The desire to please other people is a potent way to distract yourself from what you are feeling. Gary Zukav More Quotes by Gary Zukav More Quotes From Gary Zukav The human emotional system can be broken down into roughly two elements: Gary Zukav emotionalcouragefear Soul is that part of you that longs for harmony and cooperation and sharing and reverence for life. When you make decisions that align you with those values, you align your personality with your soul. It's that simple to understand. Now to do it, in my experience, is hard. Gary Zukav decisionsimplepersonality Change in yourself what you want to change in the world. Gary Zukav what-you-wantwantworld Reverence is simply the experience of accepting that all Life is, in and of itself, of value. Gary Zukav reverenceacceptinglife-is You do not stop losing power by refusing to recognize your fear, by anesthetizing yourself to what you feel. The road to authentic power is always through what you feel through your heart. Gary Zukav losingheartfeels I cannot change you. I cannot change other people. So I have decided to put all of my energy where I have the most leverage , where I know I can make a difference. Instead of being upset that this world is not populated the way I want it to be populated, I have decided to become the citizen that I want the world to be populated with. That's how I create the vision. Gary Zukav upsetdifferencespeople Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of religion. Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of science. In other words, religion has become a matter of the heart and science has become a matter of the mind. This regrettable state of affairs does not reflect the fact that physiologically , one cannot exist without the other. Mind and heart are only different aspects of us. Gary Zukav rejectionacceptanceheart For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. You receive from the world what you give to the world. Gary Zukav oppositesgivingworld When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live. Gary Zukav differentperfectionorder I see the potential for a new world being born in front of me and all around me, and I feel the only way to bring that potential into being is to know myself. Gary Zukav spiritualitywayworld When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your activities and actions become gratifying and purposeful, when what you do serves both yourself and others, when you do not tire within but seek the sweet satisfaction of your life and your work, you are doing what you were meant to be doing. Gary Zukav were-meant-to-besatisfactionsweet Your impact on the world is significant whether or not you are aware of it, and even whether or not you desire it. Gary Zukav impactdesireworld Ponder the depth and the power of loyalty-the ability to serve and support a cause greater than yourself. Gary Zukav supportloyaltydepth How does your heart respond to the thought that the Universe is alive and compassionate and that with it and with other souls of great power and Light you learn through the process of co-creating the reality that you experience? Gary Zukav lightheartreality The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself from the confines of its cocoon, bursting forth into unexpected glory. Gary Zukav butterflypainwinter You create your reality with your intentions. Gary Zukav intentionreality What we think of as physical reality is an intermingling of appropriate realities, a fluid massive consciousness in which each of us exists independently of each other and yet coexists interdependently with each other. Gary Zukav consciousnessrealitythinking Hatred of evil does not diminish evil, it increases it. Gary Zukav hatredevildoe Medical treatment is emergency care for symptoms that have developed over a long period of time. The symptom is the flower on a plant. Treating the symptom is picking the flower, while the plant remains untouched. Gary Zukav careflowerlong The illusion for each soul is created by it intentions. Therefore, the illusion is alive at each moment with the most appropriate experiences that you can have in order for your soul to heal. Gary Zukav alivesoulorder
