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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 674151" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>Here you go, California. I haven't had my quote box open since we came here. It was good for me to go through them, again.</p><p></p><p>Thank you.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p><em>"We are seldom aware of the profound effect that unresolved negative emotions have on us. Dampened by years of self-distrust, displaced by years of co-dependency in which we have channeled our creative energies into managing others' perceptions of us, those energies awaken with startling power and poignancy. We are like avalanche survivors, coming to with tingling limbs as we rejoice in our survival, throwing off the numbing weight of others' agendas.</em></p><p></p><p><em>Artist's Way at Work</em></p><p><em>Julia Cameron</em></p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p><em>"Anxiety demonstrates that we are engaged in activities worthy of us; that provide a suitable test of our courage, ability, and resolve.</em></p><p></p><p><em>The Myth of Neurosis (?)</em></p><p></p><p><em>***</em></p><p></p><p><em>In order to experience yourself more powerfully, you must <u>will</u> to do so. If you want to radiate from your own source and stop depending on other people, you must work very hard at learning to trust your own mind. When you succeed, you will have preferences, instead of needs and dependencies. You will operate from your heightened intuition and honed awareness, and your behavior will be calm, appropriate, and exacting. You will use your will with consciousness, and take responsibility for all of your decisions. When problems create minor upsets, you will live through them with dignity, fluidity, and exactitude and then, you will move on.</em></p><p></p><p><em>The Myth of Neurosis (?)</em></p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>This is a quote from our own Somewhere Out There.</p><p></p><p>:O)</p><p></p><p><em>"Dysfunctional families routinely pit one against the other, sometimes changing it up a bit, but if you are in a dysfunctional family you usually feel more upset than love. The reason is: Those families are not about love.</em> </p><p></p><p><em>They are about control.</em></p><p></p><p><em>***</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"The fearful are often holders of the most dangerous power. They become demonaic when they see the workings of all the life around them. Seeing the strengths as well as the weaknesses, they fasten only on the weaknesses."</em></p><p></p><p><em>Bill Ransom</em></p><p><em>The Jesus Incident</em></p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>This may help you know how to think about your father, California. It is from The Diaries of Etty Hilesum, a young Jewish woman targeted by the Nazis. She died in a concentration camp. Her diaries were found after her death, and were edited and published. </p><p></p><p>"<em>I knew at once: I shall have to pray for this German soldier. Out of all those uniforms, one has been given a face, now. There will be other faces, too, in which we will be able to read something we can understand ~ that German soldiers suffer, as well. There are no frontiers between suffering people, and we must pray for them all.</em></p><p></p><p><em>Etty Hilesum</em></p><p><em>The Diaries of Etty Hilesum</em></p><p></p><p><em>***</em></p><p></p><p>And here is something beautiful for you, California. It is from Dance of the Spirit, the Seven Steps of Women's Spirituality by Maria Harris.</p><p></p><p><em>"We begin to look at things and people with more care, hearing words and music not heard, before...."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Layers, crusts, and shells which may have been built up over years become brittle, break apart, and begin to disappear. Muscles relax. And a realization dawns that a personal daystar has begun to shine, giving us its light."</em></p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 674151, member: 17461"] Here you go, California. I haven't had my quote box open since we came here. It was good for me to go through them, again. Thank you. *** [I]"We are seldom aware of the profound effect that unresolved negative emotions have on us. Dampened by years of self-distrust, displaced by years of co-dependency in which we have channeled our creative energies into managing others' perceptions of us, those energies awaken with startling power and poignancy. We are like avalanche survivors, coming to with tingling limbs as we rejoice in our survival, throwing off the numbing weight of others' agendas.[/I] [I]Artist's Way at Work Julia Cameron[/I] *** [I]"Anxiety demonstrates that we are engaged in activities worthy of us; that provide a suitable test of our courage, ability, and resolve.[/I] [I]The Myth of Neurosis (?)[/I] [I]***[/I] [I]In order to experience yourself more powerfully, you must [U]will[/U] to do so. If you want to radiate from your own source and stop depending on other people, you must work very hard at learning to trust your own mind. When you succeed, you will have preferences, instead of needs and dependencies. You will operate from your heightened intuition and honed awareness, and your behavior will be calm, appropriate, and exacting. You will use your will with consciousness, and take responsibility for all of your decisions. When problems create minor upsets, you will live through them with dignity, fluidity, and exactitude and then, you will move on.[/I] [I]The Myth of Neurosis (?)[/I] *** This is a quote from our own Somewhere Out There. :O) [I]"Dysfunctional families routinely pit one against the other, sometimes changing it up a bit, but if you are in a dysfunctional family you usually feel more upset than love. The reason is: Those families are not about love.[/I] [I]They are about control.[/I] [I]*** "The fearful are often holders of the most dangerous power. They become demonaic when they see the workings of all the life around them. Seeing the strengths as well as the weaknesses, they fasten only on the weaknesses."[/I] [I]Bill Ransom The Jesus Incident[/I] *** This may help you know how to think about your father, California. It is from The Diaries of Etty Hilesum, a young Jewish woman targeted by the Nazis. She died in a concentration camp. Her diaries were found after her death, and were edited and published. "[I]I knew at once: I shall have to pray for this German soldier. Out of all those uniforms, one has been given a face, now. There will be other faces, too, in which we will be able to read something we can understand ~ that German soldiers suffer, as well. There are no frontiers between suffering people, and we must pray for them all.[/I] [I]Etty Hilesum The Diaries of Etty Hilesum[/I] [I]***[/I] And here is something beautiful for you, California. It is from Dance of the Spirit, the Seven Steps of Women's Spirituality by Maria Harris. [I]"We begin to look at things and people with more care, hearing words and music not heard, before...." "Layers, crusts, and shells which may have been built up over years become brittle, break apart, and begin to disappear. Muscles relax. And a realization dawns that a personal daystar has begun to shine, giving us its light."[/I] Cedar [/QUOTE]
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