We have converted our wounds into a type of relationship currency that we use in order to control situations and people. Caroline Myss More Quotes by Caroline Myss More Quotes From Caroline Myss You change the rules or you are going under. Caroline Myss Mystics knew how to channel grace through prayer and they knew the power of that. They knew how to receive guidance through reflection and contemplation; they knew how to share the gift of illumination with each other. These are great gifts of life and profound grace that we are capable of providing for each other and the world. This is what it means to be a mystic without a monastery. You make a commitment to your own interior illumination and through that discover the "sacred" part of your "contract" and the true meaning of your highest potential. Caroline Myss prayer mean commitment You are afraid of your own empowerment Caroline Myss empowered empowerment becoming The greatest gift you can give another person is strength. Caroline Myss listening-to-others inspirational giving The spiritual test inherent in all our lives is the challenge to discover what motivates us to make the choices we do, and whether we have faith in our fears or the Divine. Caroline Myss choices spiritual challenges The goal of the human experience is to transform ourselves from being who long to attain power in the physical world to beings who are empowered from within. Caroline Myss goal long world Spirituality on the other hand, is a chosen path of developing intimate relationships with God. It's chosen, it's nurtured, and it's optional. Caroline Myss intimate-relationships god hands Guidance requires action, but it does not guarantee safety. Caroline Myss safety guarantees doe As I have often written, power is the fundamental ingredient of the human experience. Every action in life, every thought, every choice we make-even down to what we wear and whether we are seating in first class or coach-represents a negotiation of power somewhere on the scale of power that constitutes life. Caroline Myss power class life We grow primarily through our challenges, Caroline Myss life-changing different challenges I don't ever want to humiliate a human being, and I don't want the fear of being humiliated to participate in my thoughts. Caroline Myss humiliated my-thoughts want I deeply, deeply believe in the mystical laws. I know that every thought sends an eternity in motion. Caroline Myss eternity law believe You cannot make a miracle like love happen. Caroline Myss like-love miracle happens I don't do meditation. That's not for me. It's not my thing. Caroline Myss meditation Through the years of my life, the older I've gotten, the more sensitive I've become to the suffering of people and to my inability to really fix that. I wish that proportion was different. I wish I could help more. Unfortunately, that's not how the equation is working out here. Caroline Myss work-out people years I don't want to ever, ever give that kind of pain to one living mortal. And I will not give that thought power in my life. That's my practice. Caroline Myss pain practice giving Someone asks me what's my practice? I don't want the fear of being humiliated to have authority over me. I don't want it to come near me. I don't want it to have a voice in my decisions. I don't want it to be anywhere near me. What's my practice? That one. I don't ever want to humiliate a human being, and I don't want the fear of being humiliated to participate in my thoughts. Caroline Myss voice decision practice I grew to understand or really grasp a sense of what the power of being humble is - that becomes a practice. Otherwise you'll be crushed by your fear of being humiliated. It'll control you the rest of your life. I really understood that. I haven't mastered it, I haven't come close to it. Caroline Myss rest-of-your-life practice humble I hold myself accountable for my contradictions. I deeply, deeply believe in the mystical laws. I know that every thought sends an eternity in motion. I mean, I know what I am capable of as a teacher; I know what I'm capable of because of my intelligence. But I also know that that's useless if - I have been humiliated so often, when I think that I can combat the terrors of life with intelligence. Because you can't. It'll bring you to your knees. Caroline Myss teacher mean believe I can sense and feel this wretched compassion that I don't want. But it's there. It's a very painful kind of compassion. It's not one you look for. You don't want this kind of compassion; it just happens. Caroline Myss compassion want looks
