As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways that I could respond to my situation: either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course. -Martin Luther Kind Jr.
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Crisis & Creativity
Crisis, change, all the myriad upheavals that blister the spirit and leave us groping–they aren’t voices simply of pain but also of creativity. -Sue Monk Kidd
» Read More...The Mind and the Brain
“We cannot imprison the mind in the brain. The mind is in every cell of our body and also extends into the whole universe.” -Deepak Chopra
» Read More...What is Written on the Body
“Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.” -Frank Gillette Burgess
» Read More...Mind and Body
“If you really want to know your mind, the body will always give you a truthful reflection, so look at the emotion, or rather feel it in your body. If there is an apparent conflict between them, the thought will be the lie, the emotion will be the truth.” -Eckhart […]
» Read More...Your Body Breathes
Observe your own body. It breathes. You breathe when you are asleep, when you are no longer conscious of your own ideas of self-identity. Who, then, is breathing? The collection of information that you mistakenly think is you is not the protagonist in this drama called the breath. In fact, […]
» Read More...The Magic of Language
A layman will no doubt find it hard to understand how pathological disorders of the body and mind can be eliminated by “mere” words.
» Read More...Suffering
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. -Chinua Achebe
» Read More...What You Bring Forth
If you bring forth what is within you, it will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, it will destroy you. -The Gnostic Gospels
» Read More...The Dalai Lama on Health
The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered, “Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present: the result being […]
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