Gerald G. Jampolsky Quotes

Instead of seeing others as attacking us, we can see them as fearful. We are always expressing either Love or fear. Fear is really a call for help, and therefore a request for Love.

used to feel that I was a victim of the world I saw. When things would go wrong, I would blame the world or those in it for my misery and feel justified in my anger. Today, I know I am not a victim of the world I see, and therefore tend to take responsibility for whatever I perceive and for the emotions I experience.

A book will come to a person when he or she is ready for its message, and often it will come in an amazing way. The truth also comes to people — ready or not — in some pretty amazing ways.

perdonar — sea a un amigo cercano o a toda una sociedad — no elimina la responsabilidad de las personas quienes han hecho cosas que causaron la muerte o infligieron infortunio o dolor emocional; perdonar no significa condonar tal comportamiento. Por encima de todo: perdonar es el proceso de liberarte de la atadura que te mantiene aferrado a los pensamientos negativos que alberga la mente, de curar tu mente y alma.

Recuerda que el propósito de perdonar no es cambiar a la otra persona, sino cambiar tus pensamientos conflictivos y negativos.

Am I always in a blissful spiritual space? Of course not. I am a work in process and believe I will be a work in process as long as I remain in this body. Every day there are challenges around judgments of others and myself. I have periods of impatience and irritation and not feeling at peace with myself. What is different now is that these periods are much shorter in duration, when I choose to remember, as constantly as I can, that it is only my own thoughts and attitudes that can hurt me.

Although Love is always what we want, we are often afraid of Love without consciously knowing it, and so we may act both blind and deaf to Love’s presence.

rise to a higher level of freedom. We are not being called to run away from danger but toward safety.

My outer success did not change the inner state of my mind and heart. Part of me kept insisting there had to be more to life than this.

I do not remember consciously thinking that I was a seeker or that I was looking for my home for peace of mind. But I do remember well that chronic state of emptiness and sadness, superimposed on giant pools of damned-up inside tears. In nearly every area of my life, I felt no one really understood me and I understood nothing at all.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

Releasing the past means not blaming anyone, including ourselves. It means holding no grievances and totally accepting everyone, making no exceptions. It means a willingness to see only the light in others, and not their lampshade

We ask for help and help is given. Often we do not recognize that other people’s alcoholism, sexual betrayals, chronic illnesses, and alienating behavior are actually cries for help. But unquestionably God recognizes every plea no matter what form it takes, and God finds some way to give us as much help as we are willing to receive at that time.

The love in us can unite with the love in others, but two bodies can never become one.

Lo que necesitamos
perdonar en los demás puede
ser algo en nosotros mismos
que hemos encubierto a
nuestra conciencia.

In order to experience peace instead of conflict, it is necessary to shift our perception.