Gary Zukav Quotes

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When you choose not to forgive, the experience that you do not forgive sticks with you.

Gary Zukav
Spiritual growth requires the development of inner knowing and inner authority. It requires the heart, not the intellect.

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According to quantum field theory, fields alone are real. They are the substance of the universe and not 'matter'. Matter is simply the momentary manifestation of interacting fields which, intangible and insubstantial as they are, are the only real things in the universe.

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As your temptations become greater, so does your ability to make responsible choices.

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We need truth to grow in the same way that we need vitamins, affection and love.

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Without an awareness of our feelings we cannot experience compassion. How can we share the sufferings and the joys of others if we cannot experience our own?

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The new female is not limited in any way. She yearns to give the gifts she was born to give, and she does what is necessary to give them. Where her heart leads, she goes. No one defines her role for her. She is on a spiritual journey. Authentic Power is her destination.

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Perfectionism is a perpetual flight into an illusory future that cannot be attained.

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Medical treatment is emergency care for symptoms that have developed over a long period of time. The symptom is the flower on a plant. Treating the symptom is picking the flower, while the plant remains untouched.

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Knowledge is power, and for each level of knowledge, you are held responsible for how you use it.

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The development of physics in the twentieth century already has transformed the consciousness of those involved with it. The study (of modern physics) produces insights into the nature of reality very similar to those produced by the study of eastern philosophy.

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You cannot create a life of fulfillment, joy, and meaning while you are barricading yourself from others and from the opportunities Life offers you.

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The amount of stress in your life is determined by how much energy you expend resisting your life.

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Do you love the truth more than you need to be loved, or do you need to be loved more than you love the truth?

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Reverence is an attitude of honoring Life. You do not have to be authentically powered to be gentle with Life or to love Life.

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The circumstances of your life are neither good nor bad. They are appropriate to the needs of your soul. They may or may not be what your personality desires.

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Spiritual growth-looking inward-is replacing the pursuit of external power-reaching outward to manipulate and control-as the cure for the insecurity at the core of human experience.

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