Zitat des Tages von John Bradshaw:
Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.
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.
You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.
I know from my own clinical work that when people are beaten and hurt, they numb out so that they can't feel anymore.
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.
It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn.
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.
Healthy shame is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame moves us to get our basic needs met.
The figure of Satan and the fires of hell have been demythologized by modern Christian biblical scholars, theologians and philosophers.
It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.
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.