"Forgiveness is for yourself because it frees you. It lets you out of that prison you put yourself in." - Louise Hay

Negative Energy Friends...

limit the time you spend with them or find better friends.  Negative energy has a way of dragging everything surrounding it in, like a big black hole.   Avoid it when you can.  - Dr. Sadeghi

Rhythm

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." - Maya Angelou

1928-2014

"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." 

- William James

Transcendence

"… I was having to assimilate the idea of illness and suffering as a gift - what looked like suffering on the physical and psychological levels could often have a transforming effect on the deeper spiritual levels, that may not be apparent to the casual observer." - Phillip Jacobs

Interview:  Conscious.tv

"Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is." - Gary Zukav

Did the universe make a mistake with the ego? "

"Although for a certain perspective the ego might seem insane, from a higher perspective it is no more than part of the evolutionary process of the species.  It’s a stage in the evolution.  As we are approaching the next stage in the evolution, we are beginning to see that the ego has completely outlived its usefulness.  But, it had its usefulness.  We’re only now beginning to see that it is insane because we are approaching the next stage in human evolution…." ~ Eckhart Tolle

BEAUTY IS...

kindness, strength, elegance, grace and compassion - Fernanda Niven

“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe’ —a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” - Albert Einstein

"When we die nothing can be taken with us but the seeds of our life's work and our spiritual knowledge." - Dalai Lama

"When people show you who they are, believe them."

- Dr. Maya Angelou 

"The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years." 
- Deepak Chopra, M.D.

"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."  - Nelson Mandela

 "I help people as a way to work on myself, and I work on myself to help people." - Ram Dass

‘‘If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” 

– Dalai Lama 

"The more I study physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics." - Albert Einstein

Compassion is integration of the mind made visible…

"Integration, when it is made visible, is kindness and compassion. That's really the fundamental teaching of all the world's major religions, the wisdom traditions of this world. Integration is well-being. Integration is the kindness that the planet deserves." - Dr. Dan Siegel

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leafs from a tree. As the ocean "waves," the universe "peoples." Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe. This fact is rarely, if ever, experienced by most individuals. Even those who know it to be true in theory do not sense or feel it, but continue to be aware of themselves as isolated "egos" inside bags of skin. - Alan Watts

"Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.”  - Albert Einstein

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure  as long as life lasts."

— Rachel Carson

"You need to first understand the order of the universe and your place in it - you can't find happiness in your personal life if you are not living in harmony with the universe. The constituents of real things are found not to be real - these findings show that the quantum phenomena make it possible to establish a new covenant between the human mind and the mind-like background of the universe - one that provides a home again to the homeless and meaning to seemingly pointless life. The universe must be assumed to have a moral as well as a physical order, and facts and values derive again from a single source."

- Lothar Schafer

The Experience of No-Self

"... the most significant thing that can happen to a human being is the separation process of thinking and awareness and that awareness is the space in which thoughts exist." ~ Eckhart Tolle,  A New Earth

The Voice in Your Head

When you recognize that there is a voice in your head that pretends to be you and never stops speaking, you are awakening out of your unconscious identification with the stream of thinking. When you notice that voice, you realize that who you are is not the voice — the thinker — but the one who is aware of it. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Worth Repeating...

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”  - Plato

The Science of Happiness

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy

We Are Not Alone

Former Astronaut Explains UFO Cover-Up 2013

"Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning." - Desmond Tutu

10 Things Highly Intuitive People Do Differently

They listen to that inner voice.

They take time for solitude.

They create.

They practice mindfulness.

They observe everything.

They listen to their bodies.

They connect deeply with others.

They pay attention to their dreams.

They enjoy plenty of down time.

They mindfully let go of negative emotions.