Quotes about Perspective

The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.

Instead of asking "what's the problem?" ask "what's the creative opportunity?

Yet the only reason you believe that you were born is that your parents saw you emerge from the womb. They thought they witnessed the moment when you began to exist, so they spread the rumor that you had been born." Savitri was astonished. . .

The ego fiercely protects its view of the world, and we've all experienced how wispy and fleeting any experience can be when it doesn't fit our ingrained belief system.

Acceptance is about the truth that reality is never wrong.

be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you're in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

Spiritual teachers tell us if you want to know the state of your personal consciousness, just look around and see what is happening to you. If you want to know the state of the collective consciousness, just look around at what is happening in the world. At any given point in time your personal reality is synchronistically, coincidentally orchestrated by your sense of self.

Reality is an interpretation.

If the only tool you have in your toolbox is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail.

According to a poem by Rumi, one of my favorite poets and philosophers, "This is not the real reality. The real reality is behind the curtain. In truth, we are not here. This is our shadow." What we experience as everyday reality is merely a shadow play. Behind the curtain there is a soul, living and dynamic and immortal, beyond the reach of space and time. By acting from that level, we can consciously influence our destiny.

Clearly the first and most important step in reducing stress is a change of attitude.

The problem with time is that we are always making it personal.