Dennis Lewis has a deep understanding of the central importance of breathing, in both its physical and spiritual dimensions John Welwood More Quotes by John Welwood More Quotes From John Welwood We may tell ourselves that love is not really available. but the deeper truth is that we don't entirely trust it, and therefore have a hard time fully opening to it or letting it all the way into us. This disconnects us from our own heart, exacerbating our sense of love's scarcity. John Welwood trust heart love Forget about enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are. And listen to the wind singing in your veins. John Welwood enlightenment singing wind Becoming human means discovering our fullness and learning to live from it. John Welwood fullness becoming mean Meditation provides a way of learning how to let go. As we sit, the self we've been trying to construct and make into a nice, neat package continues to unravel. John Welwood nice inspiration letting-go The warm and radiant yes of the heart is perfect, like the sun, in bringing all things to life and nourishing all that is truly human. John Welwood perfect sun heart The light of unconditional love awakens the dormant seed potentials of the soul. John Welwood light soul love Not knowing that we can be loved for who we truly are prevents us from trusting in love itself, and this in turn causes us to turn away from life and doubt its benevolence. John Welwood trust knowing love Cult leaders are often self-styled prophets who have not studied with great teachers or undergone lengthy training or discipline themselves. . . Many of the most dangerous cultic figures of our times have no such stabilizing context of tradition, lineage or transmission, but are self-proclaimed gurus who sway their followers through their charismatic talents. . . . John Welwood discipline self teacher We are not just humans learning to become buddhas, but also buddhas waking up in human form, learning to become fully human. John Welwood waking wake-up form The light of unconditional love awakens the dormant seed potentials of the soul, helping them ripen, blossom, and bear fruit, allowing us to bring forth the unique gifts that are ours to offer in this life. John Welwood light unique love Love is the recognition of beauty. John Welwood recognition love-is love Yet spiritual realizations often remain compartmentalized, apart from everyday life, or become used as a rationale for living in an impersonal or soulless way. That is why, if we are to live our realizations and bring them into this world, we also need to work on the vessel of spirit - our embodied humanity. Soulwork is the forging of this vessel... If spiritual work brings freedom, soulwork brings integration. Both are necessary for a complete human life. John Welwood soul humanity spiritual The less you demand total fulfillment from relationships, the more you can appreciate them for the beautiful tapestries they are, in which absolute and relative, perfect and imperfect, infinite and finite are marvelously interwoven. You can stop fighting the shifting tides of relative love and learn to ride them instead. And you come to appreciate more fully the simple, ordinary heroism involved in opening to another person and forging real intimacy. John Welwood fighting real beautiful Frank Berliners spiritual memoir is beautifully crafted and written. It is a tale about love, and the great longing that springs from there—to learn, to grow, to be real, and to forge a genuine connection with oneself and others, with life, and with death. I highly recommend it. John Welwood real spiritual spring There is a secret about human love that is commonly overlooked: Receiving it is much more scary and threatening than giving it. John Welwood scary secret giving
