Caroline Myss Quotes

Let me know what I am able and trust that behind all events no matter how painful there is a reason from which truth can come.

The process of curing is passive; that is, the patient is inclined to give his or her authority over to the physician and prescribed treatment instead of actively challenging the illness and reclaiming health. Healing, on the other hand, is an active and internal process that includes investigating one’s attitudes, memories, and beliefs with the desire to release all negative patterns that prevent one’s full emotional and spiritual recovery.

Let go of how you thought your life should be, and embrace the life that is trying to work its way into your consciousness.

I have often imagined that people who carry on about how God “thinks” human beings should behave must appear to be complete fools to the divine.

archetypes are the psychic lenses through which we view ourselves and the world around us.

As is our habit, he gave me only the patient’s name and age and said nothing about the pain or his own suspicions. In my evaluation I saw that the right side of this patient’s body, around the pancreas, was generating toxic energy. I told Norm that this man was burdened by an enormous feeling of responsibility and that it had become a constant source of anguish for him.

As long as you remain present, everything you need is

Las siete moradas es muchas cosas: una guía acerca de la vida y la época de santa Teresa de Ávila, esa extraordinaria santa y maestra contemplativa del siglo XVI; una guía para gozar de su maravilloso texto de meditación, El castillo interior; y, por último pero no menos importante, una guía para el alma: una guía hermosa, tierna, radiante, cariñosa, amorosa y auténtica, que nos conduce por el territorio de nuestro espíritu.

9. Are you comfortable thinking about your life in impersonal terms?

Hover over me, God. Fill in the grace-gaps for me when I am incapable of compassion and kindness. Help me live in harmony with nature, to do no harm to my fellow creatures. And give me the grace of courage to do more for others each day and to worry less about what tomorrow might bring.

Questions for Self-Examination 1. What belief patterns did you inherit from your family? 2. Which of those belief patterns that still have authority in your thinking can you acknowledge are no longer valid? 3. What superstitions do you have? Which have more authority over you than your own reasoning ability? 4. Do you have a personal code of honor? What is it? 5. Have you ever compromised your sense of honor? If so, have you taken steps to heal it? 6. Do you have any unfinished business with your family members? If so, list the reasons that prevent you from healing your family relationships. 7. List all the blessings that you feel came from your family. 8. If you are now raising a family of your own, list the qualities that you would like your children to learn from you. 9. What tribal traditions and rituals do you continue for yourself and your family? 10. Describe the tribal characteristics within yourself that you would like to strengthen and develop.

John O’Donohue talks about the Buddhist tradition of the kalyana-mitra, or “noble friend.” Your noble friend, he says, “will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. No one can see life totally. As there is a blind spot in the retina of the human eye, there is also in the soul a blind side where you are not able to see. Therefore you must depend on the one you love to see for you what you cannot see yourself.

any choice made from faith has the full power of heaven behind it — which is why “faith the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain.

Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up!

. That which serves our spirits enhances our bodies. That which diminishes our spirits diminishes our bodies.