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CLEAR ALL
If you bring forth what is within you it will save you. If you do not, it will destroy you.
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Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.
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Awakening is not a thing. It is not a goal, not a concept. It is not something to be attained. It is a metamorphosis.
Detachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
Maslow describes the good life as one directed towards self-actualization, the pinnacle need. Self-actualization occurs when you maximize your potential, doing the best that you are capable of doing.
Many people are familiar with Maslow's hierarchy of needs, in which he argued that basic needs such as safety, belonging, and self-esteem must be satisfied (to a reasonable healthy degree) before being able to fully realize one's unique creative and humanitarian potential.
Everyone has had luminous moments in their lives. It's the "a-ha" moment when one experiences the beauty and grace of life, whether it be when looking into the eyes of a newborn child or watching the sun set over the ocean. But those moments are usually too brief.
First published in 1991, this new edition is twice as long and includes all the original meditations, as well as those from more recent works that focus on intuition and prosperity.