“it is not exact or relevant to say “I experience” or “I think.” “It” experiences or is experienced, “it” thinks or is thought, is a juster phrase. Experience, a serial course of affairs with their own characteristic properties and relationships, occurs, happens, and is what it is. Among and within these occurrences, not outside of them nor underlying them, are those events which are denominated selves.”
Source: Experience and Nature
“Both voice and self are established in early childhood. People who have not been given voice then have the lifelong need to be heard. The self goes under construction with unexpectedly large cost overruns in order to acquire a sense of value and importance.”
Source: Dance Like Nobody's Watching
“I can see myself lying in my little high-sided bed, not sleeping and somehow vaguely intimating that that was how life would be: full of special things that are only intended for one person and cannot be told of.”
Source: The notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
“I believe that we can transform anything, especially hate
into love, but we’ve got to not only change the negative and
hateful thoughts we breed in our minds, but also practice
Mindfulness in all areas of our lives.”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“I accept myself
I accept others
Acceptance is my truth”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“I am authentic
I live in harmony with who I am
I am true to my nature”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“My thoughts create my reality
I choose positive thoughts to create my reality
I am creating the reality I want”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“But know that self-realization is the ultimate inside job, and anyone who has the belief, strength, stamina, and sheer determination to become who they really are, and be willing to strip away every single peace of false clothing, which is much more than what we wear, but the layers upon
layers of the artificial, inauthentic self, and the illusionary thoughts that fill our minds, only then will the egg of illusion crack open.”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“When you’re present in the moment with total awareness, you become finely tuned to anything that feels out of
step or not in alignment with who you are. And when we
step out of Mindfulness, we can immediately feel that we are not fully aware, or connected to ourselves completely.”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“Involve children in their own upbringing, instead of dictating to them ‘who’ and ‘what’ they should be. Be a good role model. Teach them well. Allow them to be true to who they are and encourage them to be their ‘authentic self.’” —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD”