Don’t Underestimate Your Own Goodness!
“The failure to appreciate the resourcefulness of human existence – which we call basic goodness – has become one of the world’s biggest problems.”
–Chögyam Trungpa (Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Teacher, Scholar, Artist and Founder of Naropa University, 1940-1987)
“Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior (Shambhala Classics)” (Chogyam Trungpa)
Awareness Heals
Such an important, oft-forgotten truth:
“Awareness heals.”
–Stephen Levine (American Poet, Writer and Spiritual Teacher Best Known for His Work on Grief, Death and Dying, 1937-)
“Turning Toward the Mystery: A Seeker’s Journey” (Stephen Levine)
Resolving the Blocks In Your Life
“All the problems of the individual and of humanity have to do with a block in and most important, may be resolved by the flow of love/consciousness.”
–Alan Oken (American Spiritual Teacher, Astrologer and Minister of the Church of Religious Science, 1944-)
“Soul Centered Astrology: A Key to Your Expanding Self” (Alan Oken)
The Fruits of Tranquility
“Where there is tranquility, there is neither craving nor aversion, but a steady will to conform to the divine Tao or Logos on every level of existence and a steady awareness of the divine Suchness and what should be one’s own relation to it.”
–Aldous Huxley (English Novelist and Critic, 1894-1963)
Reflecting On Reactions
“Any time you react negatively to a person or to anything you must understand that this is your own unfinished business. Do you hear that?”
–-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (Swiss-born American Psychologist, 1926-2004)
“The Cocoon & the Butterfly (Kbler-Ross in Person)” (M.D., Elisabeth Kbler-Ross)
God Hiding Within You
“You yourself are the lodging wherein God dwells, and the closet and hiding-place wherein He is hidden.”
–Saint John of The Cross (Spanish Christian Mystic and Poet, 1542-1591)
Opening the Door
“Anyone of any tribe or nation or language who in any sincere way turns to a Great Spirit, calling Him God or Allah or Life of whatever else he will, opens a door that God may enter his conscious mind and answer his prayers according to his faith.”
–Agnes Sanford (American Charismatic Christian Healer, teacher and Writer, 1897-1982)
Three Areas of the Soul
“God sent prophets to all three areas of the soul: philosophers to enlighten the intellect, prophets to straighten out the will, and myth-makers to tease and touch the emotions with a desire for himself.”
–Peter Kreeft (American Catholic Apologist and Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, 1938-)
Unity of the Energent Mind
“Indeed, as proclaimed by all great religious convictions, a unity characterizes this emergent mind and the basic order of the universe.”
–Karl Pribram (Austrian-born American Neuroscientist, 1919-)
Evolving Toward Wholeness
“The nature of life is a process of evolution in which we become progressively more whole, psychologically and spiritually.”
–Joan Borysenko (American Psychologist, Writer, Mystic and Speaker, 1945-)
“7 Paths to God: The Ways of the Mystic” (Joan Z. Borysenko)
