Assertiveness is not what you do, it's who you are! Shakti Gawain More Quotes by Shakti Gawain More Quotes From Shakti Gawain All our relationships, especially the deep ones, stir up the deepest issues for us that we need to confront and work with. Shakti Gawain our-relationshipissuesneeds May you be blessed with everything your heart desires. Shakti Gawain blesseddesireheart Receiving and giving are opposite energies that are inextricably linked together in the natural flow of life, like inhaling and exhaling. If one aspect of that cycle doesn't function, the entire cycle ceases to function and the life force cannot move freely. If you can't inhale, you will soon have nothing to exhale, and before long, your body will be unable to continue living. Shakti Gawain oppositeslongmoving Freedom and relationship are polar opposites - they both exist on the same continuum. You DO want a relationship - and you DO want freedom - what you really want is BALANCE, you want wholeness. Shakti Gawain balanceoppositeswant A painful time in our life is what I call a healing crisis. We are letting go of something old and opening to something new. Shakti Gawain healingletting-golife When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously. Shakti Gawain trustinspirationallife I do believe that one of the major ways that we're out of alignment with our souls is in our disconnect from nature. I feel that we have kind of lost our natural way of being connected to the planet. We need to be rooted on the planet. We experience ourselves as kind of isolated from that, and I actually think that's a great cause of the suffering that many of us are experiencing, whether consciously or unconsciously. Shakti Gawain soulbelievethinking When you truly give up trying to be whole through others, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others. Shakti Gawain giving-uptryinginspirational We are living in a very exciting and powerful time. On the deepest level of consciousness, a radical spiritual transformation is taking place. I believe that on a worldwide level, we are being challenged to let go of our present way of life and create an entirely new one. We are, in fact, in the process of destroying our old world and building a new one in its place. Shakti Gawain powerfulspiritualletting-go It isn't necessary to be perfect to be a channel for the universe. You just have to be real- be yourself. The more real, honest, and spontaneous you are, the more freely the creative force can flow through you. Shakti Gawain being-yourselfhonestyreal That has been my personal relationship with God-a connection with the powerful, loving, wise energy in all of us, in all creation. It is the life force itself. We can all have contact with it each moment in our lives, but it takes commitment and practice. We must be willing to move through all our deepest fears, doubts, and misunderstandings. Shakti Gawain powerfulgodwise Notice what happens when you doubt, suppress, or act contrary to your feelings. You will observe decreased energy, powerless or helpless feelings, and physical or emotional pain. Now notice what happens when you follow your intuitive feelings. Usually the result is increased energy and power and a sense of natural flow. When you're at one with yourself, the world feels peaceful, exciting, and magical. Shakti Gawain peacefulemotionalpain You can love other people only to the degree that you've come to love and accept yourself Shakti Gawain accepting-yourselfdegreespeople Our relationship to money reflects how we feel about our power to affect the world. Since money is a mirror of our consciousness, the more comfortable we are with being powerful, the more money we are likely to create in our lives. Shakti Gawain powerfulmirrorsworld Spiritual healing occurs as we begin to consciously reconnect with our essential being - the wise, loving, powerful, creative entity that we are at our core. Shakti Gawain powerfulspiritualwise By viewing our relationships with friends, family, and co-workers as mirrors, as teachers - we see that they are reflecting back to us exactly what we most need to learn. Shakti Gawain reflecting-backmirrorsteacher In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it. Shakti Gawain shininglightorder When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away. Shakti Gawain validationapprovalgiving Most of us are in touch with our intuition whether we know it or not, but we're usually in the habit of doubting or contradicting it so automatically that we don't even know it has spoken Shakti Gawain intuitionhabitdoubt What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly. Shakti Gawain intuitionfaithinspiring
