“Emotions talked to you before you had words, so listen to them ... they are often more honest than the mind's remarkable ability to self deceive.” MindSelfAbilityEmotionHonestRemarkableDeceiving Author:William P. Young
“It's always been you know, religion that has been the primary impediment to actual relationship with God, because it creates a mythology about performance -- that you can perform your way into the appeasement of the deity. And you know, when you're born inside the cultural framework that I was, and you're born inside the religious traditions that I was, that becomes your understanding of spirituality: That it's about trying to please God. So, it's really not about God at all; it's about our ability to perform according to whatever the expectations are.” KnowsWayTryingHas BeensReligionSpiritualityUnderstandingBornReligiousAbilityPleaseExpectationsTraditionPerformancesMythologyPrimariesDeitiesFrameworkRelationship With GodImpedimentsReligious TraditionsAppeasement Author:William P. Young
“I think one of the greatest losses to humanity was the domination of women. I think every religious system has found ways to be kind to them in a kind of subordinate way. Very patronizing, very colonial. But if you start looking at the fabric of society, even religious systems, they would fall apart if it wasn't for the embedded ability of the women who are involved.” IfsThinkingWayKindHumanityFallFoundWomenReligiousLossAbilityInvolvedBe KindFabricDominationFalling ApartSubordinatesEmbeddedPatronizing Author:William P. Young
“The ability to choose is at the essential core of our grandeur. Even evil exists because God respects our ability to choose.” EvilAbilityEssentialsCoreGrandeurAbility To Choose Author:William P. Young
“I give you an ability to respond and your response is to be free to love and serve in every situation, and therefore each moment is different and unique and wonderful.” GivingDifferentMomentsAbilitySituationWonderfulUniqueResponse Author:William P. Young
“You... were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around... Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wing and removing its ability to fly... A bird is not defined by being grounded but by his ability to fly. Remember this, humans are defined not by their limitations, but by the intentions I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image. Love is NOT the limitation; love is the flying. I AM love.” IfsWayHumansMeanSeemsRememberAbilityLove IsBirdWingsIntentionFlyingDefinedLimitationGroundedUnlovedShackImages Of Love Author:William P. Young
“Forgiveness is first for you, the forgiver...to release you from something that will eat you alive; that will destroy your joy and your ability to love fully and openly. Do you think this man cares about the pain and torment you have gone through? If anything, he feeds on that knowledge. Don't you want to cut that off? And in doing so, you'll release him from a burden that he carries whether he knows it or not--acknowledges it or not.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantFirstsCarePainJoyAbilityGoneCuttingAliveBurdenReleaseAcknowledgeCarrieTormentAbility To Love Author:William P. Young
“Living unloved is like clipping a bird's wings and removing its ability to fly.” AbilityBirdWingsUnlovedShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
“Most birds were created to fly. Being grounded for them is a limitation within their ability to fly, not the other way around. You, on the other hand, were created to be loved. So for you to live as if you were unloved is a limitation, not the other way around. Living unloved is like clipping a bird’s wings and removing its ability to fly. Not something I want for you. Pain has a way of clipping our wings and keeping us from being able to fly. And if left unresolved for very long, you can almost forget that you were ever created to fly in the first place.” IfsWayWantFirstsLongHandsAblePainLeftAbilityForgetBirdWingsLimitationGroundedUnlovedShackShack Book Author:William P. Young
