Reclaiming the parts of ourselves that we have relegated to the shadow is the most reliable path to actualizing all of our human potential.
DEBBIE FORDIf you constantly beat yourself up with negative thoughts, you will either beat up on the people around you- verbally, emotionally, or physically- or you will beat up on yourself by destroying some area of your own life.
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When you are grounded in the present – feeling your feelings, listening to your body, tasting your food, and expressing your ideas – you do not build up toxicity. You digest your experience as you go.
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The world mirrors yourself back to you. If you love, nourish, and appreciate yourself internally it will show up in your external life. If you want more love, give more love to yourself. If you want acceptance, accept yourself.
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Like the lotus flower that is born out of mud, we must honor the darkest parts of ourselves and the most painful of our life’s experiences, because they are what allow us to birth our most beautiful self.
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We can’t fight darkness with darkness. We have to find compassion, and embrace the darkness inside of us in order to understand it and, ultimately, to transcend it.
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True courage comes not just from feeling confident and strong, but from being the honest, authentic expression in yourself. Think about how audacious it is to really believe in yourself.
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You can’t just say that you’re committed to creating the best year of your life and expect it to stick. You have to make a conscious effort to allow this commitment to become part of your internal belief system.
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Every important choice we make is being guided by one of two places: either it is an act of faith or it is an act of fear. Faith opens the door to a new future.
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In order to find peace, we must expose the masks we use to hide behind.
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If you ask the Universe to be your partner and guide you on the path to wholeness, it will oblige.
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Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.
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Right now, there is a stronger, more vibrant, more inspired version of you that is wanting and waiting to emerge.
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The level of consciousness you choose to tune in to each moment of each day will determine the quality of your experience of the world.
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We see only that which we are.
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Your soul never asks you to endure anything you can’t handle.
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By choosing not to allow parts of ourselves to exist, we are forced to expend huge amounts of psychic energy to keep them beneath the surface.
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When you trust the universe, you get to play in the magical world of God’s plan.
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It is time to search out your uniqueness, applaud and acknowledge yourself, and let your own light shine.
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I grew up very insecure. From the time I was little I used to hide under my mother’s dress.
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Many of us have read about and talked about forgiveness, and we understand intellectually why it might benefit us to let go of anger toward others. But we hold on anyway.
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Embracing our dark side gives us a new found freedom to be with the darkness in others. For when I can love all of me, I will love all of you.
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We are meant to discover our authentic nature-the state of being in which we are inspired by ourselves, turned on, lit up, and excited about who we are.
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Fulfilling your vision for the best year of your life requires thought and introspection. It is not much different than planning an awesome vacation. It takes time, discussion, planning, decision making, and an array of other skills.
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When you make peace with yourself, the world will mirror back that same level of peace.
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Love is the answer, the spiritual solution that holds the power to end the war that rages within each of us.
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I define God as an energy. A spiritual energy. It has no denomination, it has no judgment, it has an energy that when we’re connected to it we know why we’re here and what we’re here to do.
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Heaven is the experience of being completely present to all that is, all that you are, and all that you have to give. Are you choosing to live in heaven or suffer in hell?
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