personal-growth

Life is pushing you toward love.

That deep longing that you keep dismissing as impractical, may be the very thing your soul is calling you to do.

Sometimes the only thing we can do for people is pray.

Don't be afraid of emptiness. Emptiness is divine. Let the divine fill up the space in a way that is truly right for you. Trying to fill it up too soon blocks your gifts.

Being human is a portal into your divinity,

Original sin is a self-initiating act because it evidences human free will. If humanity were devoid of free will, it would relegate humankind to living by instinct. A person who lives by instinct might survive for an enviable period, but they will never live a heroic existence. Every hero__ story commences with an unsatisfied and optimistic person venturing out from the comfortable confines of their common day world, facing forces of fabulous power, and fighting a magnificent personal battle. The greatest traditional heroes were warriors whom survived on the battlefield and learned valuable lessons of honor, love, loyalty, and courage. Heroic warriors and spiritual seekers undertook a rigorous quest, an enduring ordeal that enabled them to transcend their own personhood__ shallow desire merely to survive. By enduring hardships, experiencing breathtaking encounters with the physical world, and undergoing a spiritual renaissance, the hero gains a hard-won sense self-discovery, comprehends his or her place in society, and accepts their role as a teacher. A hero is a bearer of light, wisdom, and charity. The hero reenters society and shares their culmination of knowledge by devoting their life to teaching other people.

I hope that I__ a good man ... it would be enough.

Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.

When you can quiet the fluctuations of your mind and drift into stillness & silence, you can finally hear the whispers of your heart_ the whispers of god.

What is it about human nature that when we are touched in a way that is life changing we want to share the experience with others. I have to think it is about bringing gifts from spirit back to the spirit in humans. All I know is that after I experienced the four years of intimate conversations with God/spirit/my higher self/the universe and the resulting growth and healing, I would ask myself, __hat should I do?_ and the answer was always, relentlessly, write a book and share it.

From the pool of awakenings which includes creativity, strength, generosity, loving-kindness and transformation, I selected seven awakenings to immerse myself in each day: consciousness, compassion, forgiveness, expansion, abundance, healing, and balance. I believe that if we can live a life toward mastery of any seven principles in the pool of awakenings, then our lives will flourish and those we hold dear in our lives will experience greater fulfillment. Which seven do you choose?

We have between 60,000- and 80,000 thoughts a day. That__ a thought every 1.2 seconds_but we are not our thoughts _ we have thoughts. Just like a cell phone is not our texts_it receives texts but they are not the phone. You have thoughts but you are not your thoughts.

Our thoughts are not roadblocks to our meditation, they are the divine expression of the universe and the building blocks of infinite possibilities available to us in every moment.

We spend so much of our life in activity_we almost feel uncomfortable just being _ but that is huge restorative break in the wild swirl of activity around us _ it__ like pulling back the bow in archery _ like taking that big deep breath in before you dive into your day.

Fill what is empty empty what is full

When we surrender, we allow the universe to work its magic; we say yes to infinite possibilities; we trust that things will work out as they are meant to; and we give ourselves permission to let go of the outcome. This can be liberating, intimidating, blissful, scary, and a swirl of so many other emotions. But in the end, if we are true to our heart, life unfolds with magnificence_and we get to celebrate

At our core there is silence and stillness_that is truly who we are when you peel away the titles, the ego, the thoughts, the beliefs, the intellect_.once you get REALLY naked __ou will see that who you are has nothing to do with all that we have given meaning to.

It may actually be more healthy to be disturbed, confused, or searching than confident, certain, and secure.