"This what is actually happening when you begin to feel your energies shift and an exquisite sense of joy fills you, only fleetingly, during moments of prayer, or deep contemplation..."
"Just when it seems that everything has come to a standstill, the forces of transformation are most active. Refrain from criticizing the process that is taking place within. You are inwardly busy with the merging of your male and female...
"Consider harmony as the first principle to be observed; that in all circumstances and situations and conditions one should try to harmonize with one's fellow creatures...
"These connections are not random, but follow a particular pattern and purpose...
"Mother Earth is a living being. When a human being goes to a Power Place, the attention of the Mother Earth is directed to that spot, and energy begins to flow to that area because our bodies, like hers, are...
"I allow the information I need to come to my senses by paying attention to what is before me. I see that the world gives me whatever is needed if I simply open my eyes and ears. The world is...
"This opening up of identity is the great work, and no effort in it is ever wasted. Those who find their way to the shore of this sea are ennobled and transformed...
"It seems, for birds, it is the act of flying that is the goal. True, they migrate and seek out food, but when flying, there is the sense that being aloft is their true destination..."
"Sometimes the world feels inhospitable. You feel all the ways that you and it don't fit. You see what's missing, how it could all be different. You feel as if you weren't meant for the world, or the world
wasn't meant...
"You will observe that now you are able to just 'let it go,'where you once felt compelled to engage in battle. And you will begin to see the process of transcending ego in action...These times are about changing that pattern..."
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"Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray...
"Perhaps there are events and things that work as a doorway into the mythical world, the world of first people, all the way back to the creation of the universe...
"Your sacred 'yes' to all that arises in your visioning process amplifies your willingness to do what is required to bring your vision into manifestation...
"Perhaps you have found something you did not expect. You have looked into the darkness and found your greatest fear. You are being shown what you have placed in the shadows of your consciousness...
"I am an eagle playing with the wind, I am a cluster of bright beads, I am the farthest star, I am the cold of the dawn, I am the roaring of the rain..."
"I do not seek perfection. I simply seek to remember who and what I am everyday. I seek the people and places and practices that support the expanding of this awareness in my day, in my life, in my choices......
"If you're generous to someone, if you do something to help him out, you are in effect making him lucky. This is important. It's like inviting yourself into a community of good fortune..."
"Most of us at one time or another tasted the sweet nectar of success and felt the surge of joy when we see our creative ideas come into realization. Yet we have dreams that still await manifestation...
"You may be carrying the seeds of something that will change your life and the world...give it energy, prune what needs pruning, let the tap root go down into the energy field of Mother Earth...
"Power/Beauty is the living out of one's essence. It is not power 'over' or power 'in order to,' but being 100% oneself, and living in the truth of who you are. Since beauty is the outward manifestation of one's essence,...