When we approach love and creativity with the level of conviction that the powers-that-be in the world today are approaching hatred and destruction, then and only then will we have a chance.
Sadness is just a place on the map. Don’t try to avoid it, resist it or escape through substances. Settle it, allow it, and it will go.
In the Jewish religion it says – in the time of deepest darkest night act as if the morning has already come.
Sometimes the purpose of a day is to merely feel our sadness, knowing that as we do, we allow whole layers of grief, like old skin cells to drop off us.
In each of us, there lies a divine connection to a power more powerful than hate or violence. Today is the day to attune to that power and use it on behalf of peace on earth.
Nature is infinitely creative. It is always producing the possibility of new beginnings.
Lives with no more sense of spiritual meaning than that provided by shopping malls, ordinary television, and stagnant workplaces are barren lives indeed. Spirituality enriches culture.
You’ve committed no sins, just mistakes.
You are emerging from the cocoon of your former self. There are no limits to the extent of the transformation that’s possible for you.
You need not apologize for being brilliant, talented, gorgeous, rich, or smart.
Spiritual growth increases our sense of what’s possible. And as we sense new possibility, we can step into that possibility. With every word, every thought, every action, we choose what we wish to call forth in life.
You are free to experience life negatively or positively, and the choice you make determines whether you are at cause, or at effect, of the life you are living.
The more we allow ourselves to enjoy, the more reasons we find to be joyful.
In a choice between love and fear, choose love.
Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.
What emerges from the silence is the deafening sound of an old world disintegrating.
Carrying the past in to the present, we program the future to continue the past. Letting go the past in the present, we free the future to be something else.
Imagine a temple inside your mind, a haven from the chaos of the world. Visit often.
Happiness requires that we give up a worldly orientation-not worldly things, but a worldly attachment to things. We have to surrender all outcomes. We have to live here but appreciate the joke.
Our barriers to love are rarely consciously chosen. They are our efforts to protect the places where the heart is bruised.