Alberto Villoldo Quotes

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When you truly have the courage to dream, you have the courage to act as well.

Alberto Villoldo
Life will drag us kicking and screaming to our destiny if we try to escape it.

Alberto Villoldo
Change holds danger, but also the potential for something new ~ and better ~ to be born.

Alberto Villoldo
There is a sea of consciousness that is universal, even though we each perceive it from our own shores, an awareness and a world that we all share, that can be experienced by every living being, yet is seldom seen by any.

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We can change the world with every thought we have and every word we speak.

Alberto Villoldo
True initiation is a response to an inner calling; it requires that you face personal challenges heroically and experience a genuine rebirth into a new way of being.

Alberto Villoldo
To an Earthkeeper, love is not a feeling or something your barter with. Love is the essence of who you are, and it radiates from you as a brilliant aura: You become love, practice fearlessness, and attain enlightenment.

Alberto Villoldo
In order to tap into the power of dreaming, we must connect not only to the human story, but to all of nature and creation as well

Alberto Villoldo
At the core of One Spirit Medicine is the idea that how we perceive the world 'out there' is a projection of internal maps that shape our beliefs and guide how we think, feel and behave. These maps are the unconscious programs that drive our experience of life and the state of our health. The key to optimum health is to upgrade these unconscious maps and limiting beliefs that have been driving us to a toxic lifestyle and relationships.

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In the hall of mirrors, you are everywhere. Which is the real you? Find your original Self, the one who perceives all the reflections and is amused by them. Then you will recognize your path and walk it.

Alberto Villoldo
As soon as you awaken to the power you have, you begin to flex the muscles of your courage. Then you can dream bravely: letting go of your limiting beliefs and pushing past your fears. You can start to come up with a truly original dream that germinates in your soul and bears fruit in your life.

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Patience is about understanding the right moment for action and the right moment for stillness.

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The Divine does not come from somewhere above, it exists beyond time and space, and informs all life.

Alberto Villoldo
The more separated we become from the Earth, the more hostile we become to the feminine. We disown our passion, our creativity, and our sexuality. Eventually the Earth itself becomes a baneful place. I remember being told by a medicine woman in the Amazon, Do you know why they are really cutting down the rain forest? Because it is wet and dark and tangled and feminine.

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The True Self is infinite. It knows no boundaries. Pure essence. Pure light. Engulfing the mind, the soul, the body, the invisible real, with its radiance.

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When you see beauty all around you, beauty will seek and find you, even in the most unexpected places.

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Everyone else is waiting for eternity and the shamans are saying, 'How about tonight?'

Alberto Villoldo
Modern physics is describing what the ancient wisdom keepers of the Americas have long known. These shamans, known as 'the Earthkeepers,' say that we're dreaming the world into being through the very act of witnessing it. Scientists believe that we're only able to do this in the very small subatomic world. Shamans understand that we also dream the larger world that we experience with our senses.

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The soul, in its longing to grow, will push us toward crisis points, bringing about a situation that will force us to leave behind the old toys and the worn-out ways of operating. Our soul brings us these crises to remind us that we don't have to remain stuck in the land of the hunters and the hunted. We are called to draw ourselves up to our full height and confidence, even when terrified at the prospect of the unknown.

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Courageous dreaming allows you to create from the source, the quantum soup of the universe where everything exists in a latent or potential state.

Alberto Villoldo