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“What it means to be authentic:
- to be more concerned with truth than opinions
- to be sincere and not pretend
- to be free from hypocrisy: "walk your talk"
- to know who you are and to be that person
- to not fear others seeing your vulnerabilities
- being confident to walk away from situations where you can't be yourself
- being awake to your own feelings
- being free from others' opinions of you
- accepting and loving yourself”
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- to be more concerned with truth than opinions
- to be sincere and not pretend
- to be free from hypocrisy: "walk your talk"
- to know who you are and to be that person
- to not fear others seeing your vulnerabilities
- being confident to walk away from situations where you can't be yourself
- being awake to your own feelings
- being free from others' opinions of you
- accepting and loving yourself”
―
“The reason the work of a genius appeals to you so much is because these creative works are born of the heart. What you choose to create will please others just the same, as long as it originates from the uniqueness of your soul. Everything that is ordinary and mediocre is created by the mind.”
― Reality Transurfing Steps I-V
― Reality Transurfing Steps I-V
“Only the strong go crazy. The weak just go along.”
― Assata: An Autobiography
― Assata: An Autobiography
“The difficulty is that our bodies, once they have experienced trauma or overwhelm, no longer recognize or see themselves as a cohesive consciousness; they are fractured and no longer recognize the whole.”
― The Body Deva: Working with the Spiritual Consciousness of the Body
― The Body Deva: Working with the Spiritual Consciousness of the Body
“The more time we spend interconnected via a myriad of devices, the less time we have left to develop true friendships in the real world.”
― Impromptu Scribe
― Impromptu Scribe
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