Posts Tagged ‘self’
IF EVIL…
“If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it”.
Epictetus
FROM CHRISTINA
“This has been a truly invaluable experience. The quality of your attention and your education is beautiful and powerful. Thank you for helping me uncover my personal value and room for growth, and for hold me accountable for my self realisation. I am very grateful for your clarity, and your intention. The love in the room abounds and I thank you for that.”
TO THROW A STONE
“They dragged her to a tree and threw a rope over the limb, and began to make a noose in it, some holding her, meantime, and she crying and begging, and her young daughter looking on and weeping, but afraid to say or do anything.
They hanged the lady, and I threw a stone at her, although in my heart I was sorry for her; but all were throwing stones and each was watching his neighbor, and if I had not done as the others did it would have been noticed and spoken of. Satan burst out laughing.
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So we walked away, and I was not at ease, but was saying to myself, ‘He told them he was laughing at them, but it was a lie — he was laughing at me.’
That made him laugh again, and he said, ‘Yes, I was laughing at you, because, in fear of what others might report about you, you stoned the woman when your heart revolted at the act — but I was laughing at the others, too.’
‘Why?’
‘Because their case was yours.’
‘How is that?’
‘Well, there were sixty-eight people there, and sixty-two of them had no more desire to throw a stone than you had.’”
Mark Twain – The Mysterious Stranger
QUALITIES OF OUR BEING
“Because spirit is transcendent of matter, and because the self is more powerful than material coverings, it is possible to choose the qualities of our being at any given moment—whatever the intricacies of those coverings.”
David B Wolf – Relationships That Work
DOORS OF PERCEPTION
“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through chinks of his cavern.”
William Blake
TO KNOW ONE’S SELF
“There are three things extremely hard: steel, diamond, and to know one’s self.”
Benjamin Franklin
TO LOSE…
“Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself.”
Hopi Proverb
EXPECTATIONS
Excerpt From A Coaching Letter Written By David B Wolf
… To grow we want to challenge ourselves, to play a big game with our lives. This entails expecting a lot of ourselves. These expectations, transformed into practical and grounded commitments, drive us forward to satisfying accomplishments and internal development. I guess the downside of expectations is if we become emotionally attached to them. Emotional attachment to expectations can form a sort of self-imposed prison of disappointment, sadness, discouragement, etc. If we find that we don’t meet our expectations, that is an opportunity for a wonderful learning experience. There is a cycle- commit, act, learn. Whether we succeed to fulfill our expectations or not, we can definitely succeed in creating a valuable learning experience, if we approach life from a perspective of discovery and opportunity. Of course, such an approach is not meant to minimize the full intention we apply to our commitment to achieve and surpass expectations. So, this approach of learning from each experience is distinct from the stance of emotional attachment to expectations. If we are emotionally attached, then if we fall short we may descend into grungy states of guilt, inadequacy, etc., instead of positively and constructively learning from the situation…
COMMITMENT
“The moment one commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would come his way.”
William Hutchinson Murray
From Vrinda
“Satvatove was a super-cleanse. David and Marie create a space where it was okay indeed encouraged to just be myself. Such a relief to simply be accepted and encouraged no matter what was brewing inside me.
What I found is that even the most horrible clawing, deeply draining emotion was diffused and put to ease by the acceptance and enthusiasm that vibrated in the air. I loved to see each group member break free from their ‘stuff’ and shine and be FREE.
The feeling I had standing before you all in all my glory and all my self-sabotage was freeing and an unrivalled experience.”
Vrinda Devi Sheth – dancer, artist and artistic director
Satvatove, Advanced Seminar Experience, 2010
