What if THIS is Heaven? QUOTES

1 " Remember, your only work is to love yourself, value yourself, and embody this truth of self-worth and self-love so that you can be love in action. That is true service, to yourself and to those who surround you. Realizing how loved and valued you are is what healed your cancer. This same knowledge is what will help you to create a life of heaven here on earth. You are serving no one when you get lost in the problems of the world. So the only question you need to ask when you are feeling defeated or lost is, "Where am I not loving myself? How can I value myself more? "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

2 " If this were actually a gift from the universe, what would it be here to teach me? "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

3 " If you have trouble accessing your true feelings about a choice, try flipping a coin. Notice your gut reaction to the outcome of the toss—if you feel a positive response, go with that option. If your gut clenches, choose a different option. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

4 " So my biggest message (inspired by both my NDE and the life and teachings of my dear friend) is to live your life as an exercise in creativity, as if every discovery, every artistic exploration, matters in the cosmic tapestry of life—because it does. Follow your heart as you exuberantly combine the riot of colors the universe lays before you to make your life into your own masterpiece. You may be surprised by your creation. As when we listen to or play beautiful music, our goal is not to get to the end of the piece. The point is to enjoy the melodious, joyous journey the music takes us on, including the very first note and every single one that comes after it. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

5 " Even the word 'unconditional' is superfluous, because love, by its true definition, is unconditional. 'Conditional love' is an oxymoron -- a contradiction in terms. As soon as we put a condition on love, it become something else entirely.... unconditional love is a state of being, not a emotion. It means it has no opposite. Human love is an emotion, and as with all other emotions, it's part of duality. An opposite emotion, such as fear or hate, balances it out. But unconditional love just IS. It's not one side of the coin -- it's the WHOLE coin. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

6 " Your only work is to love yourself, value yourself, and embody this truth of self-worth and self-love so that you can be love in action. That is true service, to yourself and to those who surround you. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

7 " when you believe in yourself and are in touch with your own inner guidance system, the right guru, teacher, or healer will come to you at the right time, with the answer you need in that moment. And "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

8 " The best way out of pain is to go through it. That's where the real gold lies. This means first recognising that the pain's there, and then accepting it. You acknowledge its presence and allow yourself to truly feel it. You own it. Pain is never without gift. Above all else, pain gives us the empathy to better understand others who are also going through loss, grief and suffering. These experiences actually make us more human - and more divine. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

9 " When you feel fear and negativity, don't fight the feelings or judge yourself for having them. Instead, allow yourself to acknowledge these emotions and feel them fully so you can move through them without getting stuck. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

10 " If you are having difficulty getting to a place of joy, start with acceptance for where you are right now. After acceptance, reach for finding peace with your current situation. From peace, it becomes easier to step into a place of gratitude, and from gratitude you can more easily get to joy. Joy comes as a result of having extreme gratitude and appreciation for the state of our lives in the present moment. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

11 " Look back on some past painful experiences, and try to identify some things you gained - both large and small - from these experiences. Feel grateful for these gifts. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

12 " During my NDE, the realization that we are all connected was so strong that even if I had thought about someone who was a murderer or child abuser—someone whom I hated and felt utter contempt for in physical life—I would have felt nothing but total understanding and compassion for them in that expanded state. In fact, I would have felt empathy for the pain that caused them to choose that path in the first place, and I would have felt complete, unconditional love for both the perpetrator and their victims. My NDE enabled me to understand that people hurt others either out of ignorance or because they are in pain, or because they are so disconnected from their true essence that they don’t have the ability to feel emotions (whether that is due to having been abused in some way or because of mental illness). "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

13 " I use this method with just about every choice I make these days, including deciding which speaking engagement to accept if the dates overlap, or even whether to accept a new project. Before I commit to anything, I imagine myself in each situation, and then I accept only the ones that bring me a feeling of joy, passion, or purpose—the ones that make me happiest. “Most of us are taught to evaluate choices by analyzing with our minds, like making lists of the pros and cons for each choice, and then choosing the option with the longest list of pros. But even if you go with that, how do you feel doing it? Does it make your heart sing? Does it fill you with passion? Or are you filled instead with anxiety, waiting for it to be over, instead of looking forward to doing it? "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

14 " I believe we are born knowing the truth of who we are. But we reject this knowledge as we grow up and try to fit in and conform to society, conditioning ourselves to its norms. We learn to look outside ourselves for guidance, and in doing so, we take on other people's expectations for us. Then when we can't live up to all these external expectations, we feel inadequate and flawed. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

15 " True, authentic, unconditional love means wanting for others what they want for themselves, regardless of whether it goes against what we want for ourselves in the relationship. So we need to set our partners free to be who they are, not expect them to contort themselves to fit our ideas of who we want them to be. The real test is to ask ourselves, Does this relationship support freedom, or does it feel like bondage? We need to be honest with ourselves when we answer. Relationships based on unconditional love are freeing. Those couples are together because they choose to be together, not because they feel trapped. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

16 " In a mature relationship, there is pure acceptance for both parties by both parties. And paradoxically, when there's acceptance, there's usually no reason to leave the relationship even if the parties don't share the same values. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

17 " Most of us are taught to evaluate choices by analysing with our minds, like making lists of the pros and cons for each choice, and then choosing the option with the longest list of pros. But even if you go with that, how do you feel doing it? "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

18 " What I've learned is that when people say that I should do this or that, they may be speaking from their own place of fear. What they are really saying without realising it is that this is what they would do if they were in my situation, and so it would bring them peace of mind if I took their advice. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

19 " If you're going to lose anyone's support because you want to follow your own heart, then they aren't the right person to support you through this journey. It is so important that the people you have around you right now support you for who you are, not because you are doing what they say. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?

20 " Contrasts and differences are necessary to create what we see as reality. We call this duality. We can perceive something on in contrast with something else. "

― Anita Moorjani , What if THIS is Heaven?