Ponder the depth and the power of loyalty-the ability to serve and support a cause greater than yourself. Gary Zukav More Quotes by Gary Zukav More Quotes From Gary Zukav You will recover [from a broken heart] by beginning to identify the difference between frightened and loving parts of your personality. Gary Zukav differencesbrokenheart The only thing that can cause your body to hurt in your energy processing centers, [chakras] is when you are losing Spirit through one of them. Gary Zukav causesbodyhurt When you ask for help listen. It's one thing to ask the question and it's another thing to listen to the answer. Many people ask questions but they do not like what they hear and so they pretend that they heard nothing at all. Gary Zukav answershelpingpeople There is not one soul on this planet, whether it is a person living in Ethiopia, or in Florida, or in Canada, whose life is not as complex and as rich as your own. Gary Zukav floridacanadasoul Use emotional awareness and pay attention to your body - look [and locate] concrete physical sensations - like stabbing, aching, throbbing - and [distinguish and define them] by saying things like, "it is the size of a golf ball or it is the size of a baseball" - do whatever you can do to find painful physical sensations. Gary Zukav emotionalbaseballgolf We are becoming able to see the pursuit of external power for what it is and the futility of trying to escape the pain of powerlessness by changing the world. When we look inward, not outward, we can dismantle the parts of our personalities that have controlled us for so long - such as anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, superiority, inferiority. Gary Zukav jealousyangerpainpower Unworthiness is the inmost frightening thought that you do not belong, no matter how much you want to belong, that you are an outsider and will always be an outsider. It is the idea that you are flawed and cannot be fixed. It is wanting to be loved and feeling unlovable, or wanting to love and feeling that you are not capable of loving. Gary Zukav lovedfeelingyoulove No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. Gary Zukav thoughtsyoupatiencelife Compassion is loving others enough to say or do what is appropriate from an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome. Gary Zukav lovingcompassionenoughheart The characteristics of an authentically empowered personality are humbleness, clarity, forgiveness and love. Gary Zukav clarityforgivenesspersonalitylove Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged. Gary Zukav carejoylovegiving The one characteristic of authentic power that most people overlook is humbleness. It is important for many reasons. A humble person walks in a friendly world. He or she sees friends everywhere he or she looks, wherever he or she goes, whomever he or she meets. His or her perception goes beyond the shell of appearance and into essence. Gary Zukav powerhumblepeopleworld Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated. Gary Zukav feelgoodfeel-goodpeople There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change. Gary Zukav yourselfyoudecisionchange
