Being a witness requires the discipline not to intervene and the courage to accept another’s life as it is.
Being a witness requires the discipline not to intervene and the courage to accept another’s life as it is.
The bridge between the spirit and the human body is a bridge of unconditional acceptance. The body accepts the totality of the powerful spirit while the spirit accepts the limitations of the small body. This kind of unconditional acceptance allows one to experience unconditional love.
Children do not want to be like their parents when they grow old. They want to be better. Parents do not want their children to have the life they had, but better. The fortunate children end up being proud to be like their parents and the fortunate parents are proud of their children’s life. This fortune is available to all but not all get to experience it.
“When you observe the atrocities around the world you wonder if there is enough forgiveness to go around. Some blame God for allowing it, others blame Him for leaving a long time ago, the rest don’t believe he exists at all. Regardless, the forgiveness is left up to us.”
“To be able to accept the totality of your own brilliance you need to be comfortable in the totality of your own darkness.”
“Perfection is an infinite state of being. It cannot be achieved unless bound in time by saying, ‘It is perfect for now.’”
“Integrity is being whole. This means accepting our perfection along with our imperfections.”
“When you look in the mirror you see the opposite reflection of yourself but you accept the image as the self. When you look at others as your mirror and you say, ‘I am not like them,’ remember what the opposite reflection of yourself looks like and accept them.”
“All people are like magnets. Some will be attracted to you and others will not. In the end, they are all magnets, just like you. Can you really hold their polarity against them? If you do, you are denying the magnet in yourself.”
“Bad habits are the ones you have not accepted yet. Once accepted, they are just habits.”