“There is no thought or situation that you can’t put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here for the sake of your freedom. When you experience anything as separate or unacceptable, inquiry can bring you back to the peace you felt before you believed that thought. “If you aren’t completely…
“See and observe without judgment. This silent act requires no action at all — simply seeing and holding space for what you see without attitude about it — but it has a seemingly miraculous impact on those around you. It holds space for others to come into conscious awareness of that which they weren’t aware…
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” ~ Mark Twain There is nothing more damaging than a negative self judgement, my friend. It is a sure sign of being out of alignment with your higher self and all that is good in life. We have to approve of ourselves — to like who…
“A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.” ~ Samuel Johnson Most of us don’t understand what forgiveness does. We think that by holding it back, by not forgiving, we are punishing someone else. But it’s…
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” ~ Victor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning We always have choice. Always. We may think we don’t, but we do. In every moment we choose where…
“You see what you choose to see, because all perception is a choice. And when you cease to impose your meanings on what you see, your spiritual eyes will open, and you will see a world free of judgment and shining in its endless beauty.” ~ Paul Ferrini Try it, my friend. Suspend the meaning…
“The real mission you have in life is to make yourself happy, and in order to be happy, you have to look at what you believe, the way you judge yourself, the way you victimize yourself.” ~ Don Miguel Ruiz We are most often our own worst critic. We notice every fault, every mistake, every…