“To give up our attachments and disconnect from our desires(I’m not saying desires are bad, in fact, I’m all for them; it’s our attachment to them that keeps us stuck and frustrated) to let go of our stories, and our pain, and our projections of what we think life out to be, is a relief.

Surrender is a choice. It’s a decision you make to release the interior garbage without expecting anything in return. You just let it go so you’re not bogged down by it anymore.

These troubles you’ve been carrying around, longer have to be your troubles. You can release them. In the beginning, after you decide to do this, you mind will kick in with its Emergency Alert System. This is your Ego fighting for its life, urging you to hold tight, keep working, try harder, and stay in control. It’s worried that if you surrender, you will lose sight of who you are, your ideas and drive, and desire. If you release your anxiety and worry, your Ego will say, it means you don’t care enough. This is hogwash. Surrender actually makes room for more positive action. It leaves you free from the weights of worry so you can do something proactive.”

Polly Campbell, in “Imperfect Spirituality”

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“Assuming you have something relatively solid and stable to settle yourself on (a planet will do), the basic requirements you need are: air to breathe, water to drink, food to eat, a shelter to shield you from the elements, clothing to hide your naughty bits, company (invisible, i.e., spiritual or otherwise) as a reference to stop you from going nuts, and physical animal warmth, i.e., love, especially in your formative years (optional, but deprivation not highly recommended).

Whenever you find yourself in a tizz about not having enough material comfort in your life, run this checklist. If all points get a check, you’re doing fine, and may your perspective return swiftly. If any of the points get an x, you’d better get busy or you’ll die. It’s that simple.”

Stephen Russell, in “Barefoot Doctor’s Guide to the TAO”

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“So often we try to hide who we are rather than to heal who we are. We’re afraid that if we show our true selves, something ugly will appear. Only when we realize Who lives within us do we see that only beauty will appear. In the meantime, our wounds fester, untended, until surrendered for divine healing. Our denial, or unwillingness to look deeply at our own issues, reflects a naïve hope that if we don’t look at our wounds they’ll go away by themselves. It takes emotional courage to look deeply into ourselves and face what’s there. Until we do, however, God’s medicine can’t heal us.”

Marianne Williamson, in “The Gift of Change”

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“If others know they can manipulate you by having their feelings hurt, that is precisely what they will do whenever you get out of line or declare your own independence. Ninety-five percent of hurt feelings are strategy on the ‘hurtee’s’ part. People will use their hurt feelings over and over on you if you are gullible enough to buy it. Only victims run their lives on the premise that they must always watch out for others’ getting hurt feelings. This is not a license to be obstinately inconsiderate, but simply a basic understanding that people generally stop having hurt feelings when they realize that those feelings can no longer be used to manipulate you.”

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, in “Pulling Your Own Strings”

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“The highest achieving, happiest and most effective individuals, those that are truly “self-actualized,” have a number of traits in common.  Of these, the three most important are:

1. They learn to live their lives independent of the good opinions of others.
2. They are not attached to results.
3. They have no investment in having power over others.

Dr. Abraham Maslow

Compiler’s Note:  The above is a paraphrasing of Maslow, as this information was originally brought to my attention while I was attending a live presentation by Dr. Wayne Dyer.

Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi’s Journey, launched Pondercentral.com in April 2007 as a Web-based forum for “PONDER on THIS,” a series of weekday inspirational email messages he began sending to subscribers in March 1999. A FREE service since its inception, “PONDER on THIS” provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.