Inspirational Quotes to Help Me Get Through the Day III

by Michelle
(Meadow Vista, CA)

"A greater unity is always trying to emerge in everything we experience, even neurosis ... The widening of consciousness is at first upheaval and darkness, then broadening out to wholeness."

-Carl Jung

"The birth of Christ is not just a change of mind, like a new idea or an exaltation of consciousness. The birth of Christ is the emergence of the Other Self you have always had but which was submerged by false opinions and misguided beliefs.

-Ervin Seale, "Mingling Minds

"You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."

-C.S. Lewis

" It is certainly interesting to know that we come from the stars, but even more interesting is the realization that we're part of the cosmos. Although we might only be a speck in the immensity of the universe, we are the Great Father's children, and our destiny is linked to that of creation. Every being has a role to play, a destiny to fulfill, and so every bit of existence is transcendent."

- Don Isidro, Mayan sage. The Book of Destiny

"Our appointment with life
is in the present moment.
The place of our appointment
is right here, in this very place."

-Buddha / quoted by Thich Nhat Hanh