I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way
BERNIE SIEGELConsciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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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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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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Do not be afraid to close your eyes and be silent in prayer, meditation, rest or sleep. In those states you may rediscover a new self. Then your life, time and thoughts will become yours again and you can live your unique myth.
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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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God is in everyone and everything. When we save each other or guide each other or just love each other.
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I grew up with sentiments such as, “Do what will make you happy, troubles are God’s redirections that something good will come from.
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What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: “Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example.” She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success.
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I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.
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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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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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If our wholeness is interrupted, then our health suffers, and we need to find a way to restore our sense of meaning. When we move in the direction of that meaning, we’re healing.
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Not because I’m fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn’t help everyone, I couldn’t fix everyone.
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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team.
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Refusal to hope is nothing more than a decision to die.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.
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By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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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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At the end of the day, she noticed that everybody around her was happy, too- so she didn’t quit after all. She decided to come to work happy instead. Two years later, she’s still on the job, radiating happiness and love.
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Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.
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There’s very little that shocks me because I consider life a miracle so I guess what shocks me is that life exists. How the hell did we get here? What shocks me is that bacteria alter their genes and resist antibiotics and viruses resist vaccines.
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When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I’ll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don’t have,
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