I'm especially interested in relationships since that is a part of life that causes enormous pain for many people. Shakti Gawain More Quotes by Shakti Gawain More Quotes From Shakti Gawain When you see beauty anywhere, it's a reflection of yourself. Shakti Gawain reflection-of-yourself reflection beauty A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel. Shakti Gawain feels relationship people We avoid the things that we're afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them. But the truly dire consequences in our lives come from avoiding things that we need to learn about or discover. Shakti Gawain acceptance happiness thinking As I learn to love myself, I recieve the love I desire from others. Shakti Gawain love-myself self-love desire Through lovingly embracing the full range of our experience- human and divine- we can heal the split that existed between the spirit and the form, in ourselves individually and in the whole world. Shakti Gawain splits spirit world The more willing you are to surrender to the energy within you, the more power can flow through you. Shakti Gawain flow energy inspirational I think that everything in the world around us is a reflection of what is going on inside of us. So each of us as an individual creates a life - we draw to us certain people and events and circumstances that reflect what's going on inside of us, so we can literally look at our life and see a mirror of our own consciousness. And if that's true on an individual level, it's also true that what's going on in the world in a bigger way is a reflection of the collective consciousness. Shakti Gawain mirrors reflection thinking Spirit is the essence of consciousness, the energy of the universe that creates all things. Each one of us is a part of that spirit - a divine entity. So the spirit is the higher self, the eternal being that lives within us. Shakti Gawain essence self spiritual The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf. Shakti Gawain encouraging risk inspirational We have to get good at being with ourselves before we can hope to be good at being in relationships with others. Shakti Gawain relationships-with-others be-good We all have within us a deep wisdom, but sometimes we don't know we have it. Shakti Gawain knows sometimes Your intuition is not the same thing as your mind. In fact, intuition is really the opposite of your mind - and you need to use BOTH in living your day-to-day life. Shakti Gawain intuition mind opposites Very seldom do we receive any support for trusting ourselves, listening to our own sense of inner truth, and expressing ourselves in a direct and honest way. Shakti Gawain support listening way As we begin to love and appreciate ourselves as we are, our channels open and we access the infinite vitality of life force. Shakti Gawain vitality appreciate infinite Every moment presents a new opportunity and a new decision. Shakti Gawain decision healing opportunity The more we learn to operate in the world based on trust in our intuition, the stronger our channel will be and the more money we will have. Shakti Gawain intuition stronger trust The most successful people are often very intuitive. Consciously or unconsciously, they follow their gut feelings. Following intuition puts us in the flow - a very alive, productive, and desirable state. Shakti Gawain successful feelings people The more we have given to ourselves, the more we have to give to others. When we find that place within ourselves that is giving, we begin to create an outward flow. Giving to others comes not from a sense of sacrifice, self-righteousness, or spirituality, but for the pure pleasure of it, because it's fun. Giving can only come from a full, loving space. Shakti Gawain sacrifice self fun Eventually I lost interest in trying to control my life, to make things happen in a way that I thought I wanted them to be. I began to practice surrendering to the universe and finding out what "it" wanted me to do. Shakti Gawain practice trying way Much of the Western world emphasizes rationality and reason, but overlooks or ignores the enormous value of intuition and instinctive wisdom. Shakti Gawain intuition reason world
