To become completely healed is to become the healer - bringing the beauty and meaning you found into the world. Alberto Villoldo More Quotes by Alberto Villoldo More Quotes From Alberto Villoldo To see another with clarity and objectivity, one first must master stillness. Alberto Villoldo clarity objectivity firsts If the way of the sage is true, that we are all dreaming our world into being, then it has to apply not only to our private, personal universe but to the world at large. Alberto Villoldo sage our-world dream When we’re unaware that we share the power to co-create reality with the universe itself, that power slips away from us, causing our dream to become a nightmare. We begin to feel we’re the victims of an unknown and frightening creation that we’re unable to influence, and events seem to control and trap us. The only way to end this dreadful reality is to awaken to the fact that it too is a dream—and then recognize our ability to write a better story, one that the universe will work with us to manifest. Alberto Villoldo dream writing reality At the core of One Spirit Medicine is the idea that how we perceive the world 'out there' is a projection of internal maps that shape our beliefs and guide how we think, feel and behave. These maps are the unconscious programs that drive our experience of life and the state of our health. The key to optimum health is to upgrade these unconscious maps and limiting beliefs that have been driving us to a toxic lifestyle and relationships. Alberto Villoldo medicine ideas thinking When you see beauty all around you, beauty will seek and find you, even in the most unexpected places. Alberto Villoldo unexpected-places unexpected Patience is about understanding the right moment for action and the right moment for stillness. Alberto Villoldo understanding moments action When the waters of a lake are absolutely still, the lake reflects the trees, the sky, and everything around it perfectly. At the slightest breeze, with the smallest ripple in the waters, the lake reflects nothing but itself. To see another with clarity and objectivity, one first must master stillness. The slightest breeze of judgment or interpretation from the rational mind will create a ripple that shatters Awareness and returns us to ordinary perception. Alberto Villoldo objectivity lakes sky The more separated we become from the Earth, the more hostile we become to the feminine. We disown our passion, our creativity, and our sexuality. Eventually the Earth itself becomes a baneful place. I remember being told by a medicine woman in the Amazon, “Do you know why they are really cutting down the rain forest? Because it is wet and dark and tangled and feminine. Alberto Villoldo creativity passion rain One Spirit Medicine opens the doors to the invisible matrix of wisdom where everything is intertwined, where every thought we have impacts every cell in our body and every molecule in the cosmos. Alberto Villoldo impact cells doors Courageous dreaming allows you to create from the source, the quantum soup of the universe where everything exists in a latent or potential state. Alberto Villoldo courageous soup dream The Divine does not come from somewhere above, it exists beyond time and space, and informs all life. Alberto Villoldo space divine doe The shaman does not believe in a division between the body and the spirit or between the visible world of form and the invisible world of energy Alberto Villoldo energy doe believe The Munay-Ki is your invitation to dream an entire new world into being. Alberto Villoldo invitations dream world I see the main problem as a spiritual one, not a resource problem, or a problem with this or that government, but a larger problem centered around human beliefs, the troublesome elements founded in our mythology. Our problematic mythology is collapsing all around us. It is a mythology that is predatory. Alberto Villoldo problem belief spiritual Only when all conceptions of space and time, life and death, are exploded, when the grip of the past and fear of the future become merely conditions of one's past, only then can one live in the present fully. Alberto Villoldo life-and-death space past Everyone else is waiting for eternity and the shamans are saying, 'How about tonight?' Alberto Villoldo tonight eternity waiting Having the courage to dream means following your calling today, in some way, despite the facts in your life that seem to be unmovable obstacles. And then, if your canvas is unfinished at the moment you die, at least you'll die an artist rather than a dabbler who talks about how she or he would truly like to live. Alberto Villoldo artist dream mean To be a hero means being the author of your own myth. Alberto Villoldo myth hero mean True initiation is a response to an inner calling; it requires that you face personal challenges heroically and experience a genuine rebirth into a new way of being. Alberto Villoldo calling challenges way The truest experience of life is when we dream awake. Alberto Villoldo awake life-is dream