We [people] love ourselves with conditions. We need opinions, we need approval, we create an image of ourselves that is not what we are. This how we lose our authenticity and create masks – how we become “domesticated.”
MIGUEL ANGEL RUIZAttention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive.
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Society teaches us conditional love; i.e., “I love you if you are the way I want you to be.”
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Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don’t respect you. They consider that you’re not a good artist who can write your own story, even though you were born to write your own story.
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Be Impeccable with Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean.
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You know that if you lie to yourself, surely other people lie to themselves. And if they lie to themselves, they will lie to you also.
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Whatever life takes away from you, let it go.
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Happiness begins with impeccability of the word. The way to measure the impeccability of my word is to ask, “Am I happy or am I suffering?” If I’m suffering, then I’m not being impeccable with my word.
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To say a prayer doesn’t take more than a minute, but you need the discipline to do it.
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Life is not the body; it is not the mind; it is not the soul. It is a force.
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The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.
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You were programmed to deliver a message, and the creation of that message is your greatest art. What is the message? Your life.
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We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do
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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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I no longer agree to treat myself with disrespect. Every time a self-critical thought comes to mind, I will forgive the Judge and follow this comment with words of praise, self-acceptance, and love.
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How are you going to change the world? The answer is easy. By changing the world that exists in your head.
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Forgiveness is the only way to heal
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