"The more you think about yourself, the more unhappy you are"
Priority request: Quote from Jordan Peterson.
Quotes
"Our primary motivation for living is to find and fulfill meaning"
Priority request: As taught by the great Viktor Frankl.
A predestination quote from Ramana Maharshi
"Whatever this body is to do and whatever experiences it is to pass through was already decided when it came into existence." From "Be As You Are." Request: It is said in the context of karma and destiny.
"Every intervention, every method, every technique is really just as good as the individual who is using them"
Priority request: as stated by Viktor Frankl.
“Only truth in all of its expressions, liberates”
Quote from Sri Prem Baba's Love and Be Free. By request.
"Appearance is not in accord with essence"
Request: Doc - Book of Slides #37
"Think of suffering as being washed" -- Hafez
Request: This quote brings me much solace, but I have always wondered about its LoC. There is a risk that my spiritual ego internalises this as "suffering is good" so I would welcome some more context on the level this understanding is realised!
"We are spiritual beings having a human experience"
Request: I hear this a lot and am just curious what it would calibrate at.
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be"
Priority request: quote by Abraham Lincoln.
"Whatever my defects or imperfections, I accept myself unreservedly and completely"
Request: It's from Nathaniel Branden's book "Six Pillars of Self Esteem". He advises one to look in the mirror and say this to themselves very slowly in order to improve self esteem.
"Peace is happiness at rest, happiness is peace in motion"
Request: Rupert Spira saying.
"At home, you get to know the world, by traveling, yourself..."
"...because at home the weight falls on you, on the road it falls on the world, and it always remains unknown what you are looking at" --Béla Hamvas. Priority request.
"the female body is polluted; it is not a fit vessel for the Dharma"
Request: A quote from the Lotus Sutra (cal. 780 TvF), chapter XII.
a Jeff Foster quote on change
"Great healing begins when we align with the universe exactly as it is, yet hold in our hearts the way we know it can be, and we simply stop comparing the two." Priority request.
"Release the Heaven in your heart"
Request: My grandpa's favorite saying. Never met him because he passed away in a car crash right before I was born.