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Shadows of the Sacred: Seeing Through Spiritual Illusions
Frances Vaughan, Ph.D.

1 "Reflect on all the love expressed by people everywhere who want to give and receive love. Feel the unconditional love of healers everywhere who want to relieve suffering wherever they find it. Remember that you are among them. You can find the source of infinite, healing compassion in the depths of your own heart."

2 "To recognize an inner source of love is to access a source of self-healing without which therapeutic techniques and medicines are of limited value. Healing hearts and minds depends on opening to love."

3 "Love as the creative Source of being is always already present."

4 "Reflect for a moment on the fact that any personal pain is only a microcosm of the suffering of humanity and life on earth. Everyone is in need of healing. All creatures experiencing birth, impermanence, old age, disease and death, encounter pain in some form….Be aware of your desire to extend love and relieve the suffering of the countless sentient beings in the world."

5 "The deeper we go into the depths of the individual psyche, the more we uncover universal themes. I like to think of each of the great traditions as a well that gives us access to the underground stream of living waters of spirituality."

6 "Compassion sees the One in the many. Wisdom sees the many as One."

7 "There is no freedom from fear in a world of illusion, for the mind always projects the shadow onto something or someone perceived as other."

8 "For the awakened soul perception is a mirror, and the play of light and shadow reveals the bright radiance of eternity."

9 "When you go around the Earth in an hour and a half, you begin to recognize that your identity is with that whole thing. That makes a change….From where you see it, the thing is a whole, and it's so beautiful." Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 astronaut

10 "There is a love that is like a mighty spring gushing up out of the earth; it keeps flowing forever, and is inexhaustible." Isaac of Nineveh, early Christian mysic

11 "Every major culture of the world includes in its mythology archetypal figures representing death and rebirth or transformation." Stanislav Grof

12 "Wisdom knows that behind the Many is the One." Ken Wilber, 'Sex, Ecology and Spirituality'

13 "The divinity permeates existence."

14 "Reflecting on wholeness and balance as represented by symbols of integration such as the cross and the circle can sometimes help us bring our spiritual life into balance."

15 "Esoteric wisdom teaches that death is not an end, but a transformation, and that death is followed by rebirth."

16 "Love expressed as altruism is found in all cultures, not only in social service and philanthropy, but among parents, teachers, healers, mentors, friends and lovers of all persuasions."

17 "The source of timeless unconditional love, like the Buddha nature, lies hidden within, awaiting only our willingness to see."

18 "Love is a time-honored way of awakening the soul."

19 "Nothing is excluded from the circle of wholeness."

20 "New perceptions of possibility for a sustainable society that envision a compassionate consciousness infusing the world, in which love is the unifying force that makes global reconciliation possible, need to be adopted by those who aspire to freedom."

21 "Human beings are part of the cosmic flow, linked to an ever-expanding network of relationships."

22 "We are all interdependent."

23 "Love yourself and others equally, not more or less. Love is kind. Be kind to yourself and to all beings. Ask yourself how you could love yourself and others better."

24 "When we are willing to face our fear we may discover that behind the shadows and illusions runs a deep and all-pervading undercurrent of love."

25 "Shadows are dispelled when we begin to see the world through the eyes of love and acceptance rather than judgment."

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite