We start to feel not good enough and we withdraw our hearts energy and sensor our authentic expression, and that hurts! Agapi Stassinopoulos More Quotes by Agapi Stassinopoulos More Quotes From Agapi Stassinopoulos I think the most important thing is how long do we stay in the disappointment. When my mother would see us wallowing in disappointment she would say, "change the channel." So I replace the disappointment with a new direction of where I wanted to go and how I wanted to feel. Also, when something isn't coming my way, I believe it was not meant for me. Agapi Stassinopoulos disappointment mother believe What inspires me is helping others to become more of who they are and to learn to become radically generous with each other. Agapi Stassinopoulos helping-others helping inspire We are not alone and we all have ample creativity within us if we just trust it. Agapi Stassinopoulos not-alone creativity ifs When something isn't coming my way, I believe it was not meant for me. Agapi Stassinopoulos i-believe believe way I feel there is a great spiritual awakening on the planet right now. More than any previous time, people are drawn to meditation, to mindfulness, to yoga. These have become mainstream in the West because there is a hunger. Agapi Stassinopoulos yoga spiritual people Because of social media, we have access to amazing spiritual teachers. You can watch the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Eckhart Tolle or any number of other masters. Their teachings are available and we must celebrate that. Agapi Stassinopoulos teaching spiritual teacher When there is spirit and light, the dark forces of whatever is hidden and suppressed - like hatred and separation - become more powerful. Agapi Stassinopoulos powerful light dark Separation happens in so many different dimensions. We see it everywhere. I believe we are all part of the spiritual heart. We all come from that place of oneness, so that place in us that knows love, that knows connection, hurts. It's a challenge that we also feel more than any other time because it's in the news and social media. It's in our families. There is division with people in our lives, as well as political division and religious division. Agapi Stassinopoulos religious hurt spiritual Separation can make us feel helpless and powerless, like we have no control. To withstand this negative force, we must return to our inner core, and that takes work. That takes time and patience. Agapi Stassinopoulos separation return negative We forget that our bodies are the most valuable, precious thing we have and take that miracle of life for granted. Agapi Stassinopoulos miracle body forget We are living in an inspiring and unimaginably large universe. Contemplating the immensity of our cosmos can make you feel very small and insignificant. But think about it. You have 37.2 trillion cells in your body. There is vastness outside you and vastness inside you. You are connected to this mystery, you are a microcosm of the universe, and every aspect of your life benefits from the universe's provision. Agapi Stassinopoulos cosmos cells thinking People who say, "I don't believe in God," I want to say to them, "Forget the G O D word. But can you believe that there is something larger than yourself that is working for you and around you in a brilliant cosmic intelligence?" To me, daily practice of meditation is accessing that reverence and awe and really tapping into it. Do whatever it takes to move with it, to partner with it, and live your life with that in mind. Imagine what would happen if enough of us did that? We would open to such amazing energy, creativity, and power. Agapi Stassinopoulos creativity believe moving If you're going to live in the anxiety of the surface of this world, you're never going to find the depth, the source. If you want calmness, you've got to go deeper. Agapi Stassinopoulos anxiety depth world The depth of the ocean is calm, but on the surface, there are always waves. If you dive deep in your life, your life can be bliss. Agapi Stassinopoulos calm ocean depth I think I have an awareness inside of me that we are all the same, that basically we are all part of that one heart. When I am with people, I feel there is a part of me that knows a part of them because we are beyond our personalities, our emotions, and our thoughts. Agapi Stassinopoulos heart people thinking
