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 RUIZAttention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive.
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The freedom we are looking for is the freedom to be ourselves, to express ourselves. But if we look at our lives we will see that most of the time we do things just to please others … The worst part is that most of us are not even aware that we are not free.
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Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it.
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Your opinion is nothing but your point of view.
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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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Awareness is something that is very important. And you say that it looks impossible to become what we really are, to be authentic, to be ourselves again. But I will tell you that it is much more difficult to try to be what we are not.
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The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.
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When we believe in lies, we cannot see the truth, so we make thousands of assumptions and we take them as truth. One of the biggest assumptions we make is that the lies we believe are the truth!
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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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Attention is the ability we have to discriminate and to focus only on that which we want to perceive.
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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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It is always better to ask then to make an assumption.
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Only the truth can set us free from the fear, the drama and the conflict of our lives.
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…Nothing that your partner does is personal. Your partner is dealing with her own garbage. If you don’t take it personally, it will be so easy for you to have a wonderful relationship with your partner
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Your own body is a manifestation of God, and if you honor your body everything will change for you
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The only reason you are happy is because you choose to be happy. Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering.
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