My first post!

As my first post I want to share with you something I recently found that had a profound affect on me. I am no stranger to spirituality, I have studied other cultures and religions since I was a child. Reading this, while the concepts aren't new, reminded me of what I can do to change my life. EVERYTHING. Hope this touches you as well.

All the powers in the universe are already ours.
It is we who have put our hands before our eyes
and cry that it is dark

We are what our thoughts have made us;
so take care what you think.
Words are secondary.
Thoughts live; they travel far.
When an idea exclusively occupies the mind;
it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

We reap what we sow.
We are the makers of our own fate.
None else has the blame, none has the praise.
There is no help for you outside of yourself;
you are the creator of the universe.

Like the silkworm,
you have built a cocoon around yourself.
Burst your own cocoon
and come out as the beautiful butterfly,
as the free soul.

Then you will see the truth.
In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.
God sits in the temple of every human body.

-Swami Vivekananda 1863-1902