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Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul
Caroline Myss
Using St. Teresa of Avila's imagery of the Soul as an interior castle, the author guides us from room to room of this inner castle, preparing us for the ultimate encounter with God and our own divinity.

1 "Heaven has a design and plan far greater than what can be shown to any human being. All that is within the vast scope of creation has a purpose known to God, including each human life."

2 "Your soul is your divine essence, your eternal self. Imagine dying and completely ceasing to exist. You can't. You have a need to be eternal, and your soul is designed for it."

3 "The soul is essentially a vessel of love."

4 "We have been secretly fed from beyond space and time. That's why we look for something more than this." Rumi, 'The Soul of Rumi'

5 "Within the interior of your soul, God is present."

6 "Your link to the divine cannot be broken….it is a sealed, eternal bond."

7 "Every prayer is heard in some way that is incomprehensible to our minds."

8 "Divine light is instantly present the second we slip into darkness."

9 "The divine self is one with the all, given in grace and sealed in glory." Ken Wilber, Foreword

10 "The true self in each and every one of us is the true self that Jesus of Nazareth realized – 'I and the Father are one.'" Ken Wilber, Foreword

11 "The divine comprises the collective soul of humanity and all life."

12 "The soul is…the force of endless resurrection; the soul is like a fire that never goes out."

13 "Begin to dedicate daily prayer to those who have harmed you, to those who do not pray for themselves, and to the well-being of the human community."

14 "The inner self lives in a timeless, eternal now." Ken Wilber, Foreword

15 "There is a divine purpose that moves in tandem with every event in your life."

16 "Do not presume that your prayers are not answered, because they are. It is up to you to receive and listen. Practice silence and contemplation as a means of continually attuning to the one clear voice of the divine that is present within your soul."

17 "You are connected to the love that binds the collective soul of humanity."

18 "Where there is hatred, sow love. Where there is pain, sow love. Where there is chaos, sow love."

19 "Teresa of Avila observed, 'God lives also among the pots and pans', in other words in our daily actions."

20 "The overall number of inner selves is but one." Ken Wilber, Foreword

21 "You are watched over and guided down to the smallest detail of your life."

22 "We cannot stop our longing for the quest for a deeper spiritual experience, because the attraction to the divine is the most basic force of our lives. Kahlil Gibran called it 'life's longing for itself.'"

23 "So seamlessly does the world, sacred and profane, arise in one piece that I can find no boundary – anywhere in the entire universe." Ken Wilber, Foreword

24 "The divine is always present – always."

25 "I believe that the divine is everywhere and exists within even the most intimate details of our lives."

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite