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An intention is a quality of consciousness that you bring to an action.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav When you choose not to forgive, the experience that you do not forgive sticks with you.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav Your experiences are not limited to what you have created in the past.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav Reverence is simply the experience of accepting that all Life is, in and of itself, of value.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav The purpose of soul questions is to open yourself deeper and deeper until all that is left is the power and beauty you are bringing to the lives of others.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements: fear and love. Love is of the soul. Fear is of the personality.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav A power struggle collapses when you withdraw your energy from it. Power struggles become uninteresting to you when you change your intention from winning to learning about yourself.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav Do not insist that the universe comply with your understanding of it.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav It is not until you have the courage to engage in human relationships that you grow.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav You do not stop losing power by refusing to recognize your fear, by anesthetizing yourself to what you feel. The road to authentic power is always through what you feel through your heart.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav If you strive only to avoid the darkness or to cling to the light, you cannot live in balance. Try striving to be conscious of all that you are.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav Please, tell me who you are and what you want. And if you think those are simple questions, keep in mind that most people live their entire lives without arriving at an answer.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav What is behind your eyes holds more power than what is in front of them.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav No birth is an accident, No experience is without meaning, and no life is without value.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav What we call evil is the absence of Light, of love, in all cases.
Gary ZukavGary Zukav You cannot, and will not, encounter a circumstance, or a single moment, that does not serve directly and immediately the need of your soul to heal.
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And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.
Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche The people have the power. All we have to do is awaken the power in the people.
John LennonJohn Lennon Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.
Gautama BuddhaGautama Buddha Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
Toni MorrisonToni Morrison The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.
Thich Nhat HanhThich Nhat Hanh Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Carl JungCarl Jung To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
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