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THE GIFT OF CHANGE, SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE FOR A RADICALLY NEW LIFE
Marianne Williamson
Williamson delves deeply into the powerful role of change in our lives today. Far from being something to fear and avoid, she says, every change - even the most difficult - gives us an opportunity to receive the divine gift of personal, and ultimately global, transformation.
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"Many point their fingers critically at other people, not realizing that the pointed finger itself is the source of all evil. It is the concept of enemy that is our greatest enemy of all."
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"Each of us is an infinitely creative being, endowed by God with extraordinary potential that He would have us make manifest."
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"The truth is that every stage of our lives is perfect, if we allow ourselves to really live in it. If we concentrate on the present, contributing and showing up for it as fully as we can, then any moment can have its blessings, and the future will unfold in the direction of ever greater good."
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"Our mistakes are not sins God wants to punish but rather errors He wants to correct."
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"Love extended is the key to happiness; love withheld is the key to pain."
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"Remember, every thought we think takes us and others around us either straight to heaven (an awareness of our oneness) or straight to hell (the ego's state of separation)."
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"If we're deeply, truly honest with ourselves, we know we're longing to be pregnant with God."
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"There are only two core emotions: love and fear. And love is to fear as light is to darkness; in the presence of one, the other disappears. As we shift our perceptions from fear to love – sometimes in cases where it's not so hard and ultimately in cases where it takes spiritual mastery to do so – we become miracle workers in the truest sense. For when our minds are surrendered to love, they are surrendered to a higher power. And from that, all miracles follow."
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"Through prayer we can work miracles in our lives. We have so much more power than we are using yet – to heal disease, repair relationships, reconcile nations, protect our cities, and transform our world."
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"The moment the World Trade Centers fell, the complete solution to the problem that then confronted us was created full-blown within the Mind of God. The solution is a plan involving every human being, to the extent to which we make ourselves available to Him."
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"The present is holy ground – the only place where eternity meets linear time."
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"Each of us has the opportunity now to grow into the fullness of our divine potential in order to take our place in God's plan. The plan exists in the Mind of God, and to the extent to which we surrender our thinking to Him, we take our part. Our primary function is to stand in the light of who we are and become the people we are capable of being. From that, all good will follow."
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"When we reach for the highest within ourselves, people around us feel called to their highest. And that is the beacon for which every soul is looking."
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"Love is the only absolute reality, which never changes and never dies. Dwelling in that which does not change, while things around us are changing all the time, is our key to inner peace."
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"As long as we doubt that happiness and God's will are the same thing, we tend to decide against ourselves."
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"Every point in life's journey is inherently preparing us for our future in ways the rational mind cannot possibly comprehend."
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"Now, in our time and through our efforts, we are called to a great vision: to think the thoughts of a world at peace, infused with total love….Years from now, when we ourselves are no longer remembered, people will live on a peaceful planet, not knowing whom to bless, not knowing whom to thank. Children will ask their parents, 'Is it true that there was once a time when people had wars?' And the parents will say, 'Yes, there was such a time. But a very long time ago. Wars don't happen anymore.' And when that happens, surely on some level our souls will receive the blessing we gave. We will lift our glasses to the heaven we are already in, and with both tears and laughter we will howl, 'We did it!'"
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"A new commitment to love is rising up from the depths of our humanity, and its power is changing us on fundamental levels. Our mind has been opened to a liberating truth, and we feel this truth like an alchemical substance that bathes our cells and transforms our thinking."
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"We can live in fear, or we can live in love. And every moment, we decide. The greatest power God has given us to change the world is the power to change our thoughts about the world. And as we do, the world transforms."
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"There is a plan for our lives – God's plan – and it oversees exactly where we are and where we need to be going."
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"It's my responsibility to remind myself how blessed I am and to extend that blessing to others."
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"There IS a larger plan of unfolding good, a will-to-healing that is built into the workings of the universe. We will be told everything we need to know and shown everything we need to see. The Whole (Holy) Mind (Spirit) of God impresses itself upon us when we pray and meditate and seek to follow spiritual principles. As we open ourselves to receive His guidance, our thoughts and feelings fall into patterns that lead all things within and around us to realms of divine right order."
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"Love is not just a feeling; it is a force. And it is a force that is ultimately more powerful than violence of any kind.'
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"Together, we will form a unified field of resurrective possibility, an opening that does not just bless our own lives but the entire world. And that is what is occurring on the planet today. People are feeling the pain of the world, almost like an inoculation. We are hurrying to rise up so we can create a higher field for everyone."
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"Every situation represents a choice: do we prefer to stay with ego-based patterns of thought and behavior, or do we choose to play life in a higher, more loving way? Will we tread the path of limitation and fear, though that path has grown painful and boring and old, or do we choose to give birth to a higher mode of expression?"
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