Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And we find that we cannot. For all darkness in the world stems from darkness in the heart. And it is there that we must do our work.
MARIANNE WILLIAMSONLet’s forgive the past and who we were then. Let’s embrace the present and who we’re capable of becoming. Let’s surrender the future and watch miracles unfold.
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Karma means that all actions have consequences. Grace means that in a moment of atonement -taking responsibility, making amends, asking for forgiveness – all karma is burned.
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We aren’t bodies at all; who we are is the love inside us, and it is that love alone that determines our value. When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness.
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Thought is cause: experience is effect. If you don’t like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking.
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Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.
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God is the electricity and we are the lamps.
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Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.
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Every bird that sings, sings for you. Every breeze that blows, blows for you. Every sunray shines for you. If you only knew how loved you are.
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Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.
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We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what’s wrong in your life, or you can focus on what’s right.
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Love and fear represent two different lenses through which to view the world. Which I choose to use will determine what I think I see.
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Love is a wave flowing in the direction of bliss for all living things. It will carry you if you allow it to flow through you.
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
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Everything we do is either an act of love or a cry for help.
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Prepare for the new; expect the new; embrace the new. Otherwise, you’ll just repeat what’s old.
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Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.
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