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It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn.

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature.

I know from my own clinical work that when people are beaten and hurt, they numb out so that they can't feel anymore.

Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.

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The spiritual quest is not some added benefit to our life, something you embark on if you have the time and inclination. We are spiritual beings on an earthly journey. Our spirituality makes up our beingness.

From John Bradshaw

Our beliefs create the kind of world we believe in. We project our feelings, thoughts and attitudes onto the world. I can create a different world by changing my belief about the world. Our inner state creates the outer and not vice versa.

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I try to get people thinking, to consider their pasts and presents, ultimately encouraging them and giving them the tools to embrace the work of reshaping their lives.

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Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.

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I define a 'good person' as somebody who is fully conscious of their own limitations. They know their strengths, but they also know their 'shadow' - they know their weaknesses. In other words, they understand that there is no good without bad. Good and evil are really one, but we have broken them up in our consciousness. We polarize them.

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As a child I was not allowed to express my feelings, so I had to go back through therapy and express the child's pain.

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