Crystal

“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.

Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

“We end up going through hell in meditation to quiet our mind, not because somebody says, “You ought to quiet your mind,” but because our agitated mind is driving us up the wall, and it’s keeping us from getting on with it.”
― Ram Dass, Grist for the Mill: Awakening to Oneness

“The optimum strategy is to act as if we have free choice and to choose always that which we feel is most in harmony with the way of things.”
― Ram Dass, Grist for the Mill: Awakening to Oneness

“Most of us are so caught in righteousness, we’re afraid of truth.”
― Ram Dass, Grist for the Mill: Awakening to Oneness