“As long as you aren’t your own master, you may think you have gained something from what you hear; but it is secondhand merchandise, and not yours.” —- Yun-Men The process of becoming your own master is for most of us a life-long journey, with many twists, turns, upheavals, forks in the road, disappointments, failures, [...]
“There is no birth of consciousness without pain.” — Carl Young All of us at one time or another will run from the awakening of our own consciousness. This is not unusual for most of us, because over the years experience has taught us the simple truth . . . change hurts. How do we [...]
“By choosing your thoughts, and by selecting which emotional currents you will release and which you will reinforce, you determine the quality of your light. You determine the effects that you will have upon others, and the nature of the experiences of your life.” — Gary Zukav Make no mistake, we all choose our thoughts. [...]
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Without exception when we become wholly conscious in any given moment, we reach a point in time where the risk of taking that next step into the unknown is paralyzing beyond imagination. We’ve all been there. [...]
“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 [...]