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1 " Time is just quantified eternity. "
― Deepak Chopra , The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want
2 " Molecules dissolve and pass away, but consciousness survives the death of the matter on which it rides. "
3 " The boundaries we erect to divide heaven from earth, mind from matter, real from unreal are mere conveniences. Having made the boundaries, we can unmake them just as easily. "
4 " Molecules form and dissolve, returning to the primordial soup of atoms. But consciousness survives the death of the molecules on which it rides. What was once a bundle of energy in a sunbeam turns into a leaf, only to fall and change again into soil. The change of state crosses many boundaries. A sunbeam is invisible, whereas leaves and soil are visible.A leaf is alive and growing,whereas sunbeams aren't.the colors of light, leaf, and soil are different, and so on.But all these transformations exist as constructs of the mind.The actual energy present in the sunbeam experiences no change at all. "
5 " Your mind is the knife that cuts the continuum of space and time into neat slices of linear experience. "
6 " The whole banquet is in the first spoonful. "
7 " In the light of trust, as it develops slowly over time, you will find that you are a privileged child of the universe, entirely safe, entirely supported, entirely loved. "
8 " Without silence, there cannot be any real appreciation in life, which is as delicate in its inner fabric as a closed rosebud. "
9 " Nature reflects the moods of the wizard. "
10 " We live as ripples of energy in the vast ocean of energy. "
11 " There is a wellspring of life within you where you can go for cleansing and transformation. "
12 " Now take all these qualities together: order, balance, evolution and intelligence. What you have is a description of love. It's not the popular ideal, it is the wizard's love - the force that upholds life and nurtures it. "
13 " To the wizard death is merely a belief. "
14 " The secrets of alchemy exist to transform mortals from a state of suffering and ignorance to a state of enlightenment and bliss. "
15 " The mind loves whatever repeats a pleasurable experience from the past. "I love this" basically means "I love repeating what felt so good before". "
16 " Wizards? Do you mean they do things a different way?""No, just the way we do,"Merlin replied.With a flick of his finger he lit the soggy heap of kindling that Arthur had gathered (...) A blaze leapt up on the instant. Merlin then opened his hands and produced some food out of thin air. "
17 " The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself. "
18 " A person desperately searching for love," Merlin said, "reminds me of a fish desperately searching for water. "
19 " If you could really see that tree over there," Merlin said, "you would be so astounded that you'd fall over.""Really? But why?" asked Arthur. "It's just a tree.""No," Merlin said, "It's just a tree in your mind. To another mind it is an expression of infinite spirit and beauty. In God's mind it is a dear child, sweeter than anything you can imagine. "
20 " Don't you realize," Merlin said to his pupil, "that the history of the universe has brought us here to this second? "