Posts tagged "wisdom"
Feel the great turning~
"Feel the great turning, feel the change
the new life runs through your blood like fire
and all of nature rises with it
greening, burgeoning, bursting into a flower...
By offering kindness, we can turn hostility into goodwill~
"Resentments don't come from the conduct of the other party in the altercation no, they survive and thrive because you're unwilling to end that altercation with an offering of kindness, love and authentic forgiveness...
Our main source of learning is through relationships~
"Through the joy and pain of interaction with other people, we progress on our spiritual paths in order to learn about love from all sides...
When anger arises, take care of yourself~
"Anger is like a howling baby, suffering and crying. Your anger is your baby. The baby needs his mother to embrace him. You are the mother. Embrace your baby..."
Wisdom of the Elders calling for a fundamental shift in consciousness~
"Our elders tell us that we have to do more than save what is left of our traditional homelands. We need to contribute to an overall change of mind...so that human-kind can begin to initiate strategies which will preserve and...
The Circle of Life moves by the energy of choices~
"In the Medicine Way, living a life of harmony and balance does not mean living a life without challenges, difficulties, hardships, and even conflict..."
The law of love will work~
"The law of love will work, just as the law of gravitation will work, whether we accept it or not. The more I work at this law, the more I feel the delight in life...
We must assume our existence as broadly as we can~
"We must assume our existence as broadly as we in any way can; everything, even the unheard-of, must be possible in it. That is at the bottom the only courage that is demanded of us...
Enter the stillness and listen~
"When we enter the stillness and listen, we are given the opportunity to feel the aliveness that is around us. We give ourselves the opportunity to be part of the vibrant, living, natural world. This place can open new understanding...
We are all in this together~
"There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness...
Find a balance between human and Being~
"Mastery of life is not a question of control, but of finding a balance between human and Being. Mother, father, husband, wife, young, old, the roles you play, the functions you fulfill..."
Turn on the Light~
"We are all light bulbs, if bliss starts growing inside you, it's like a light; it affects the environment. If you go into a room where someone's been having a big argument, it's not so pleasant. You can feel...
Guidance comes when you ask for it~
"Guidance comes faster and is clearer when you ask for it. Asking is an accelerated way to invite wisdom and grace to flow through you. The key is to be open and receptive...
It’s time now to remember who we are~
"It's okay to trust. It's okay to love. It's time now to remember who we are. Today more than ever, we have to use our true gift, which is free choice and free will to choose the kind of world...
Expand your horizons~
"Expand your horizons. Move beyond the normal and mediocre to the extraordinary. Be daring. Ride the waves of life with enthusiasm, passion, and freedom in your heart. Open your arms wide and receive the opportunities that life is presenting...
The forest evolves as a whole~
"The redwood tree does not evolve as a separate species; rather the forest as a whole evolves, the interwoven lives of redwood and tanoak, huckleberry and salal, the mycorrhizal fungi in the soil below...
Become the Sun~
"With a turned-on consciousness, you will have the radiant fire of the Sun, a bright mind, a warm heart, an active body, and a fiery spirit. Full of the life radiance of the Sun, become the Sun in your own...
The pathway is open~
"The pathway is open to you, it leads to the heart. There are many treasures to be found there. Spend more of your time away from the diversions of your culture and commune deeply with your land. You are of...
Find your flow~
"Flowing the is the state of being fluid, of hanging loose and being flexible. The rhythm of flowing connects us to the flow of our individual energy, our base current. In flowing there are no separations...
You are an essence in a world of essences~
"You are an essence
in a world of essences.
You burn,
like those around you burn,
with an energy called life.
Life reaches out to life,
essences sing to each other....
Let others vibrate as they vibrate~
"Let others vibrate as they vibrate and want the best for them. Never mind how they're flowing to you. You concentrate on how you're flowing...
Simply BE~
"The ultimate transforming vision is the decision to simply BE. During our spiritual evolution we tend to place labels on who or what we want to become. We usually discover that we do not need labels...
Only the present moment can make us free~
"That realization is the awakening. Awakening as a future event has no meaning because awakening is the realization of Presence. So the new heaven, the awakened consciousness, is not a future state to be achieved. A new heaven and a...
Trust these things~
"to trust
my heart,
my mind,
my intuition,
my inner knowing,
the senses of my body,
the blessings of my spirit.
Teach me to trust these things
so that I may enter my Sacred Space...
Your own awareness is your greatest offering~
"Our world is in crisis because of the absence of consciousness. And so to whatever degree any one of us, can bring back a small piece of the picture and contribute it to the new paradigm...
We have healing energy~
" If the universe is vast and mysterious, we are vast and mysterious. If it contains innumerable creative energies, we contain innumerable creative energies. If it has healing energies, we also have healing energies....
Be mindful of where it all comes from~
"It's a matter of becoming mindful that we all live from the earth, and that we are all part of the earth. And that's not some sort of hazy saying: that's the truth. Every time we eat something, we're engaged...
Will is an empowering concept~
"Will is an empowering concept. It teaches us that we can make change in our material circumstances, if we put our will, intention, and energy into alignment...
Do not seek to follow~
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; Seek what they sought...
There are many paths to awareness~
'There are channels of communication, ways of seeing, for which our very limited idea of reality has no vocabulary, and there is nothing 'supernatural' about these channels; they are natural attributes of mind that can be reopened...
Shift back to your primal essence~
"The development of a more accurate understanding of the universe is a necessary aspect of your awakening process, but it is not by any means the essence of it...
A tremendous stream is flowing~
"A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it; and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about...
Let love flow~
"...an overwhelming amount of love started flowing into me, filling up the dark hole that threatened to consume me.
I suddenly realized that what I was feeling was the love of the Earth, the love of Creation...
Now you know.
"Now you know, and however many times you forget, you can always remember again. (You are required to forget; it's like breathing out, it makes space for the breathing in again.) "
Wholeness, healing, integration is what the inner journey is about~
"Wholeness, healing, integration; that is what the inner journey is about, and it happens when our inner and outer selves, when the world within us and the world around us merge as one...
Let’s synchronize with each other~
"Entrainment is the tendency for two oscillating bodies to lock into phase' or synchronize with each other when exposed to each other long enough. Entrainment is actually an aspect of resonance...
Everything happens in the right time~
"The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.
Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore...
Take the plunge into the dream~
"A dream in Esquimo shaman-speech, is something that makes you dive in headfirst. Doesn't this wonderfully evoke the kinesthetic energy of dreaming, the sense of plunging into a deeper world?
Experience a little more of life’s magic~
"You are about to experience a change in consciousness. This may involve walking inside the Great Mystery on another path at the edge of time....
Intentions have infinite organizing power~
"San Kalpa (sahn KAL-pah) is an ancient Sanskrit sutra that means: 'My intentions have infinite organizing power...
Join mind, body and spirit in all you do~
"In ancient times people lived holistic lives.
They didn't overemphasize the intellect, but
integrated the mind, body, body and spirit in all things.
...If you want to stop being confused, then emulate these
ancient folk; join your body, mind and spirit in all you...
Nothing is perfect and everything is perfect~
"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways...
This universe is a shared dream~
"This universe is a mass shared dream that all six-and-a-half billion of us are collaboratively dreaming up into materialization. When we realize this, we can put our lucidity together so that we can co-creatively dream a much more grace-filled universe...
Music is medicine~
"...it touches the deepest part of man's being. Music reaches farther than any other impression from the external world can reach...Therefore music seems to be the bridge over the gulf between the form and the formless.
You are a constant~
"Whether the wave is ascending or descending, the ocean is always there. You are a fish in the ocean of time, you are a constant in an ocean of change...
We are all affecting the world every moment~
"Remember, we are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we're so deeply interconnected with one another. Working on our own consciousness...
Expand ideas about what is possible~
" Allow yourself to expand ideas about what is possible and do not worry if you don't yet have the skills to create it...
Practice intentional solitude~
"Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the soul....
Follow your own footprints~
"In this life
we find our way
by following each step with another.
Take a step.
and follow it.
If you see a path emerging,
ignore it.
Do not follow a path...
Remember the Law of Cycles~
"Since everything in the universe is a form of energy, everything falls within the domain of the Law of Cycles: Sunrise and sunset, the waxing and waning moon, the ebb and flow of tides, and the seasons of the year...
Be a free spirit~
"We dance to shed skins, tear off masks, crack molds, and experience the breakdown the shattering of borders between body, heart and mind, between genders and generations, between nations and nomads...
Listen and hear the still voice within~
"When we listen and hear the small, still voice within our hearts, we can access our greatest potential, joy and desire. This is the heart's vision-the personal dream...
Dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth~
"Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone...
Something happening at last~
"In the darkness something was happening at last. A voice had begun to sing....
It’s in the being~
"The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it's in the being. When I need love from others, or need to give love to others, I'm caught in an unstable situation. Being in love, rather...
Acts of love are never lost~
"Good deeds, kindness, forgiveness, tolerance, acts of love, none of these are ever lost, and some day they will return to us...
Believe in yourself~
"Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit."
~E.E. Cummings
Goodness, integrity and wisdom already exist within~
"Goodness, integrity and wisdom already exist within your spirit...
True power is love~
"It is time to redefine power, to expand our concept of what being powerful really means. True power is love. It is not power over someone. It is everyone, all of us, standing together in a circle, building power side...
The world softens when we soften~
"The world changes when we change. The world softens when we soften. The world loves us when we choose to love the world..."
Knock on the door of your own being~
"If we could learn to live from the level of the soul, we would see that the best most luminous parts of ourselves is connected to all the rhythms of the universe..."
Give yourself freedom~
"The more freedom you give yourself,
the more effective your actions will be.
This is difficult to believe.
Your judgements tell you just the opposite.
You cannot silence your judging self.
What you can do is choose not to listen to it...
Observe how you feel~
“You can feel whether you are allowing your full connection to Source energy or not. In other words, the better you feel, the more you are allowing the connection; the worse you feel, the less you are allowing the connection....
Call forth the sacredness of the Earth~
"There is a partnership, a communion between you and the land, between the land and you. This runs deep beneath the streets, deep beneath the buildings, deep throughout and beneath the seas. The earth is sacred....
You are emerging~
“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.” ~Marianne Williamson
Become a poet of consciousness~
"When we dream, we tap directly into the same creative source from which poets and shamans derive their gifts. When we create from our dreams, and enter dreamlike flow, we become poets and artists...
Hold no reservations~
"When you hold some part of yourself in reserve you deny it exposure to life; you repress its energy and keep it from understanding what it needs to know...
Trust yourself~
"Trust yourself, trust your natural response to each new situation. The action arising from your heart...
Let the walls come down~
"When you humbly acknowledge, and allow yourself to be aware of your doubts and your fears, the walls come down. You are open and vulnerable. You are imperfect...
There is nothing independent~
"The infinite vibratory levels, the dimensions of interconnectedness are without end. There is nothing independent. All beings...
There’s a magic deep inside us~
"There's a magic deep inside us
That comes from an open heart;
If we grasp the message,
And if we make it our own,
The doors of mystery fly open...
Dance~
"We have come to be danced, not the nice invisible, self conscious shuffle, but the matted hair flying, voodoo mama shaman shakin' ancient bones dance..."
Let your mind play between ideas~
"Like the dance of opposites, let your mind play between ideas. Allow the creative chaos of competing ideas and points of view. Think with an open mind. Investigate all possibilities...
Choose love~
"As the birds welcome the morning sun with their song, when you act totally in love, you welcome Great Spirit into your world. You become a conscious cell in the awakening earth....
Sadness signals something new arising~
"Perhaps we would endure our sadnesses with greater confidence than our joys. For they are moments when something new has entered into us, something unknown...
The trees are our teachers~
"The trees are called Standing People because they are our teachers. They do not walk about like human beings, but they do hold the energy of the Earth and Sky. The roots of the trees go deep into our Mother...
You are perfect as you are now~
“Accelerating your spiritual growth comes from accepting and loving yourself as you are right now. Some of you think that you will love yourself better when you have become evolved and perfect. Many of you are too critical and hard...
Connect with your inner body~
"The more consciousness you direct into the inner body, the higher its vibrational frequency becomes, much like a light that grows brighter as you turn up the dimmer switch and so increase the flow of electricity....
Engage life with Passion~
"There is no limit to how far your influence can reach but to find out you must engage life with passion. When you do anything with passion, you express every aspect of who you are...
Know that you are on a path~
"Know that you are on a path and do not ask for a description of it. Each moment follows the previous moment all your triumphs and failures, your good luck and bad luck, have brought you to right here......
Truth is ever being transmitted~
"In every moment the Great Spirit communicates to all creatures everything they need to know. Through ten thousand billion agents---angel, elemental, animal, vegetable and mineral--- through the vast and subtle network...
You have a power~
"You have a power that has nothing to do with what you do
or what you say
or who you know or what you know
or where you are or what you look like or your skills
or your talents
or what you have.
It is...
I am~
"Picture yourself as a log in a fireplace
that cannot help but burn.
Listen to the sound of this burning log.
Listen to what it is saying: I wish, I could, I didn't...
Miracles are everywhere~
"Oh, to be alive in such an age, when miracles are everywhere, and every inch of common air throbs a tremendous prophecy...
We are all mystics by virtue of our birth~
"We are all mystics by virtue of our birth. We are meant for something more. All religions inform us of this truth, and their many forms of spirituality are ways for each one of us to nurture the awakening and...
Be happy~
"Drink from the unending essence of your life spirit and find happiness. Generate new life vitality through joyousness. Find the fountain of perpetual youth through the joy of being.
Laugh, smile, and bring pleasure to your life. Take care of your...
Dream~
"Things have been tough lately for dreamers. They say dreaming is dead, no one does it anymore. It's not dead it's just that it's been forgotten, removed from our language. Nobody teaches it so nobody knows it exists...
The “in-between” place…
"It seems we are in one of those time spaces I have termed "the in-betweens." This is the moment between breaths, between steps, between thoughts, and between life chapters.
If you are impatiently waiting for an answer, a response, a clear...
There is no other voice like yours~
"Every person, every soul must know that there is no other voice like his....
Feel the Love~
"The love available to you in each moment is more than enough to dissolve the sublte ties that bind you in illusion. You are worthy, you are deserving of that love..."
Live intuitively~
"Those who live intuitively are guided through the dimensional worlds by a rhythmic undercurrent of inspiration. Inner music guides their outer function, highlighting choices that indicate their most creative patterns of environmental interaction...
Follow your inner moonlight…
"Follow your inner moonlight;
don't hide the madness."
~ Allen Ginsberg
You are a divine being~
"You are a divine being. You matter, you count. You come from realms of unimaginable power and light...
We are energy.
"We are energy. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it just changes form. Einstein realized that....
Imagine you are sending *light* all around you~
"Imagine you are sending light out all around you. All your words, thoughts and actions are going in many directions. If you say something kind, your kind words go in many directions, and you yourself go with them. We are...
Nurture your own soul~
"In the present world of time, woman has come to take the role of nurturing others. A balance must be found. The Earth Mother is ready and willing to nurture her daughters but her daughters must insist on taking the...
Connect with the Earth~
"From the beginning of time, humans lived their entire lives primarily in direct physical contact with the earth. Humans have insulated themselves from contact with the earth...
