#wholeness

How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole ↗

— C.G. Jung

#inspiration #life #psychology #shadow #whole

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#bleeding #bleeds #death #health #heart

Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholeness. And to be whole, as many religious tranditions teach, is to make manifest a unique face of God in the world. We don't want to be irresponsible, yet for every accountant who deserts his family and sails for Tahiti, ten American men have heart attacks at their desks, after hours. ↗

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

#responsibility #right-livelihood #spirituality #wholeness #family

The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an “extra” that a person might grow into after he comes to faith. It is not simply a way to “enhance” your walk with the Lord. Until your heart has hit upon this pursuit, your “faith” cannot please God. It is not saving faith. Saving faith is the confidence that if you sell all you have and forsake all sinful pleasures, the hidden treasure of holy joy will satisfy your deepest desires. Saving faith is the heartfelt conviction not only that Christ is reliable, but also that He is desirable. It is the confidence that He will come through with His promises and that what He promises is more to be desired than all the world. ↗

— John Piper

#everything #freedom #joy #life #peace

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness. ↗

— Tara Brach

#perfectionism #wholeness #life

Was there to be some healing after all? Was healing possible when grave damage had been done? Was wholeness possible when one had been horribly maimed. ↗

— Mary Balogh

#maim #wholeness #love

I have always felt deep within myself that I do not trust that I am already OK as I am, and that I do not trust that life takes care of me. But now I discover a silent place in the depth of my inner being, where I am already one with life, where I am OK as I am. It is also a silent inner place of healing and wholeness, where I can find a love and acceptance for that which is imperfect within myself. ↗

— Swami Dhyan Giten

#healing #life #love #meditation #silence

To submit isn’t to be forced. It’s to yield to a force greater than your own, in order to become part of the whole. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#force #nature #power #submission #submit

When I’ve lost my way or when I am confused about a path to take, I remember that most answers I need I already possess – deep inside. I am naturally creative, resourceful and whole. If I consult my invisible compass, I’ll know what to do. ↗

— Steve Goodier

#creativity #found #guidance #inner-guidance #inner-voice

We live in a fractured world. I've always seen it as my role as an artist to attempt to make wholeness. ↗

— Anish Kapoor

#artist #attempt #fractured #i #live