When we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.
BERNIE SIEGELI’ve learned to ask people, “You’re doing very well so what are you doing? Let me tell other people.” So what’s made me who I am, my experience.
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I would never have had if I’d been fool enough to make them do what I thought they should do.
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Medicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That’s a tough thing to face.
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I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me.
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Now we are a team and I have less to be concerned about. He organizes my schedule. I just follow it, and when He is taking a day off my wife steps in.
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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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I had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
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Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer?
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Love releases incredible energy that promotes the biochemistry of healing.
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It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.
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Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
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Don’t do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
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I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.
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The words of love you hear, and the life you feel touching your body and soul, then you know you have discovered the great value of misfortune.
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Sure, bad things can happen in the tonow. But when bad things happen to children, they show us the way again, because they know how to be in touch with their feelings and needs.
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When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems.
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