“Men are not free when they are doing just what they like Men are only free when they are doing what the deepest self likes. And there is getting down to the deepest self! It takes some diving.”
~D.H. Lawrence
Can you imagine a life without devotion? No commitment, no follow-through, no grounding in what really matters.
Maybe that’s how you live – losing your center in the face of compelling ... Read entire article
“You can’t punish yourself into change. You can’t whip yourself into shape. But you can love yourself into well being.” ~Susan Skye
Feelings are a natural part of the landscape of human experience. Joy, sadness, concern, anger, excitement, jealousy, fear, misery. These emotions are intimately woven into the stories of our lives.
Yet we avoid certain feelings like the plague, and understandably so.
Intense and painful feelings can be ... Read entire article
“Love says ‘I am everything.’ Wisdom says ‘I am nothing.’ Between the two, my life flows.”
~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The most transformative thing you could ever do is remember who you are. I don’t mean the “you” who you think you are or the one defined by the roles you play or the masks you wear. Not the one who is driven by fear, insecurity, or need. But ... Read entire article
“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
~Hafiz of Persia
Are you moving too fast to enjoy life? Are you caught up in problems and struggles? Are you pressing forward on automatic, burning the candle at both ends?
This post is all about slowing down – and I’m writing it for myself as much as for ... Read entire article
Note: Please welcome guest author Patricia Walling who invites us to be open in all directions, even when it’s challenging.
When a friend of mine was in high school, she took some summer courses in Boston in preparation for college. She had a penpal in Amherst working on his medical coding certification who had agreed to meet her one sunny day, and was taking a Greyhound bus ... Read entire article
“Life is actually really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
~Confucius
There is one simple, revolutionary, foolproof principle you need to know if you want to be happy. In fact, I suspect you know it already. And here it is: What you feed with your attention is what will grow.
You hold the key to the golden door behind which your happiness lies. You can ... Read entire article
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens. ~Epictetus
What does it mean to live in the land of Yes? When you inhabit Yes, you are open, receptive, available. You approach each moment with wonder and curiosity, without expectation, with openness.
In the land of Yes, you don’t close down or shut yourself away. You don’t avoid or resist. ... Read entire article
“You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.”
~Galileo Galilei
Do you know someone who shines? Whenever you see them, they exude an inner glow and seem to be effortlessly happy. They are grounded and clear. Maybe that someone is you?
We can’t help but be our essential selves – it is who we are. But sometimes our light gets ... Read entire article
“The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.” ~Epictetus
I have made a very interesting discovery. Whenever I have a reaction to anything – a person or situation, something someone says or does, I am attached. I am holding a belief or expectation that things should go a certain way or ... Read entire article
“Suffering and joy teach us, if we allow them, how to make the leap of empathy, which transports us into the soul and heart of another person. In those transparent moments we know other people’s joys and sorrows, and we care about their concerns as if they were our own.” ~Fritz Williams
“Phoenix rising from the ashes.” This phrase popped into my head recently, and I wasn’t sure why until ... Read entire article
Hi, I’m Gail Brenner, Ph.D., psychologist and blogger. Here you will find inspiration to help you reclaim your natural life. Discover that inner peace is absolutely possible, happiness and fulfillment your birthright. Come on in. Be inspired. Awaken to A Flourishing Life!
