Thursday, December 07, 2006

Snips

Generally speaking, we regard discomfort in any form as bad news. But for practitioners or spiritual warriors - people who have a certain hunger to know what is true - feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in, when we feel we'd rather collapse and back away. They're like messengers that show us, with terrifying clarity, exactly where we're stuck. This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it's with us wherever we are.
Pema Chödrön


"The world we are experiencing today is the result of our collective consciousness, and if we want a new world, each of us must start taking responsibility for helping create it."
Rosemary Fillmore Rhea


The ultimate lesson all of us have is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross


What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
John Lubbock


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