We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZYou are what you believe you are.
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Before we were born, a whole society of storytellers was already here. The storytellers who were here before us taught us how to be human.
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We learn to be right and to make everyone else wrong. The need to be right is the result of trying to protects the image we want to project to the outside. We have to impose our way of thinking, not just onto other humans, but even upon ourselves.
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In the track of fear we have so many conditions, expectations, and obligations that we create a lot of rules just to protect ourselves… when the truth is that there shouldn’t be any rules. These rules affect the quality of the channels of communication between us.
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If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is I am not what you want me to be.
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You deliver a message every time you speak. Do you deliver the truth, or do you deliver lies? When the message you deliver comes from truth and love, you are happier.
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The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.
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We are the same, you and I. We are images of light.
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And what is the right woman, the right man? Someone who wants to go in the same direction as you do, someone who is compatible with your views and your values– emotionally, physically, economically, spiritually.
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When you look in the mirror and hate what you see, you need addictions to survive.
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We are masters because we have the power to create and to rule our own lives.
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We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do. We assume that others think the way we think, feel the way we feel, judge the way we judge, and abuse the way we abuse. This is the biggest assumption that humans make.
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Whatever life takes away from you, let it go.
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When you learn to love your physical body, every activity can become a ritual of gratitude where you fully express the joy to be alive!
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I don’t know what I am. And it’s not important.
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If there is anything in your life that takes away your happiness, you have all the power you need to change it.
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