Psychology

A path of destiny reveals itself to you when you confront your fear and make conscious choices.
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet.
Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear.
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.
When we think we have things already figured out, we’re not teachable. Genuine insight can’t dawn on a mind that’s not open to receive it.
To ask for another relationship, or another job, is not particularly helpful if we’re going to show up in the new situation exactly as we showed up in the last one.
Our self-perception determines our behavior. If we think we’re small, limited, inadequate creatures, then we tend to behave that way, and the energy we radiate reflects those thoughts no matter what we do. If we think we’re magnificent creatures with an infinite abundance of love and power to give, then we tend to behave that way. Once again, [continue reading...]
When infants aren't held, they can become sick, even die. It's universally accepted that children need love, but at what age are people supposed to stop needing it? We never do. We need love in order to live happily, as much as we need oxygen in order to live at all.
I don’t fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.
What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.
With a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It's made up of pioneers, the beginners. That's where the action is.
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone's task is unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.
An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.
Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet [continue reading...]
Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.