The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
BERNIE SIEGELDon’t do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Consciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
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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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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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A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out.
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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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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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Live by your experience and do not let limited beliefs alter your life experience.
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To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.
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Feelings aroused by the touch of someones hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith – all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well.
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It’s the consciousness that has come into us from other experiences and our consciousness that we remain aware of when we leave our bodies and they communicate with us through dreams, and even through drawings which I do a lot of work with myself.
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Love releases incredible energy that promotes the biochemistry of healing.
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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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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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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