self-realization

Be the author of your destiny.

You can learn from mistakes only when you realize you made one.

Our mind takes an inventory of past events and uses them to project the probability of success in the future. Depending on the information it gathers, we either move forward__r thefear response is triggered and forward progress is circumvented. Page 48

Sometimes our Biggest Nightmare turns out to be our Biggest Gift. And it all comes down to our attitude. Life will throw us curve balls and disappointments, even heartbreak. But ultimately we can choose if we're going to be Bitter or Better for the experience.

Sometimes it happens that you become one, in some rare moment. Watch the ocean, the tremendous wildness of it--and suddenly you forget your split, your schizophrenia; you relax. Or, moving in the Himalayas, seeing the virgin snow on the Himalayan peaks, suddenly a coolness surrounds you and you need not be false because there is no other human being to be false to. You fall together.

Solitude is a gift you give yourself every day.

Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone

Confidence is a life ingredient that is essential to success and wholeness. It is perhaps the single most important trait that enables seemingly average people to do and become all that they can. And the good news is _ it can be learned. No one has to suffer a lifetime of low confidence.

Under chronic stress, your body is more apt to enter a state of dis-ease. Unable to achieve its natural balance, it can__ function the way it should. The ripple effects can be profound. And yet Western medicine has trained us to focus on symptomsrather than root causes like stress. Page 71

It__ only when we are able to exceed our rigid interpretations, and we start defining love in it__ totality, that we realize that love is everywhere

Enlightenment is not about cocooning one__ self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life.

If you change your way of thinking about failure, you can transform your weaknesses into strengths & realize opportunities for growth.

Awareness is the fuel that powers change

Loneliness is the best way to realize that you are not alone..

Only when we are truly lost are we free to choose our own path.

If you just did what you wanted to do, and didn't care what anyone thought, you'd be Autistic.

If I knew your thoughts, I would know what you are, for your thoughts make you who you are. By changing our thoughts, we can change our lives.

You cannot stay at the same level as when you first practiced your truth, life won't let you.