Do not fear the abyss for it is only the vehicle to another hatching. In the material world of ideas, we learn also to value the abyss, for it is the bottomless cauldron of creative energy. Can't remember where this came from If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself. If you wish to diminish fear in the world, diminish your own. These are the gifts that you can give. Gary Zukav Darkness is an absence of Light. Darkness is not a thing which overcomes Light: it has no substance, nor dimension, nor power, expect that, in inner terms, it may gain power we invest in it. If you encounter people who offer you riches or worldly goods, domination over others and all kinds of desirable options which fiction talks of, you will have to choose. Eventually, willing or not, you will need to pay for what you take. It might not cost you and arm and a leg, it might cost you evolution! Marion Green When you embark upon the quest of finding your spiritual or personal identity, or a more profound meaning to your life, that path takes you directly through the heart. Then you must survive the heart-versus-mind conflict which then leads to the doorway of the soul. The Chrone Oracles You have to have a chaos within you to give rise to a dancing star. Nietzsche You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however. from "Illusions, The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah" Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Nelson Mandela Everyone makes mistakes - that's why they put erazors on the top of pencils! heard on The Simpsons The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. Albert Einstein Hidden in an acorn is an oak with its acorns, and hidden in those acorns are more oaks with their acorns, and hidden within those acorns ... Can't remember where this came from "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson 'Exhaust the moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical disguise.' Gwendolyn Brooks Love is not love until it is given away Can't remember where this came from Whatever doesn't kill you, will only make you stronger .... Nietzsche. I do my thing, and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you, and I am me. If by chance we meet, it's beautiful. If not, it can't be helped. Fritz Perls Look to this day, for it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the realities and verities of existence. The bliss of growth, the splendour of action, the glory of power. And yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision. But today - well lived - makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day. Sanskrit proverb Fear! A terrible enemy - treacherous, and difficult to overcome. It remains concealed at every turn of the way, prowling, waiting. And if the man, terrified in its presence, runs away, his enemy will have put an end to his quest. What will happen is he runs away in fear? Nothing happens to him, except that he will never learn. He will never become a man of knowledge. He will perhaps be a bully or a harmless, scared man; at any rate he will be a defeated man. His first enemy will have put an end to his cravings. And what can he do to overcome fear? The answer is very simple. He must not run away. He must defy his fear, and in spite of it he must be fully afraid, and yet must not stop. That is the rule! And a moment will come when his first enemy retreats. The man begins to feel sure of himself. His intent becomes stronger. Learning is o longer a terrifying task Teachings of Don Juan To only blinch inside is the bravest way for a very small animal not to blinch that there is - Piglet Friend, don't be a perfectionist. Perfectionism is a curse and a strain. For you tremble lest you miss the bulls-eye. You are perfect if you let be. Friend don't be afraid of mistakes. Mistakes are not sins. Mistakes are ways of doing something different, perhaps creatively new. Friend don't be sorry for your mistakes. be glad for them. You had the courage to give something of yourself. It takes years to be centered; it takes more years to understand and be NOW Fritz Pearl - - In and Out the Garbage Pail Shifting one grain of sand will gradually change the course of a whole river. - Peter Gerlach If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got." Steve and Carol Lankton | 
