It is a frightening thing to love someone you know the world rejects.
Martha N. Beck.
“You are consciousness dressed in form, my love. Consciousness is divine. Matter is divine. Creation is divine. Everything is divine. Are you somehow the only exception?”
“Have you ever felt your destiny unfolding, beloved? Have you experienced the intensity of the hunt, the fixation of attention that only fate can explain? Have you ever told yourself your feelings w...”
“Diana frowns. Youre taking me home, right? You just said you would. Hoink hoink! Of course, piglet. But I meant your real home. Which, last I checked, says Diana acidly, is in Los Angeles, Californ...”
“Just like any civilized person, youve spent practically your whole life torturing an innocent wild creature. Starved it, then force-fed it, cut it, cursed it, driven it to exhaustion. Imprisoned it...”
“The mirror image of suffering is the truth. Try it. Change the story. Change the course of your entire history. Right now. You want me to lie about my past? Diana wipes tears from her face with the...”
“All for all, always.”
“A hallmark of virtuous adulthood is learning to find freedom in your work rather than freedom from your work, even when work might hurt.”
“Parenting requires a delicate balance of letting your child be your spiritual teacher while you maintain the clarity and boundaries to be her Earthly teacher.”
“Remember, nothing is ever created or destroyed. Therefore, unresolved emotional pain from childhood does not dissolve by itself. It sits waiting to be declared, and a child is the ultimate vehicle ...”