most elevated study.
Third is the line of fortune of attaining the most elevated directions.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Life Of Knowledge !

You all enjoy a life of knowledge. Well in listening to and relating knowledge. Then what is the reason for many weakness. The main reason is that what ever you say and what ever you hear, you lack the experience of every virtue, every power and every point of knowledge.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.


Valentine Special - Ten Romantic Scents

Friday, February 03, 2006

Have A Cheerful Face !

You have the fortune of happiness and constantly have a happy face. There should never be a difference visible on your face. When you become angry or when, internally, you have a lot of anger, then is your face happy or is it red or yellow? So your face should be constantly be cheerful and happy.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Become Prosperous !

When you give anyone a little gift with love, he becomes so happy. It is not the thing that is seen. But it is the gift, the form of love, that is seen. No one become prosperous with the gift, but they can become prosperous with the love. So give love and receive love.


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.


Valentine Special - 20 Things To Do With Your Partner !

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Think Positive For Others !

One is to have positive thoughts - to change the negative into positive, which is known as having positive thoughts. Negative can become positive and you can change it. But simply check whether you had positive thoughts even whilst performing actions. And the second is to constantly have good wishes for others. Positive thoughts and good wishes for others have a connection with each another. If you don't have positive thoughts, you can't have good wishes for others. Therefore, pay attention to these two aspects.


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.



Valentine Special - How To Keep Your Romance Alive !

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Be The Ruler Of Mind !

First be the ruler of the mind and check whether the minister (mind) is establishing its own incognito kingdom inside. It even makes the intellect belong to itself. It makes the lips and the ears belong to it. So check everyday. Ask for news:"hey, minister mind, what did you do, did you create any deception?" Internally, it may create an incognito group and make you become the slave instead of the ruler. Don't allow that to happen.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.
Valentine Special - Reasons People Fall In Love

Monday, January 30, 2006

Situations Teach You Tolerance !

Situations especially make you experienced in having two particular powers- like power to tolerate- to have detachment and become a conqueror of attachment- and it also teaches you the lesson of having the power to face, so that you learn something for the future, so the situation has only come to teach you these two lessons: the power to tolerate and the power to face.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.
Valentine Special - Valentine Recipes !

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Think Before You Act !

To think about something before hand is a sign of being an enlightened soul. If you do not first think about it, then that later on takes on the form of repentance.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.



Valentine Special - Top Romantic Gifts !

Friday, January 27, 2006

Stand Firm Like A Rock In The Sea !

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves. The world has no room for cowards. We must all be ready somehow to toil, to suffer, to die. And yours is not the less noble because no drum beats before you when you go out into your daily battlefields, and no crowds shout about your coming when you return from your daily victory or defeat.



~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.



Valentine Special - Ten Romantic Foods !

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Have Faith in God !!

IN TIMES OF DIFFICULTIES, DONT EVER SAY,

GOD I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM,

INSTEAD SAY - HEY PROBLEM I HAVE A BIG "GOD".

AND EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT.

RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.
Valentine Special : Ten Favorite Romantic Cities

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

See A Diamond Everywhere !

You have to have this thought today that you will become a diamond and see others as diamonds. Even if the soul is completely impure, what will you see? Will you see coal or will you see diamond? You will see a diamond. As soon as your vision falls on that soul his darkness will reduce.


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.



Valentine Special - Ten Romantic Flowers !

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Say Bye To Illness !

Medicines are the last fruit of the Iron Age (kaliyug) which you should eat with love. When you eat medicine, it doesn't have to remind you of the illness. If you eat your medicine under compulsion, then medicine taken reluctantly will remind you of your illness, whereas if you eat it with the consciousness of taking it to put strength into your body, then the medicine will not remind you of your illness. If you think that it will give happiness, then through that medicine, you will be all right in two or three days. Do not be afraid of any illness. When it comes, give it some fruit and then bid it farewell.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.



Valentine Special - Top 10 Romantic Getaways !

Monday, January 23, 2006

The Mind Exerts Its Own Influence !

Do not focus the body on God, not to focus the wealth on God, nor even to focus the intellect on God, but focus the mind on God. The mind exerts its own influence. You become influenced by the mind. The intellect then co-operates with it, and if the mind and intellect move in that direction, it becomes a sinker.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.
Valentine Special - Top 10 Honeymoon Destinations

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Don’t Lose Hope !

Do not be afraid. Though having fear, do not lose your fortune of having God's grace. Do not distress yourself and do not distress others. You have good Fortune.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Friday, January 20, 2006

Tolerance Is A Virtue !

Even if someone is insulting you, your face should not have any waves of sorrow, you should just remain content. Those who are insulting you will then become tired. It should not be that he may speak for one hour and you spoke for just one second. If you speak or think for just one second, if you showed signs of discontentment on your face, you have failed. "I tolerated so much, I tolerated it for one hour, and then the gas was released from the balloon." So do not become gas balloons.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.



Valentine Special - Thoughts For Valentine's Day !

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Waste Thoughts Fluctuates Your Mind !

Sometimes, because you are not busy in any work, waste thoughts become the greatest work and that attracts you towards itself. You may not have any physical work, but because the power of determination is scattered, the mind and intellect,which you want to keep set, fluctuate.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.




Valentine Special - Special Poems For Valentine's Day !

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Be Courageous !

Just maintain courage. Become worthy to receive that courage and you can go ahead in a short time. Therefore, don't be disheartened, thinking:"I don't know if I will be able to become this or not". Do not be disheartened.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.




Valentine Special - Romantic Poems For Valentine's Day !

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Speak Softly !

Speaking loudly is to disturb others. Don't say," My voice is like that." You can become the conquerors of Maya and yet you can't become the conqueror of your own voice! So don't speak wasteful words or words that disturb others.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Monday, January 16, 2006

Beggars Can Never Be Choosers !

Those who beg can never become complete. You may not ask for anything else, you may not say anything else, but you beg a lot in a royal way. The royal form of begging is, that you earn a temporary name for yourself that you are given some regard, that your name is listed. But whilst you are a beggar, you cannot become complete with the treasures of happiness. To chase after your desires or the things that you ask for is like chasing after a mirage. Constantly keep yourself safe from this. .


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.






Valentine Special - SPECIAL MESSAGES FOR Valentine's Day !

Friday, January 13, 2006

Speak Less But Softly !

You have had a conversation with someone of just a few words, but you would continue to speak about that for another half an hour. You speak too many words then. If you can do something by just speaking four words then don't speak ten to fifteen words. You have a slogan: Speak less and speak softly.



~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.



Valentine Special Quotes ! - To Read More.......

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Handle Your Desires Carefully !

It has been seen that desires are like walking in the sun. When you see yourself walking in the sun, your shadow will go ahead of you and if you try to catch hold of it, would you be able to do it? And when you turn back, where would the shadow go? It would follow you. So desires are something that attract you to themselves and make you cry, whereas when you let go off desires, they come following you.


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

To Be Big Means Great Work !

The greater you are, the more responsibility you have. To become big is not just something to be happy about, but since you have a big name, you must perform a big task.


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Don’t Hurt Anyone !

There are many wasteful words spoken jokingly throughout the day. They will not speak good words. They won't even say that it wasn't their intention, but they just do it jokingly for the sake of it. That fun is causing sorrow to someone.


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Monday, January 09, 2006

Tolerate With Happiness !

Do not be afraid in having to tolerate anything. Why do you become afraid? Is it because you feel, "Why should I tolerate something that is not true? Why should I tolerate something wrong?" But, Father gave you the order to tolerate? not the one who told lies give you this order? Very many children do tolerate, but there is a difference in tolerating out of compulsion and tolerating out of love. Since you are tolerating, then tolerate with happiness.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Shed The Anger !!

Anger also creates waste thoughts. Lust means to have wasteful vision. Underline purity in your vision and attitude. The main foundation for this is to have purity in your thoughts.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Friday, January 06, 2006

A Beautiful World !

The householders have to make the entire old world and the souls of the world into a lotus pond. A world into a lotus pond. A lotus looks very beautiful in the middle of a pond. So make this world into the greatest lotus pond, so that whatever people look, they only see lotus flowers.


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Free Yourself From Any Jhamela !

The easiest method to become free from obstacles is to make yourself free from jhamela. "Do not look at others" but free yourself from any jahmela. Whatever there is a jhamela, move your mind and intellect away from it.


– Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

God Is With You !

Thoughts of the original self means to finish your own subtle weaknesses and your little mistakes by thinking about them and then transforming them. If your name is in God's heart what else do you want?
– Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Let The Heart Not Lose Hope !

The main bondage is that his soul lacks the power of controlling thoughts and so is in bondage to its own thoughts. There is the experience of dependence and outside influence. A soul caught in his bondage of thoughts creates many things, destroys them and tires itself in this wasteful activity. Then the heart shrinks and loses hope.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Monday, January 02, 2006

Have Faith In The Intellect !

One with faith in the intellect always speaks the truth. Some have faith in the intellect in knowing, some in believing and some in being.


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Saturday, December 31, 2005

Don’t Waste Your Patience !

Someone may relate some news to you once and you enjoyed that very much because it was something new. Sometimes it happens that you listen to them once and so where will they go the second time? They will come to you. You became a dustbin for them. Whatever such news they have, they will come and relate that to you because you listened to them before. Otherwise, explain to them and liberate them from such matters. Do not increase your interest by listening to them.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR !!

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

~Hal Borland

A New Year’s Prayer

Dear Lord, please give me…

A few friends who understand me and remain my friends;

A work to do which has real value,

without which the world would be the poorer;

A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed;

An understanding heart; A sense of humor; Time for quiet, silent meditation;

A feeling of the presence of God;

The patience to wait for the coming of these things, With the wisdom to recognize them when they come.

Amen.

~ Anonymous

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Fill It with Positivity...!!!

Affluent societies have put huge effort into improving physical facilities, but our minds have suffered neglect. Increased levels of negative states such as anxiety, addiction, irritability and depression have accompanied burgeoning desires. As well as undermining the health of individuals, these negative attitudes and emotions harm society and the environment by causing a loss of fundamental values in our actions. When we feel sad and empty inside, we become part of the problem. We comfort ourselves by blaming others and circumstances. Instead we have to learn how to make our mind strong. That means fill it with positivity.

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Good Qualities leads to Pure Thoughts...!!!

Cheerfulness comes from a sense of well being and contentment. It is a high quality, but it does not always stay with us. Thoughts of envy, worry, anger and hatred enter the mind, and cheerfulness vanishes. To maintain a "smiling face" we need to focus our attention only on the good qualities around us. When we see bad qualities we retain the defects of others and it poisons our intellect. When we see good qualities then our thoughts will be pure, our action elevated bringing with them a sense of contentment and joy free from a poisonous atmosphere.

Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Establish Relationship with God...!!!

The sign of a great man is his accuracy. The means of achieving accuracy is setting up a time-table. Time-tables are for busy people, helping them do the work of five people. When you find there is so much activity, so much to be done, set your own time table. This helps to achieve success. At times some may feel that although they have been successful in many activities and achieved a lot, there is no sense of achievement, no satisfaction - and the soul searching questions start originating. Each individual will find his answer, his place in the tree of life if they can establish a relationship with God the Father. When setting your time-table, perhaps you can put in a few moments to be spent with just you and God, your Father and enjoy a sweet relationship with Him.

Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Monday, December 26, 2005

Connecting to Inner Positive Qualities...!!!

When we are under the influence of our weaknesses and tend to use them during pressurizing situations, we are not able to experience freedom. We feel bound by the difficult situation and so are not able to express all the positive qualities that we have. We need to make a practice of connecting to our own inner power constantly. For this we need to keep reminding ourselves again and again of this power. Then during difficult times, these qualities will be available for us in order to be free from the influence of situation and to have a positive influence.

Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

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Sunday, December 25, 2005

Wising You Merry Christmas...!!!

A Silent Night, A Star Above,
A Blessed Gift of Hope and Love,
Joyous Songs and Christmas Cheer,
Laughter and Friendship to You All the Year...!!!

Wising You...Merry Christmas...!!!


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Saturday, December 24, 2005

The Almighty Is With You !

If you have faith that the Almighty Authority is with you, then He will make someone or another an instrument to help you.



~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S !!!!!


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Friday, December 23, 2005

Maturity Helps To Accumulate Fully !

The virtue of maturity enables you to move forward a great deal. If you let something out, you may think that you have done well in doing so, but in fact, you have halved its benefit. You have halved its fruit and only accumulated half the benefit. Those who are very mature accumulate fully.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.
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Thursday, December 22, 2005

Purity Is Your Original Religion !

If you have any art or talent, use it considering it to be a blessing. Whatever belongs to the self is easy to follow, whereas whatever is external to you feels difficult. Impurity is an external religion and purity is your original religion.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Jealousy And Hatred Follow Selfish Motive !

Do not have any selfish motive, thinking that, because you said it, it should happen, do not think in this way. Otherwise, all its companions of jealousy and hatred also follow.


~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.


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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

A Victorious Intellect Does Not Boast !

A victorious and faithful intellect will never speak about its victory. He will not complain to others by saying," You see. I was right"! To complain in this way, or to speak about it, is a sign of emptiness.
Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

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Monday, December 19, 2005

Inculcate Pure Thoughts !

Purity means to have introversion, faithful intellect, honesty and cleanliness. To have waste thoughts or to enable waste thoughts to be created, to have waste thoughts yourself or to be an instrument to create waste thoughts in others, it is impurity.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.



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Saturday, December 17, 2005

Transformation Of Life!

The transformation of life means that thoughts, sanskars and relationships have all been transformed, have become new, new actions.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Friday, December 16, 2005

Registering The Accounts Of Life !

Today, just remember one word with your mind-new. whatever thoughts you have, whatever thoughts you speak , whatever actions you carry out , just check this, Remember: Is it new. Start this register of accounts from today.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Every Soul Is Important !

Every soul of this world is special. Every soul is a self-sovereign, a king. Every soul wears the tilak of remembrance, the eternal tilak, the tilak of self-sovereignty, and is seated on the heart-throne of God.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

God – The Fortune Maker !

The children with clear lines, will experience themselves to be fortunate in every action. At the same time, their face and behavior also gives others the experience of their fortune. On seeing such fortunate children others say, "these souls are most fortunate; their fortune is constantly elevated.' So ask yourself,"Do I have the experience of being the child of Bhagwan" (God - the fortune maker) as I perform every action.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Don’t Blame Others !

Sometimes due to arrogance, one's own mistake is blamed on others. As time passes, in order to protect oneself, the soul continues to blame others. Result, the most bitter bondage of the mind is “the intellect is locked".

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Intellectual Thoughts !

The foot of the intellect never touches the mud of this old world that is the intellect never becomes dirty.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Intoxication Of Happiness In Life !!!

Waste thoughts are drawn by others and the soul becomes trapped in external bondages. Faith will not just be intellectual; the soul will be able to experience it in the clear spiritual intoxication at every step of its actions. Faith in the intellect means intoxicating happiness in life.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

God’s Love !

You swing in God's lap; lost in love and remembrance. It is as if you merge into his lap, merge into god's remembrance and become lost in His love. This spiritual love enables you, in a second, to forget the pain and sorrow of many births.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Don’t Look Down Upon Others !

At the time that you create a thought check and see if there is also the thought "I will try" or "I will do as much as possible", or ," others have these weaknesses also". If it is so, you are mixing sand in the foundation and that is why the foundation is not firm. It is very easy to look at others but it takes effort to see the self.



~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Monday, December 05, 2005

Be Victorious! Move Away From Waste!

The one with faith in the intellect always remains at a distance from waste. Whether it is waste thoughts, waste words or waste actions. To move away from waste means to be victorious. It is because of waste that there is sometimes defeat and sometimes victory. If waste is finished, defeat is finished. The ending of wastefulness is a sign of victory.

Saturday, December 03, 2005

Attaining Liberation !

On the one hand thoughts are powerful, but there is slackness in words, or words are powerful but actions become slack. The method of attaining liberation is to make all three powerful simultaneously, to make all three spiritual.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Friday, December 02, 2005

Easy Christmas Recipes, Xmas Special Cookies...!!!

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Christmas day "Appetizers & Drinks"
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Christmas Punch

A delicious punch recommended by Santa Claus for 2005 Christmas Party!

Ingredients

1 Quart pineapple juice
1 Pkg (2 qt) lime Kool-aid
1 Qt lime sherbet
2 Qts ginger ale

Instructions

Mix Kool-aid in punch bowl. Add pineapple juice. Just before serving, add sherbet by spoonfuls. Add ginger ale. For red punch, use raspberry Kool-aid and sherbet.

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Xmas day "Breakfast"
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Holiday French Toast

Ingredients

12 slices cinnamon raisin bread, dry and firm
2 cups prepared eggnog
1/2 cup butter or margarine
confectioner's sugar

Instructions

Cut bread into 1-inch strips, trimming crusts from any long edges. Pour eggnog into a shallow bowl and dip each strip of bread into the eggnog. Coat each piece well on both sides. Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook bread on both sides until golden brown. Dust with confectioner's sugar. Makes 12 servings.

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Christmas Candy
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Wild Turkey Candy

This one is only for the adults since it's made with bourbon!

Ingredients

1/4 cup soft butter
1/3 cup Wild Turkey Bourbon
1 lb. Powdered sugar (you may need more if too runny)
1 bag (about 1 1/2 lbs.) chocolate chips
1 to 1 1/2 bags of pecans

Instructions

1> Mix butter, sugar and bourbon together till stiff.
2> Melt chocolate chips in microwave then stir.
3> Roll the wild turkey mixture into small oval shapes (keeping powdered sugar on hands makes it less sticky) about as big as the pecan. Put pecan 1/2 on each side of ball and dip narrow side in chocolate. Set and serve.
4> Makes about 100 pieces.

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Fun Xmas Cookies
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Easy as 123 Peanut Butter Cookies

This has got to be the easiest recipe yet for this wonderful cookie. Don't be put off by the simplicity of it...and despite challenges to the contrary, the recipe works WITHOUT flour.

Ingredients

1 cup sugar (you can cut this down to 3/4 cup, if you prefer)
1 large egg
1 cup peanut butter (crunchy or smooth)

Instructions

1> Combine sugar and egg in mixing bowl, stirring till smooth. Add peanut butter and mix in thoroughly.
2> Roll into walnut-sized balls.
3> Place the balls on ungreased cookie sheets at least 2" apart.
4> Flatten with the tines of a fork.
5> Turn 90 degrees and use fork again to create cross hatches.
6> Bake 10 minutes at 375F (or till done). Let cool in pan for 1 minute before removing to cooling rack.

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Special Christmas Desserts
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Candy Cane Cakes

Ingredients

1 pkg. (10.75 oz.) frozen pound cake, thawed.
1 can (16oz.) vanilla frosting.
Red decorating gel

Instructions

1> Slice the pound cake into 8 equal pieces.
2> Press lightly to make an indention on the cake with a candy cane cookie cutter (use a large one).
3> With a sharp knife cut out the candy cane shape. One per each slice.
4> Place cutouts on a wire rack set over a baking sheet. Transfer frosting into a large microwave-safe measuring cup; microwave on High, stirring at 10 second intervals, until frosting is thin enough to pour, about one minute.
5> Pour frosting over tops and sides of each candy cane cake to cover completely. Let stand until set, about 10 minutes. Use red decorating gel, to pipe stripes onto each cake.

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Xmas Side Dishes
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Cranberry Jello Salad

Ingredients

1/2 cup walnuts - chopped
1/2 cup apples - diced
3/4 cup celery - diced
2 boxes cherry Jello
1 can whole cranberry sauce
2 1/2 cup hot water

Instructions

Mash whole cranberry sauce well. Mix with water and Jello till smooth. Let cool, add celery, apples and nuts. Pour into mold and chill.

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Snacks for Christmas Holiday
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Popcorn Cake - Recipe for kids!

Ingredients

1 cup popcorn
1/2 cup butter or margerine
1 pack gum drops

Instructions

1> Pop 1 cup of popcorn
2> Melt bag of marshmallows with 1/2 cup of butter (I use margerine). Add the popcorn and 1 pack gum drops cut in half. Mix together and put into a loaf pan or tube pan. Let set and serve as they want for treats.

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Thursday, December 01, 2005

Famous Christmas Quotes, Xmas Inspirational Messages

The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each
others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting
empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for
us the magic of Christmas.

-- W. C. Jones


Happy, Happy Christmas, that can win us back to
the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the
old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport
the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

-- Charles Dickens


A Christmas candle is a lovely thing;
It makes no noise at all,
But softly gives itself away.

-- Eva Logue


Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, Love Divine;
Love was born at Christmas;
Star and angels gave the sign.

-- Christina Rossetti


When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow,
We hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago,
And etched on vacant places. Are half-forgotten faces
Of friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know.

-- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
("Christmas Fancies" Poems of Power)


I have always thought of Christmas time as a good time;
a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time;
the only time I know of in the long calendar of the year,
when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.

-- Charles Dickens


Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart,
a wide open heart that thinks of others first.
The birth of the baby Jesus stands as the most significant event in all history,
because it has meant the pouring into a sick world of the healing medicine of love
which has transformed all manner of hearts for almost two thousand years...
Underneath all the bulging bundles is this beating Christmas heart.

-- George Mathhew Adams


And so, this Christmas season
may our hearts with gladness glow,
As we read the blessed story
That took place so long ago.

-- Alpha L. Buntain ("The First Christmas")


Whatever else be lost among the years,
Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing:
Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears,
Let us hold close one day, remembering
Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men.
Let us get back our childlike faith again.

-- Grace Noll Crowell


Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer,
but always it will be a day of remembrance,
a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved.

-- Augusta E. Rundel


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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Experience The Faith In The Bestower !

An intellect that has faith will never experience loneliness during a task. There will not be the thought that everyone is on one side and I am alone on the other side. If there is a seed then the tree is also within it. A soul who has a victorious intellect, and who has faith, will always consider him to be supported. The Bestower who gives support is with me. There will be this natural experience.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Quote on Character...!!!

Your character defines your life. And to build character you have to cross a sea of troubles. Life will strip you off wealth, humble your pride, humiliate your ambition, let you down from the ladder of fame, and discipline you in a thousand different ways, if it can develop a little character in you. But in the end a priceless product - your character is developed.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Monday, November 28, 2005

Quote on Inner Peace

The First Lesson on the Path to Becoming a Peacemaker is to Stop being at War with "MySelf". In Meditation I can Retreat into the Inner Sanctuary of the Soul and Enjoy the Tranquil Flow of Loving Thoughts passing through my being. Only when the Turbulence of my own Mind has Subsided, I can Make Peace with the World. When I have Developed some degree of Inner Peace I can Hear the Voice of My own Wisdom and know how and where to give Energy for the Greatest Benefit.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Sunday, November 27, 2005

A Fortunate Soul Is A Helpful Soul !

A fortunate soul will constantly be a great donor, a charitable soul, and will create the fortune of others. The sign to fortune is renunciation.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Create New Thoughts And Sanskars In Oneself!

By focusing on the internal self, the things outside, to do with others, come to an end. Let every day be new, with new thoughts and new sanskars.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Friday, November 25, 2005

Free Your Mind From Any Bondage !

The greatest bondage of all is waste thoughts of the mind. The power of the mind is special. Waste thoughts weaken the power of the mind. Be free from this bondage. Someone who is burdened will move slowly. One who is light will always move with intense speed.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Thursday, November 24, 2005

Become The Goddesses Of Purity And Coolness !

Always be like the cool, pure rivers and give blessings of purity and coolness. Be the goddesses of purity and coolness and make others this as well. Through purity and coolness remove every form of sorrow for all others.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt.Abu.

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

A Fortunate Soul Is Filled With Good Qualities !

A fortunate soul will be always like God, the father. They will be full of these specialties:-Incorporeal, Egoless and Vice less.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Swastika : Consciousness And Knowledge Of Total Creation !

Why is the swastika called Ganesh? This is the sign of the consciousness of being stable, being in the consciousness of the reality of the self. It is also the symbol of the knowledge of total creation Ganesh means filled with knowledge.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Monday, November 21, 2005

Courage And Determination Helps You To Gain Success !

Courage makes you worthy of receiving help from god. Where there is determination there is definitely success. There is no question as to whether there will be success or not. There is success!
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Experience The Pleasure Without Any Confusion !

When the mind experiences pleasure then every task one does also brings pleasure, nothing but pleasure. Then there is no form of confusion at all. When there are questions "why" and "what" then there is confusion. But when you say,"Aha, Oho," then this is pleasure.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Saturday, November 19, 2005

Find 3 Specialities Within You !

The festival of the rosary lights is the memorial of three specialties which all of you have:

First, closeness. Love is always merged with closeness.

Secondly, accomplishment. The festival of the rosary of lights is a sign of accomplishment.

The third aspect is perfection. Perfection means a lamp that shines constantly.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Friday, November 18, 2005

Experience The Pleasure And Happiness Of Love !

An important day means a day of holiday; it means a day of liberation from labour, a day for experiencing the pleasure and happiness of love. When you have given a holiday to Maya and to all weaknesses, labour finishes and then the days of pleasure and celebration begin.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Be Content ! Give Others Priority !

The easiest basis of all for contentment is to let others go first. Continue to say," you first "! Continue to make companions and continue to move forward. Not," I first," but "you First" .

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Your Action Is Important.

According to the times, there is a special need in your actions for the power to tolerate and the power to face any problems and situations. They are not only necessary in your thoughts and words, but also in your actions.
Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Maintain Courage and Move Forward !

According to the atmosphere a few situations will come but maintain courage and consider those things to be side scenes and continue to move forward.

Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Monday, November 14, 2005

Donate All The Good Things !!!

Donate powers through the mind.
Donate knowledge through words.
Donate virtues through your actions.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Bestow Happiness!

The fruit of the good task is happiness and lightness.
You are the children of the bestower of happiness.
Therefore continue to spread an atmosphere of happiness.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Determination Is The Best Virtue !!!

Have determination in two things:
1. Maintenance of your self-respect and giving respect to everyone.
2. Determination is the thing that you must never let go off in your thought, even if you have to die!

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Friday, November 11, 2005

Wish Good For Everyone Even If They Don’t !

Even if someone insults you, hates you, disrespects or defames you, your good wishes must never stop. We don't want to seek revenge from anyone, but we will definitely change"
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Thursday, November 10, 2005

Knowing Self For a New Creation !

With your mind and intellect elevated thoughts and accurate power of decision making, create a powerful atmosphere.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Be a Good Listener, but be determined !

You may have to bow down,
You may have to mould yourself in life,
You may have to tolerate,
You may have to listen,
But you must never let go of your thought!
This is called determination.

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Make The Impossible Possible !

If you focus on the possible when you experience difficult situations, YOU CAN positively change your outlook, reduce your stress, and concentrate on achieving things that otherwise may not have been possible."
~ Catherine Pulsifer from "SEE THE POSITIVE IN ALL SITUATIONS"

Monday, November 07, 2005

Being Positive is not Easy !

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
~ Herm Albright

Saturday, November 05, 2005

Think Positive !

"You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought."

~ Emmet Fox

Friday, November 04, 2005

Building Trust Within Yourself !

In any relationship, trust is the first thing to leave and the last to return. And if you recognize that the most important relationship is with yourself, then perhaps it's time to start some trust building close to home. Make and keep a promise or a commitment to yourself, however small! Make one and keep one today, and then notice the surge of inner power as a result. See how much more you like yourself as a result. Trust is being built.

Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Thursday, November 03, 2005

Seeing Things Differently !!

It is easy to create new things, change places or do something different. To sustain that sense of newness that creates enthusiasm is more difficult. The secret of newness in life is not to do new things constantly, but to see everything you do with new eyes, new insights and a new perspective.

Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Love Is Respect !!

Love is the strength that gives you life. When you receive love you lose fear and you can give the best in you. The practical form of love is respect. Respect means acceptance of the fact that we are all different and unique and at the same time, we all have something important and valuable to share.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Be Independent,Yet Loving

The root of suffering is attachment. You have created a space in your mind that holds a person or object as a part of you. When that person or object is criticized, neglected or not there with you, you feel pain in your mind and you experience a sense of loss. If you want to remain happy at all times, you must learn to love and appreciate while remaining independent.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

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Monday, October 31, 2005

Befriend Yourselves !

Positivity means there is no waste. It is through this practice that energy is actually created rather than lost. Negativity drains the power of the soul, making it completely empty within. The result of this emptiness is sorrow and anxiety. Why would someone hurt another, commit suicide, kill someone? It is because there is a lot of sorrow within. When someone is thinking very negatively they create fear in others. Some think negatively and create fear in their own selves. You have a choice; to become your own best friend or to become your own worst enemy. Look after your minds well, pay attention to it and you will become your own friend.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Be Free From Desires, Be Peaceful !!

Desires cause peace to disappear. You think that acquiring things will make you feel secure, but the reality is that the more you have, the more fear there is of losing it, and the further you are from peace. Desires are the cause of all conflicts. When you want something and cannot get it, you become frustrated. Learning to be free from desires is learning how to stay peaceful.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Friday, October 28, 2005

A Path Towards Success !

By engaging our intellects and living by our highest values we will maintain control over ourselves and by extension, the choices we make in relationships. So when the unforeseen occurs our faith and strength gained from living our values will guide and protect us. Though our destinations, vehicles as well as the roads we traverse may all be different, remember however, the rules of the road are the same for us all. Therefore, HOW we drive is perhaps the key to an enjoyable journey.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Praise The Nature !

Leave worries aside and you will be surprised by the beauty of the sky and the colour of the flowers, the freshness of the breeze and the generosity of the Sun. You will feel you are part of creation, and life will start to make sense. The greatest wealth is to appreciate what we have and what we are.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Finding Peace Helps Remembering God !

Now it is time to go beyond words into silence and experience the timeless beauty of peace. In this state of consciousness, the individual soul can move out of the limited moment and meet with the Supreme Soul in the land beyond time. Just a few seconds of this eternal and unending stage stays with us a long time. We can return from that consciousness and bring back the experience of timelessness. We can recall it any time we choose, for then remembrance of God becomes easy and natural.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Always Check Your Thoughts...!!!

If your thoughts are waste thoughts, then your other treasures will be automatically wasted. If your thoughts are of waste, what would your actions be? What would your words be? Of waste! The very foundation of actions and words is thought, and so check your thoughts. Do not let them loose.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Do Things At Right Time !

Knowing the value of time, we can create extra moments by not wasting our precious time. We need not throw away our time in trivial, wasteful thoughts that distract and divert us or squander our time in careless words that cause sorrow or harmful actions that - as time turns around - return to cause us regret and demand recompense. We can make a great saving by bringing all the worries and waste of time gone by to a complete finish, by putting a full stop. We need not make ourselves any more promises of action tomorrow, But instead - do it now. For if not now, then never.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Begin Trust Building At Home !

In any relationship trust is the first thing to leave and the last to return. And if you recognize that the most important relationship is with yourself, then perhaps it's time to start some trust building close to home. Make and keep a promise or a commitment to yourself, however small - in fact, start very small! Make one and keep one today, and then notice the surge of inner power as a result. See how much more you like yourself as a result. Trust is being built.

~Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Awareness Of Time !

To keep a constant awareness of the present moment is to befriend time, to be ever-ready for anything the next moment may bring. Time does not wait for us, so we need to be alert and keep pace with it. In silence and stillness we can step out of time, observe with detachment what has passed, what is happening and what is to come In that moment of stillness when time is still, we can connect the consciousness of the soul with the Supreme Soul. We experience the deep satisfaction and bliss of timelessness, a moment of connection beyond time. A taste of eternity. And with this awareness, we return and step back into time and into the story to play our own part.

Awareness Of Time

To keep a constant awareness of the present moment is to befriend time, to be ever-ready for anything the next moment may bring. Time does not wait for us, so we need to be alert and keep pace with it. In silence and stillness we can step out of time, observe with detachment what has passed, what is happening and what is to come In that moment of stillness when time is still, we can connect the consciousness of the soul with the Supreme Soul. We experience the deep satisfaction and bliss of timelessness, a moment of connection beyond time. A taste of eternity. And with this awareness, we return and step back into time and into the story to play our own part.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Blessings Are A Boon !

'Blessings are not valued until they are gone.' So much is overlooked and so much of our actions are automatic that it is as if nothing special ever happens. Nothing stays the same. The situations we find ourselves in today can change in the twinkling of an eye and the freedom and amenities we took for granted can disappear. We need to stop and count on blessings and see how fortunate we really are.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Monday, October 17, 2005

Precious Time !

To become masters of time we may learn lessons of how to appreciate the preciousness of time. As with any valuable commodity we can practice how to save and spend it wisely. We need to look straight into the mirror of our hearts, to see clearly the purity of our thoughts and actions. Time to ask ourselves, if time were to end now - is my account with all settled? Have I developed peace with myself? We need to spend all time with God, to turn our minds constantly to the remembrance of God, so that we spend each moment in a worth while way.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu