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.
BERNIE SIEGELI believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way
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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
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My view of addiction, whether it’s drugs, food, alcohol or any list of other things, is the same reason I asked my mother why I wasn’t a drug addict or alcoholic, which is because when you’re not loved.
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At that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.
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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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I love how Mother Theresa said she wouldn’t attend an anti-war rally but if there was a peace rally to call her. So I realized it’s not about waging a war against everybody’s disease and diagnosis but rather about helping them live.
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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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What thoughts are so important that it is worth holding on to them even when they make you miserable? Why are you holding on?
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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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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I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.
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I see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator.
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Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people.
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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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We are here to feel, wonder and gaze in awe at the world. Instead of just teaching our children how to use things and do things, I suggest we nourish their sense of wonder.
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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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