"Freedom is not the right to live as we please, but the right to find how we ought to live in order to fulfill our potential." ---- Ralph Waldo Emerson This quote sounds fine the way it's stated, however, how many of us take freedom for granted due to our lack of present conscious awareness [...]
"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what you need to know." --- Pema Chodron We've all known individuals who seem stuck in the mire of their own monotonous thoughts perpetuating a rut that could last for decades. In fact, you may self-identify with this more than you realize. Every facet of our lives [...]
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." ---- Ralph Waldo Emerson The above quote embraces the selective substance of conscious discernment. Maureen DuFermont suggests this . . . "The essential foundation for distinguishing who you are begins with recognizing, appreciating and honoring your prized individuality." After we have bumped along [...]
"The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready." ---- H. D. Thoreau We have learned in sometimes the most challenging ways, that this life's journey is a process in which we reach various plateaus completely alone, or in conjunction with our fellow [...]
"The only thing we really have to offer each other is inspiration. We cannot give people anything. We can only awaken them to something within themselves, and this is not done with argument, but by example." ---- J. Kennedy Shultz, "A Legacy of Truth" Having facile face to face communication has become a lost art. [...]
"In one atom are found all the elements of the earth; in one motion of the mind are found all the motions of existence; in one drop of water are found all the secrets of the endless oceans; in one aspect of you are found all the aspects of life." ---- Kahlil Gibran Given the [...]
"As I walked out of the door toward my freedom, I knew that if I did not leave all the anger, hatred and bitterness that I would still be in prison." --- Nelson Mandela The obvious issue that Nelson Mandela was reflecting upon here is forgiveness. For Mr. Mandela as for the rest of us [...]
"When we change our thoughts, behaviors and beliefs, we can change our biology. We are the masters of our lives, not the victims of our genes." ---- Bruce Lipton In the last analysis after all the rationalizing has not worked for whatever reason, we arrive at a place of conscious awareness that gives buoyancy [...]
"The next step in human evolution is not inevitable, but for the first time in the history of our planet, it can be a conscious choice. Who is making that choice? You are. And who are you? Consciousness that has become conscious of itself." ---- Eckhart Tolle The only problem with the above quote by [...]
"Adolescence is a false concept because adolescence is 'permission' for an adult to behave like a child while claiming the benefits due an adult." ---- Rabbi Daniel Lapin These words may seem inconceivable at first blush, however, experience teaches us another perception giving it more reality than first thought. It has become increasingly obvious in [...]