Quotes

“The world can only see us as we see ourselves”

Attributed to David R. Hawkins.

"No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell"

Attributed to Carl Jung, referring to shadow integration.

"Only subjectivity can be verified. One cannot verify any objectivity at all, anywhere"

From Doc's lecture 2003/03 Spiritual Community. Calibration and commentary/analysis of the quote.

"You cannot experience anything unless you resist it"

Request: A Doc quote.

"Kill them, for the Lord knows those that are His"

The phrase is a partial quotation from the Vulgate version of 2 Timothy 2:19 (Latin: cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius, lit. 'the Lord knows them that are his') -- wikipedia.

"You give everything you do your maximum...

"...and surrender it to God as you do it. That way, you bring up the joy of your own existence." -- Doc's video lecture Perception and Positionality Jun 2004 Part 3 timecode 1:01:50. Priority request.

"Everything is a gift from God" - David R. Hawkins

Request: Difficult situations? Betrayal? Accident? etc. All situations, all things, all is a gift from God? At what level is this true?

"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone"

Request: Quote by Alan watts. Brings me a huge sense of relief.

"Life is brutal. But it’s also beautiful. Brutiful, I call it..."

"...Life’s brutal and beautiful are woven together so tightly that they can’t be separated. Reject the brutal, reject the beauty. So now I embrace both, and I live well and hard and real" -- Glennon Doyle.

"You are exactly where you need to be..."

"...having the exact experience you are supposed to be having." Request: This is a mantra I use frequently that brings peace of mind. Maybe others will like it too. Many, many spiritual teachers say this, including Ram Dass and Jeff Foster.

“If there is a God, I ask him for help”

Request: Doc’s last words before enlightenment. [This is the context for the calibration].

"I am my own worst enemy"

Realizing the ego is the source of suffering and self-defeating behavior.

"Heaven and Hell are only one-tenth of an inch apart."

Zen saying.

"You never experience anything, you experience the ego's readout of it..."

Request: [quote from] Doc, Devotional Nonduality Intensive series, Transcending Obstacles lecture, September 2005, part 1, 1h33m.

"The modern spiritual disciple progresses more quickly and easily because..."

"... he has access to spiritual knowledge that in the past was reserved only for a select few" -- Transcending the Levels of Consciousness.