Loosen the bonds of discursive thought. Extend the circle of caring. Cease armoring against suffering. Wish for others the same happiness you wish fo…

- Marc Ian Barasch

Our dreams disturb us because they refuse to pander to our fondest notions of ourselves. The closer one looks, the more they seem to insist upon a ch…

- Marc Ian Barasch

For at the center of all spiritual traditions is the beacon of a truly radical proposal: Open your heart to everybody. Everybody.

- Marc Ian Barasch

Polls show that most people in the world favor humbler, more compassionate solutions to our common problems. Not only favor them but, resolving to lo…

- Marc Ian Barasch

A Healing Dream can never be completely "interpreted," or fully understood. Healing Dreams want us to stop making sense; not just to crack the case, …

- Marc Ian Barasch

The world as dreamed and the world as lived cross-pollinate each other.

- Marc Ian Barasch

Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of compassion. You've met th…

- Marc Ian Barasch

We crave a world of either/or, but the Dream says, Both/and. We build a wall between our social persona and our inner selves; the Dream bids us, Demo…

- Marc Ian Barasch

By and large, the Healing Dream is not the defender of our waking goals-material achievement, perfect romance, a modest niche in history-but an advoc…

- Marc Ian Barasch