Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day.
BERNIE SIEGELIf you see what you do each day as your way of loving the world and helping it heal, then life gets to be a lot different. The difference between burning up and burning out is the difference between loving what you are doing and not loving it.
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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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An awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.
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To paraphrase something the anthropologist Ashley Montagu once said, the way I change my life is to act as if I’m the person I want to be. This is, to me, the simplest, wisest advice you can give anyone.
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You still won’t be perfect, but success isn’t about perfection-it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self.
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It brought attention to my own feelings, and the realization that I never knew what the future would bring so to keep an optimistic view of it, because who knows what today’s events will bring.
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Consciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
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You will notice at times that the new life isn’t what you asked for. But asking for specific items or for particular events to occur isn’t how I define prayer.
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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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The Secret Language of Your Body truly is the essential guide to restore your body to its healthiest state and assist you to heal your life.
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Getting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.
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Love is giving with no expectations…Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.
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Live by your experience and do not let limited beliefs alter your life experience.
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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
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You can see people draw the past, present and future as well as dream about it. You go to bed at night and have a dream that says there’s a lump in your right breast and the doctor who is foreign, with an accent tells you it’s cancer.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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Most of us never stop to consider our blessings; rather, we spend the day only thinking about our problems. But since you have to be alive to have problems, be grateful for the opportunity to have them.
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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
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By relaxation, I don’t mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I’m talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation.
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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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I heard that when I had grown up and had no idea of the whole story because the family album had pictures of a covered carriage and my mother smiling so I assumed I was asleep.
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If something controls you in a way that puzzles you, think of it as a mystery. Mysteries are best approached by closing your eyes and mouth to experience darkness and silence.
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Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy.
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