“Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.”~ Gary Zukav
Gary Zukav
When you get to learn from the world’s wisest spiritual teachers it makes your entire experience much more profound and insightful. And to guide you today is none other than Gary Zukav, a man whose wisdom has touched the hearts and minds of people all over the world.
Embrace a world of great change and a deeper understanding of yourself and your relationships, while diving into just a fraction of what this wise Soul has to share with the world.
35 Life-Changing Lessons to Learn from Gary Zukav
1. Know how to ask and you shall receive.
“Ask and you shall receive is the rule, but you must learn how to ask and how to receive.”~ Gary Zukav
2. Authentic power is the real deal.
“Authentic power is the real deal. You can’t inherit it, buy it, or win it. You also can’t lose it. You don’t need to build your body, reputation, wealth, or charisma to get it.”~ Gary Zukav
3. If you want to change the world, start with yourself.
“Changing the world begins with the very personal process of changing yourself, the only place you can begin is where you are, and the only time you can begin is always now.”~ Gary Zukav
4. “Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity and love are the dynamics of freedom. They are the foundations of authentic power.”~ Gary Zukav
5. Love heals everything.
“Eventually, you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. The journey may take many lifetimes, but you will complete it. It is impossible not to complete it. It is not a question of if but of when. Every situation you create serves this purpose. Every experience you encounter serves this purpose.”~ Gary Zukav
6. Love is the ability to live your life
“Love is the ability to live your life with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome, the ability within yourself to distinguish within yourself between love and fear and choose love regardless of what is going on inside yourself or outside.”~ Gary Zukav
7.“The opposite of love is not hate. It is fear.”~ Gary Zukav
8. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love.
“An authentically powered person lives in love. Love is the energy of the soul. Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love.”~ Gary Zukav
9. Life is the journey of love we’re all on.
“The journey from love to love. This is the journey all of us are on – what happens between the beginning and end of the journey is your life.”~ Gary Zukav
10. “The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.”~ Gary Zukav
11. Nonsense is nonsense only when we have not yet found that point of view from which it makes sense.
“Nonsense is that which does not fit into the prearranged patterns which we have superimposed on reality…Nonsense is nonsense only when we have not yet found that point of view from which it makes sense.”~ Gary Zukav
12. It takes a lifetime to know who you really are.
“Please… tell me who you are and what you want. And if you think those are simple questions, keep in mind that most people live their entire lives without arriving at an answer.”~ Gary Zukav
13. “Scarcity of self value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence.”~ Gary Zukav
14. There comes a time when the pain of continuing exceeds the pain of stopping
“There comes a time when the pain of continuing exceeds the pain of stopping. At that moment, a threshold is crossed. What seemed unthinkable becomes thinkable. Slowly, the realization emerges that the choice to continue what you have been doing is the choice to live in discomfort, and the choice to stop what you have been doing is the choice to breathe deeply and freely again.
Once that realization has emerged, you can either honor it or ignore it, but you cannot forget it. What has become known can not become unknown again.”~ Gary Zukav
15. The only thing you have control over is the way you react to life.
“We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.”~ Gary Zukav
16. “The purpose of soul questions is to open yourself deeper and deeper until all that is left is the power and beauty you are bringing to the lives of others.”~ Gary Zukav
17. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live.
“When you strive for perfection, you compare different versions of what could be instead of being present with what is. Perfectionism is an attempt to inhabit an imaginary world in order to avoid experiencing the world in which you live.”~ Gary Zukav
18. Spiritual growth requires the heart, not the intelect.
“Spiritual growth requires the development of inner knowing and inner authority. It requires the heart, not the intellect.”~ Gary Zukav
19. When our actions create discord in another person, we, ourselves, will feel that discord. Same goes for harmony and empowerment.
“When our actions create discord in another person, we, ourselves, in this lifetime or another, will feel that discord. Likewise, if our actions create harmony and empowerment in another, we also come to feel that harmony and empowerment.”~ Gary Zukav
20. “Your impact on the world is significant whether or not you are aware of it, and even whether or not you desire it.”~ Gary Zukav
21. The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice.
“The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.”~ Gary Zukav
21. There’s no such thing as being alone in the universe.
“There’s no such thing as being alone in the universe, and so there’s no such thing as creating alone. Everything – every impulse, every creative gift of beauty, everything is a co-creation.”~ Gary Zukav
22. The pain of powerlessness can be excruciating.
“The pain of powerlessness is excruciating. It is the most painful experience in the earth school, and everyone shares it.”~ Gary Zukav
23. If you are fully aligned with your soul it will be your pleasure, you will not be torn.
“If you are fully aligned with your soul it will be your pleasure, your joy to always move toward cooperation, toward sharing, toward reverence for life. You will not be torn.”~ Gary Zukav
24. The choice that frees or imprisons us is the choice of love or fear. Love liberates. Fear imprisons.”~ Gary Zukav
25. You cannot find your soul with your mind, you must use your heart.
“You cannot find your soul with your mind, you must use your heart. You must know what you are feeling. If you don’t know what you are feeling, you will create unconsciously. If you are unconscious of an aspect of yourself; if it operates outside your field of awareness, that aspect has power over you.”~ Gary Zukav
26. Feel your intentions with your heart, not with your mind.
“Feel your intentions in your heart. Feel not what your mind tells you, but what your heart tells you.”~ Gary Zukav
27. Be compassionate even to those who have no compassion.
“Can you be compassionate even to those who have no compassion? If so, there is no finer karma that you can create.”~ Gary Zukav
28. “Your heart is your home, and all roads lead to home.”~ Gary Zukav
29. Caregiving comes from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached.
“Caregiving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached.”~ Gary Zukav
30. Reality is only what we take to be true.
“Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality.”~ Gary Zukav
31. The great soul is the person who has taken on the task of change.
“The great soul is the person who has taken on the task of change. If he or she is able to transcend fear, to act out of courage, the whole group will benefit and each one, in his or her own life, will be suddenly more courageous, though they may not see how or why.”~ Gary Zukav
32.Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it.
“Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. When you occupy it, step into it consciously, you live it.”~ Gary Zukav
33. “A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.”~ Gary Zukav
34. Ever experience you have offers you an opportunity to see beyond the illusion that serves as the balancing and growth of your soul.
“The pains that you suffer, the loneliness that you encounter, the experiences that are disappointing or distressing, the addictions and seeming pitfalls of your life are each doorways to awareness. Each offers you an opportunity to see beyond the illusion that serves as the balancing and growth of your soul.”~ Gary Zukav
35. Keep clear at all times that you are what you say you are.
“Be mindful of the words that you use and the actions that you live and who you are and how it is you use your power. Keep clear at all times that you are what you say you are.”~ Gary Zukav
Bonus:
“We cannot stop the winter or the summer from coming. We cannot stop the spring or the fall or make them other than they are. They are gifts from the universe that we cannot refuse. But we can choose what we will contribute to life when each arrives.”
“Angry people attract angry people and live in an angry world and this validates their opinion that the world is angry.”
“Most people use their energy attempting to rearrange circumstances that trigger painful emotions. Changing external circumstances will not change your rigid patterns of emotional response. That requires looking at the patterns themselves.”
“To experience relationships of substance and depth requires approaching and entering into relationships with consciousness and concern for the other.”
“Spiritual Partnership … The new female and the new male are partners on a journey of spiritual growth. They want to make the journey. Their love and trust keep them together. Their intuition guides them. They consult with each other. They are friends. They laugh a lot. They are equals. That is what a spiritual partnership is: a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth.”
“You cannot act in love and act in fear at the same time. You must choose between them.”
“Before it incarnates, each soul enters into a sacred contract with the Universe to accomplish certain things. It enters into this commitment in the fullness of its being. Whatever the task that your soul has agreed to, all of the experiences of your life serve to awaken within you the memory of that contract, and to prepare you to fulfill it.”
“You cannot find your soul with your mind, you must use your heart. You must know what you are feeling. If you don’t know what you are feeling, you will create unconsciously. If you are unconscious of an aspect of yourself; if it operates outside your field of awareness, that aspect has power over you.”
“If we perceived life with reverence, we would stand in awe at the experience of physical life and walk the earth in a very deep sense of gratitude.”
“To experience relationships of substance and depth requires approaching and entering into relationships with consciousness and concern for the other.”
“A power struggle collapses when you withdraw your energy from it. Power struggles become uninteresting to you when you change your intention from winning to learning about yourself.”
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