“We are dealing with a fundamental characteristic, inherent in human nature, a potentiality given to all or most human beings at birth, which most often is lost or buried or inhibited as the person gets enculturated.” HumansPersonsHumanityLostGivenHuman BeingsHuman NatureBirthFundamentalsCharacteristicsBuriedInherentOften Is Book:Toward a Psychology of Being Source: Toward a Psychology of Being
“The essence of motherhood is not restricted to women who have given birth; it is a principle inherent in both women and men. It is an attitude of the mind. It is love - and that love is the very breath of life. No one would say, 'I will breathe only when I am with my family and friends; I won't breathe in front of my enemies.' Similarly, for those in whom motherhood has awakened, love and compassion for everyone are as much part of their being as breathing.” MenMindGivenLove IsAttitudeCompassionEnemyPrinciplesFrontsBirthMen And WomenMy FamilyEssenceBreathsBreatheMotherhoodBreathingInherentFamily And FriendsAwakenedLove And Compassion Book:The Awakening Of Universal Motherhood: Geneva Speech Source: The Awakening Of Universal Motherhood: Geneva Speech
“Fear of pain has resulted in many women losing sight of birth as normal and natural, and of themselves as powerful and capable. Labor is an opportunity for women to learn about themselves and discover the strength and wisdom inherent in their bodies.” BodyPainOpportunityNaturalPowerfulBirthNormalCapableLosingLaborSightInherentStrength And Wisdom Author:Deepak Chopra
“We begin to die from the moment we are born, for birth is the cause of death. The nature of decay is inherent in youth, the nature of sickness is inherent in health, in the midst of life we are verily in death.” MomentsDiesCausesBornYouthBirthSicknessMidstDecayInherent Author:Gautama Buddha
“You have to remember one life, one death–this one! To enter fully the day, the hour, the moment whether it appears as life or death, whether we catch it on the inbreath or outbreath, requires only a moment, this moment. And along with it all the mindfulness we can muster, and each stage of our ongoing birth, and the confident joy of our inherent luminosity. (24)” MomentsRememberJoyHoursStageBirthMindfulnessInherentRebirthOngoingMusterLife Or Death Author:Stephen Levine