Authentic Self

"Be your authentic self and let the chips fall where they may." - Doreen Virtue

What Life Is

"We cannot know what life is unless we know what love is." - Emmanuel Swedenborg

Wisdom in Your Body

"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

New People

Church Without Walls

"Spirituality emanates from the heart, the church without walls, your own sacred temple." - The God Light (@ Twitter)

What You Truly Want

Peace and Love (Yourself)

"When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive."  - Wayne Dyer

Go Within

Work

“Work is about a daily search for meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash, for astonishment rather than torpor, in short for a sort of life, rather than a Monday-to-Friday sort of dying.” - Studs Terkel

Chemistry

"The moment you change your perception is the moment you rewrite the chemistry of your body." - Bruce Lipton

Find a Place

"Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain."  - Joseph Campbell

Attracting What We Want

"We do not attract that which we want, but that which we are." - James Allen

Places

“We are homesick most for the places we have never known.” - Carson McCullers

Universe

"You create your own universe as you go along." ~ Winston Churchill

Happy With Yourself

"When God is happy with you it is sheer nonsense to be unhappy with yourself. Be happy with yourself. Let happiness be the ultimate value." ~ Osho

Whispers

“Listen to the quietest whispers of your mind. They are telling you the choices that will help you the most.” - Unknown

Alive

"Stay close to any clues that make you glad you are alive." ~ Hafiz

Our Personalities

"Our personalities are truly a mix of nature & nurture. For example, two people can grow up in the same type of toxic, chaotic environment & person A can react to their past by becoming defensive, hypersensitive to rejection, aggressive & so unable to connect with others that they keep alienating those who could help them.

On the other hand, the emotional wounds experienced by person B can cause them to be empathetic, open-hearted, kind, gentle & so good at connecting with others that people are drawn to them & really want to help & support them. 

The way that we process our childhood trauma is as important as the kind of trauma we experience. Ultimately, no matter what happened to us, we need to see that being able to get along with other people, not pushing away those who could be of assistance & creating a social support network are essential aspects of our healing.

If you find yourself inadvertently driving people away b/c you take offense too easily or because your unconscious, leaking hostility or paranoia give offense, it makes sense to work on your personality. Otherwise, you'll inadvertently recreate the experience of rejection & alienation of your childhood, which will cause you to remain hurt & angry & which will make it nearly impossible for you to break free of this pattern." - The Ruthless Compassion Institute

Living Harmoniously

"Inward spiritual practices such as meditation, breathing techniques and self-analysis generate insights and enhance abilities, but none are so useful as learning to live harmoniously in a committed relationship, being a skillful parent, or juggling the demands of daily life." - Dan Millman

Solutions

What You Love

"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do." - Rumi

When You're Different

“When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.”  ― Jodi Picoult

More Than Once

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." - Margaret Thatcher

Listen to the Birds

"Do not listen to all the negative things going on in the world. Listen to the birds." - A Lady Dying From Cancer (from the Daily Guru)

Intuition

“Learn to feel what you think, and think what you feel.” ~ G. I. Gurdjieff