Shakti Gawain Quotes

#1. We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or other people's models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.

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#2. Much of the Western world emphasizes rationality and reason, but overlooks or ignores the enormous value of intuition and instinctive wisdom.

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#3. An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so.

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#4. I am convinced that life in a physical body is meant to be an ecstatic experience

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#5. When you truly give up trying to be whole through others, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others.

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#6. Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

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#7. When you're riding a bike you're more connected to the outdoors and to other people than you are when you are stuck in your car.

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#8. When you see beauty anywhere, it's a reflection of yourself.

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#9. We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression.

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#10. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.

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#11. If you constantly think of illness, you eventually become ill; if you believe yourself to be beautiful, you become so.

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#12. The more willing you are to surrender to the energy within you, the more power can flow through you.

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#13. The universe will pay you to be yourself and do what you really love.

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#14. You can love other people only to the degree that you've come to love and accept yourself

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#15. The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.

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#16. I believe we are all geniuses-each in our own unique way.

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#17. If I could identify one core problem about the world, it's that we've been taught to distrust ourselves.

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#18. It isn't necessary to be perfect to be a channel for the universe. You just have to be real- be yourself. The more real, honest, and spontaneous you are, the more freely the creative force can flow through you.

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#19. We, as spiritual beings, created the physical world as a place to learn. It's our school, our playground, our artist's studio. I beleive that we're here to master the process of creation - to learn how to consciously channel the creative energy of spirit into physical form.

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#20. The process of change does not occur on superficial levels, through mere 'positive thinking.' It involves exploring, discovering, and changing our deepest, most basic attitudes toward life.

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#21. As you learn to be true to yourself, you will find that you attract people, work, and other circumstances that reflect your evolution and development.

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#22. There is no separation between us and God-we are divine expressions of the creative principle ... there can be no real lack or scarcity; there is nothing we have to try to achieve or attract; we contain the potential for everything within us.

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#23. We avoid the things that we're afraid of because we think there will be dire consequences if we confront them. But the truly dire consequences in our lives come from avoiding things that we need to learn about or discover.

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#24. When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.

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#25. I was looking for what the meaning of life was.

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#26. My inner guidance is there for me to call on anytime I need or want extra clarity, wisdom, knowledge, support, creative inspiration, love, or companionship.

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#27. All our relationships, especially the deep ones, stir up the deepest issues for us that we need to confront and work with.

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#28. I believe that everybody needs to tell their story - to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood. We all want that, deep down inside - and writing a book is a great way to make sense of your own experience and to share it with others.

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#29. One law of energy is this: energy of a certain quality or vibration tends to attract energy of a similar quality and vibration.

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#30. All of us as human beings are connected by one energy and consciousness. So we all affect each other and everything that's happening in the world affects us individually. And what we're each doing as an individual affects what's going on in the world.

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#31. Our life is a reflection of what we believe we deserve. As we deepen our acceptance of and open ourselves to the Infinite love of the universe, a new power flows through us, releasing us from the bondage of our old way of life.

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#32. By learning to contact, listen to, and act on our intuition, we can directly connect to the higher power of the universe and allow it to become our guiding force.

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#33. People who really want to be in a relationship are IN one.

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#34. I think in the Western world we have gotten overly identified with doing, and we've kind of forgotten about the art of being. And we don't see value in it; we think that if you're not doing something all of the time, being very active and producing something, then you're sort of wasting your time.

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#35. Personal healing on all levels - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual comes when we get in touch with our disowned energies ... Through integrating all aspects of ourselves, we become whole.

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#36. My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.

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#37. People with little money seldom realize that people who have a lot of money are also frightened ... If security is based on having money, it doesn't matter whether you have a little or a lot, you're going to be afraid.

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#38. We can learn to move into the unknown with the confidence that we have a guiding force within us that is showing us the way.

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#39. By viewing our relationships with friends, family, and co-workers as mirrors, as teachers - we see that they are reflecting back to us exactly what we most need to learn.

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#40. We always attract into our lives whatever we think about most, believe in most strongly, expect on the deepest level, and imagine most vividly.

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#41. Everything in the universe wants to be loved and accepted. Our personal work is to find the love and acceptance within ourselves.

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#42. Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment.

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#43. Very seldom do we receive any support for trusting ourselves, listening to our own sense of inner truth, and expressing ourselves in a direct and honest way.

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#44. The body is our primary feedback mechanism which can show us what is and isn't working about our ways of thinking, expressing, and living. As we live our truth more fully and freely, our body grows healthier, stronger, and more beautiful.

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#45. When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously.

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#46. Each one of us has all the wisdom and knowledge we ever need right within us. It is available to us through our intuitive mind, which is our connection with universal intelligence.

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#47. We don't have in our culture a healthy understanding and respect for the value of Being, which is simply being present in the moment, not trying to go somewhere, not trying to accomplish anything but, just present.

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#48. Since money is energy, our financial affairs tend to reflect how our life energy is moving. When your creative energy is flowing freely, often your finances are as well. If your energy is blocked, your money does too.

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#49. We all have within us a deep wisdom, but sometimes we don't know we have it.

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#50. Trusting your intuition means tuning in as deeply as you can to the energy you feel, following that energy moment to moment, trusting that it will lead you where you want to go and bring you everything you desire.

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#51. No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct.

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#52. What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.

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#53. Through lovingly embracing the full range of our experience- human and divine- we can heal the split that existed between the spirit and the form, in ourselves individually and in the whole world.

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#54. We have to get good at being with ourselves before we can hope to be good at being in relationships with others.

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#55. As I learn to love myself, I recieve the love I desire from others.

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#56. Our relationship to money reflects how we feel about our power to affect the world. Since money is a mirror of our consciousness, the more comfortable we are with being powerful, the more money we are likely to create in our lives.

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#57. Spirit is the essence of consciousness, the energy of the universe that creates all things. Each one of us is a part of that spirit - a divine entity. So the spirit is the higher self, the eternal being that lives within us.

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#58. Freedom and relationship are polar opposites - they both exist on the same continuum. You DO want a relationship - and you DO want freedom - what you really want is BALANCE, you want wholeness.

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#59. One of the reasons there may be a trend toward moving out of the cities, again, it may be conscious or it may be unconscious, but it is a desire to connect more with nature. And with the natural rhythms. We [people] need that! We've been missing it.

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#60. Eventually I lost interest in trying to control my life, to make things happen in a way that I thought I wanted them to be. I began to practice surrendering to the universe and finding out what "it" wanted me to do.

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#61. As long as we focus on the outside, there will always be that empty, hungry, lost place inside that needs to be filled.

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#62. Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful

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#63. As we begin to love and appreciate ourselves as we are, our channels open and we access the infinite vitality of life force.

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#64. In order to heal themselves, people must recognize, first, that they have an inner guidance deep within and, second, that they can trust it.

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#65. While prosperity is in some ways related to money, it is not caused by money.

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#66. Notice what happens when you follow your intuitive feelings. The result is usually increased energy and power, and a sense of things flowing.

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#67. What we create within is mirrored outside of us.

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#68. Change happens not by trying to make yourself change, but by becoming conscious of what's not working.

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#69. The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.

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#70. We shouldn't ignore any guidance that comes from the mind - we should listen to our minds AND balance mental messages with intuitive messages. We need both to navigate our way through life.

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#71. Your intuition will most likely push you gently toward taking some appropriate risks and trying new things.

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#72. Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it's important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.

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#73. A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel.

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#74. The key point to understand is that prosperity is an internal experience, not an external state, and it is an experience that is not tied to having a certain amount of money.

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#75. Your intuition will tell you where you need to go; it will connect you with people you should meet; it will guide you toward work that is meaningful for you - work that brings you joy, work that feels right for you.

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#76. Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.

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#77. Every moment presents a new opportunity and a new decision.

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#78. Assertiveness is not what you do, it's who you are!

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#79. My true relationship is with myself - all others are simply mirrors of it.

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#80. Mind and intuition are at opposite ends of the same continuum and our goal is to strike a healthy balance between the two.

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#81. Individually and collectively, we are shifting from a position of fear into surrender and trust of the intuitive. The power of the feminine energy is on the rise in our world.

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#82. While no amount of financial wealth can guarantee an experience of prosperity, it is possible to experience prosperity at almost any level of income, except when we are unable to meet our basic physical needs.

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#83. Listening to your internal guidance system will lead to a rich, fulfilled, happy life. That's been my experience ... and millions of folks can attest to it in their own lives as well.

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#84. The most successful people are often very intuitive. Consciously or unconsciously, they follow their gut feelings. Following intuition puts us in the flow - a very alive, productive, and desirable state.

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#85. If we look honestly at our relationships, we can see so much about how we have created them.

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#86. Your intuition is not the same thing as your mind. In fact, intuition is really the opposite of your mind - and you need to use BOTH in living your day-to-day life.

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#87. When you're following your energy and doing what you want all the time, the distinction between work and play dissolves.

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#88. When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom.

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#89. As human beings we have vulnerabilities. We also have power, but we can't just be powerful all the time.

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#90. When we create something, we always create it first in a thought form. If we are basically positive in attitude, expecting and envisioning pleasure, satisfaction and happiness, we will attract and create people, situations, and events which conform to our positive expectations.

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#91. True healing comes from owning and accepting all of life's energies within ourselves ... When they are allowed to be expressed, they take their places as important facets of our nature. There is no split between 'good' and 'bad.'

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#92. Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we 'should' do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority.

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#93. I'm especially interested in relationships since that is a part of life that causes enormous pain for many people.

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#94. When we finally give up the struggle to find fulfillment "out there," we have nowhere to go but within. It is at this moment of total surrender that a new light begins to dawn.

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#95. The union of feminine and masculine energies within the individual is the basis of all creation.

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#96. To whatever degree you listen and follow your intuition, you become a creative channel for the higher power of the universe.

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#97. Our primary relationship is really with ourselves. Our relationships with other people constantly reflect exactly where we are in the process.

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#98. Most of us are in touch with our intuition whether we know it or not, but we're usually in the habit of doubting or contradicting it so automatically that we don't even know it has spoken

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#99. The most powerful thing you can do to change the world is to change your own beliefs about the nature of life, people, and reality to something more positive ... and begin to act accordingly.

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#100. Anything in life that we don't accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it.

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