Occupation: Author Birth: August 15, 1928
A life that is truly lived is constantly burning away the veils of illusion, gradually revealing the essence of the individual..
Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and creation, death and rebirth, the i….
Many people can listen to their cat more intelligently than they can listen to their own despised body. Because they attend to their pet in a cherish….
The body has a wisdom of its own. However, slowly and circuitously that wisdom manifests, once it is experienced it is a foundation, a basis of knowi….
Instead of transcending ourselves, we must move into ourselves..
My soul is the bridge between spirit and body and, as such, is a uniter of opposites. Without soul at center, I would either transcend into spirit or….
An addiction is anything we do to avoid hearing the messages that body and soul are trying to send us..
This is your body, your greatest gift, pregnant with wisdom you do not hear, grief you thought was forgotten, and joy you have never known..
At the very point of vulnerability is where the surrender takes place-that is where the god enters. The god comes through the wound..
Love is the real power. It's the energy that cherishes. The more you work with that energy, the more you will see how people respond naturally to it,….
Soul, to me, means “embodied essence,” when we experience ourselves and others in our full humanity - part animal, part divine. Healing comes through….
Storytelling is at the heart of life... In finding our own story, we assemble all the parts of ourselves. Whatever kind of mess we have made of it, w….
But if you travel far enough, one day you will recognize yourself coming down to meet yourself. And you will say - yes..
Healing depends on listening with the inner ear - stopping the incessant blather, and listening. Fear keeps us chattering - fear that wells up from t….
To strive for perfection is to kill love because perfection does not recognize humanity..
There is no sense talking about "being true to yourself" until you are sure what voice you are being true to. It takes hard work to differentiate the….
The harder we look at our aches and ailments, the more we will be startled by the painful truths they are trying to convey about our dangerously dise….
It takes great courage to break with one's past history and stand alone..
A life truly lived constantly burns away veils of illusion, burns away what is no longer relevant, gradually reveals our essence, until, at last, we ….
Once we get used to listening to our dreams, our whole body responds like a musical instrument..
Tell the image makers and magazine sellers and the plastic surgeons that you are not afraid. That what you fear the most is the death of imagination ….