How aware are you?

"Relative to the level of awareness that is possible for us, our ordinary state of consciousness is as far from a direct experience of reality as sleep is from waking consciousness." -- Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson

Discover the treasures inside

"When we cannot find contentment in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere." -- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

PERFECTIONISM

"We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The more self-love we have, the less we will experience self-abuse. Self-abuse comes from self-rejection, and self-rejection comes from having an image of what it means to be perfect and never measuring up to that ideal. Our image of perfection is the reason we reject ourselves the way we are, and why we don't accept others the way they are." -- Don Miguel Ruiz

FILL UP YOUR TANK

"How do we keep our inner fire alive? Two things, at minimum, are needed: an ability to appreciate the positives in our life - and a commitment to action. Every day, it's important to ask and answer these questions: 'What's good in my life?' and 'What needs to be done?'" -- Nathaniel Branden

AWARENESS

"Relative to the level of awareness that is possible for us, our ordinary state of consciousness is as far from a direct experience of reality as sleep is from waking consciousness." -- Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson "The thought 'I exist' is not the same thing as the awareness of one's own existence. ... Thought is not the same thing as consciousness." -- Jacob Needleman

INNER CRITICS

"The Inner Critic makes each of us a child. As we become the child in our relationships, we lose our sense of self. We are no longer self-contained, self- respecting adults. We look to others for validation. Our self-worth is based upon their opinion of us. Thus, everyone around us becomes a mother or a father whose support and approval is desperately needed to protect us from the constant criticism of the Inner Critic." -- Hal and Sidra Stone