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41 " We remain terrified that by acknowledging Divine will—by surrendering our will to a greater will—we will become separated from all that brings us physical comfort. "
― Caroline Myss , Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing
42 " Surrender to Divine authority means liberation from physical illusions, not from the delights and comfort of physical life. "
43 " Literal interpretation creates separation, whereas symbolic interpretation—seeing that all of them address the identical design of our spiritual natures—brings us together. "
44 " El hecho de que algunas de estas «uniones» resulten dolorosas es una necesidad. Todos los que forman parte de la vida de una persona tienen un papel esencial en su desarrollo. El desafío es madurar lo suficiente para reconocer esta verdad y vivir conforme a ella. Desde el punto de vista espiritual, es antinatural considerar enemigas a las demás personas o ser enemigo de sí mismo. Las relaciones negativas generan energía negativa, la cual obstruye la visión simbólica. No podemos ver la finalidad divina en una unión que decidimos interpretar negativamente. "
45 " When we are in a holding pattern, it is because we know exactly what we should do next, but we are terrified to act on it. "
46 " La realidad es que muchas personas sí se curan de sus tormentos emocionales y psíquicos, y por lo tanto mueren «sanadas». "
47 " any choice made from faith has the full power of heaven behind it—which is why “faith the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain. "
48 " I remember clearly the professor who introduced me to Buddhist and Hindu thought. As a final exam, she took all five of us students to a remote weekend retreat facility and issued the rules: no speaking allowed, and no clocks or wristwatches. During the night she would awaken a student, ask the student to assume a yogic position, then ask questions: How does a Christian speak about the nature of God? How does a Buddhist speak about the nature of reality? What is the truth of eternal life? What is the purpose of this life? The questions were deep and penetrating. It wasn’t the quality of our responses that she was evaluating; rather, it was our attachment to any particular school of thought. If she sensed that we were attached to one form of truth more than another, we had failed to learn the lesson of her class: All truth is the same at the level of truth itself. That it becomes “enculturated” is an illusion. For her, this was the essence of what it means to become conscious: to seek truth that is detached from its social or cultural form. In looking back at her influence upon me, I credit her with laying the groundwork for my own abilities in symbolic sight. "
49 " Every choice we make, motivated by either faith or fear, directs our spirit. If a person’s spirit is impelled by fear, then fear returns to her energy field and to her body. If she directs her spirit in faith, however, then grace returns to her energy field, and her biological system thrives. "
50 " Spiritual maturation includes not only developing the ability to interpret the deeper messages of sacred texts, but learning to read the spiritual language of the body. As we become more conscious and recognize the impact of our thoughts and attitudes—our internal life—upon our physical bodies and external lives, we no longer need to conceive of an external parent-God that creates for us and on whom we are fully dependent. As spiritual adults we accept responsibility for co-creating our lives and our health. Co-creation is in fact the essence of spiritual adulthood: it is the exercise of choice and the acceptance of our responsibility for those choices. "
51 " The universal human journey is one of becoming conscious of our power and how to use that power. "
52 " The unconscious life is just that—unconscious. You aren’t even aware that you aren’t aware of anything. You just think about the basics of life—food, clothing, money. It never occurs to you to wonder about for what purpose were you created. And then, once you ask that question, you can’t stop asking it again and again. It always leads to another truth. "
53 " The goal of becoming a conscious person is not to outwit death, nor even to become immune to disease. The goal is to be able to handle any and all changes in our lives—and in our bodies—without fear, looking only to absorb the message of truth contained in the change. "
54 " allowing the Divine to awaken part of your spirit that contains the essence of what you are capable of contributing to others as well as to yourself. "
55 " Recognize defensiveness as an attempt to keep new insights from entering your mental field. "
56 " Estamos hechos para utilizar nuestros recursos interiores, a fin de encontrar la fuerza material para dejar atrás creencias y comportamientos anticuados y vernos de un modo nuevo y sano. "
57 " As Meister Eckhart wrote in The Soul Is One with God, the ultimate aim of the mystic is identity: “God is love, and he who is in love is in God and God in him. "