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“In fact, the reality of life is such that you never do get to the top. The climb is the goal. The top of the mountain is only the direction, not the destination”
― David Aaron, Endless Light

“This world is meant to be difficult, and your life on earth is meant to be a struggle, filled with adventure, challenge, and victory. This is your divine mission if you are willing to accept it. And if you accept it, you will have the power to succeed.”
― David Aaron, The Secret Life of God: Discovering the Divine within You

“Self-actualization happens when we balance and synergize our drive for personal dignity and our thirst for spiritual completion. The goal is integrity—to become both a powerful master and a humble servant. We need to develop our personas and skillfully use our talents but with the humble intent of serving to bring God’s love and goodness to others, infusing the world with Divine Presence. To do this we must know when to assert and control—when to be bold, courageous and aggressive—and when to give up control and surrender to God. We may think we are independent, but the truth is that we are always serving something or someone. But there is tremendous joy in serving God’s purpose because in doing so we go beyond our narrow selves and discover ourselves as part of an ultimate reality beyond us. We experience our connection to our Ultimate Self when we live as a channel for God’s love and goodness.”
― Rabbi David Aaron, The God-Powered Life: Awakening to Your Divine Purpose

“It’s my life!” have it wrong. They are selling themselves short. This kind of thinking completely undermines the value of life. As we discussed earlier, it’s not our life—it’s really God’s. The life that we think we own we really owe to God. Our life is only on loan. When we sense this truth, we are able to trust that things are going to work out; we let go and trust in God. Of course God is taking care of us. Whatever happens is always in our best interest because God loves us unconditionally. He loves us with the same love he has for his very own self because indeed we are a part of him.”
― Rabbi David Aaron, The God-Powered Life: Awakening to Your Divine Purpose

“Most of us, however, live fractured lives. We might be here, but our minds are over there; our bodies are in the present, but our minds are in the past or the future. We need to give our undivided attention to the present because this is when life is happening—right here and right now. Here and now is the only place and time we can meet each other and meet God.”
― Rabbi David Aaron, The God-Powered Life: Awakening to Your Divine Purpose

“To prevent your persona from becoming a prison you must experience your inner self stripped of its outer trappings.”
― Rabbi David Aaron, The God-Powered Life: Awakening to Your Divine Purpose

“Life becomes a loving partnership when we realize that God provides the raw substance of life—willpower, thoughts, feelings, mobility, etc.—but we must choose their form. In every beat of our hearts we can hear God say, “I am with you. I love you. Be my partner in life.”
― Rabbi David Aaron, The God-Powered Life: Awakening to Your Divine Purpose

“We are attracted to something—the opposite sex, art, jewelry—and we could spend our lives chasing these things. But we suffer from confusion. It’s really Hashem we want. But we confuse Hashem with His manifestations. We confuse the presence with the packaging.”
― David Aaron, Seeing God: Ten Life Changing Lessons of the Kabbalah