“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.” — Galileo Being an educator for many years, through teaching specific subjects on many levels . . . I was privileged to experience a process with many of my students that was profoundly moving. To find that exacting facility, that [...]
“Always do what you are afraid to do.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Have you ever had the curiosity, or even taken the time, energy and effort to understand what frightens you? Most of us don’t really give it much thought until we are confronted with those shadows of fear, sometimes buried since our childhood. We [...]
“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.” —- Albert Einstein We’ve all met these individuals in one way or another through our work place, social events, or sometimes in our own families. Listening to them is replete with an almost indelible stamp [...]
“If you fail to direct your subconscious mind, it produces under a law of averages, and you are a nice, ineffective, sweet person.” — Raymond Charles Barker Is the above quote what you have become? Are you aware of what you have become? Do you care? Just floating through existence is a plan for some, [...]
“Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.” — Camus Have you ever taken a good look at yourself . . . objectively? In which way do you experience yourself? More importantly, how do other people experience and see you? At some point in your life, there will exist no buffer [...]
“Do you wish men to speak well of you? Then never speak well of yourself.” — Blaise Pascal It becomes increasingly apparent as we all bump along this journey we call life, that many individuals really don’t know who they are. They don’t have a clue. Looking a little further into this, why would that [...]
“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” — Joseph Campbell In our experience we meet many people from various walks of life, that may or may not impact our existence. All of us at one time or another have known individuals who [...]
“There is no birth of consciousness without pain.” — Carl Jung Over the course of one’s life, thinking in terms of giving birth to our consciousness was undoubtedly not something we entertained on a regular basis. There are a select few of course, there always are . . . that may have had a fleeting [...]
“The role of a writer is not to say what we can say, but what we are unable to say.” — Anais Nin Given we are sometimes unable to face ourselves with the unvarnished truth at whatever stage in life we are, it is necessary for us to continue growth on any level. Oh yes, [...]
“You are neither behind the point of perfection, nor are you advancing toward it. You are at the point of perfection and from there you must understand yourself.” — Mary Baker Eddy Understanding oneself is for most . . . challenging, for others . . . improbable and for a select few . . . [...]