“Nothing can happen to you unless it is an activity of your own consciousness.”  Joel Goldsmith

“If I fear for your welfare, I can’t see how well you are faring.”  Byron Katie

“Our loved ones will continue to press every button we have, until we realize what it is that we don’t want to know about ourselves yet.  Their job is not to change; their job is to set you free.”  Byron Katie

“If there is no world ‘out there’ what are you reacting to?  Ask yourself that question every moment of every day when your peace is disturbed.”  Ken Wapnick

“The awakening is seeing that we are joined.  Not half joined.  Fully joined.  And not with some.  With every single thing.  Nothing exists apart from me.  I am in it.  It in me. I am love. It is love.  Nothing is outside this.  Love is all there is.  Everything is love.  Nothing exists but love.”  Cate Grieves

“Stillness is not about focusing on nothingness; it’s about creating a clearing.  it’s opening up an emotionally clutter-free space and allowing ourselves to feel and think and dream and question.” Brené Brown

“Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are.  Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy, and gratitude into our lives.”  Brené Brown

“Suffering occurs when something is taken for what it’s not, rather that for what it is.”  Suzanne Segal

“Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body.  It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world.  It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.”  Adi Shankara

“You never identify yourself with the shadow cast by your body, or with its reflection, or with the body you see in a dream or in your imagination.  Therefore you should not identify yourself with this living body, either.”  Adi Shankara