“Only when I’m in possession of my own heart can I be present for another in a healing, encouraging, empowering way. Then I have a gift to offer, the best gift I possess – the gift of a self that is whole, that stands in the world on its own two feet.” Parker Palmer (We Deserve the Compassion We Give)

Self-realization requires that we break down everything we identify with in order to understand where we are and how we feel about being there. We must free ourselves from all encumbrances in order to look within and discover the mental and spiritual freedom that is our birthright.” Iyanla Vanzant (social media post)

“You begin by letting thoughts flow and watching them. The very observation slows down the mind till it stops altogether. Once the mind is quiet, keep it quiet. Don’t get bored with peace, be in it, go deeper into it.” Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“In every moment of life, there are infinite reasons to suffer and infinite reasons to be happy. What matters is where we’re putting our attention.” Tim Desmond (8 Breaths to Joy: A Guided Practice)

“The more spiritually aware you become, the more sentimentality falls away and transforms your experience of loving. The experience of love does become less personal and more universal. True detachment is absolute intimacy.” Adyashanti (“Redemptive Love” study course)

“When truly and finally you are living only from the Inside Out, you will never again be susceptible to being turned upside down.” Jayem (social media post)

“Those who care the most about what other people think, end up creating the least of what they truly came here to become. Those who care the least about what other people think, are the only ones crazy and powerful enough to create a new and better world for all.” Bentinho Massaro (social media post)

“All our lives long, we identify with our thoughts, our self-image, or our feelings. We have to find a way to get behind this view to discover the face we had before we were born. We must discover who we are in God, who we’ve always been… This is the first goal of contemplation.” Fr. Richard Rohr (Nonviolence: Weekly Summary)

“Any concept of higher truth creates hierarchy, and with that, authority, boundaries, dualism, and opposition. What various religious traditions, including Buddhism, call truth is better described as a way of experiencing things.” Ken McLeod (Something from Nothing)