ENTERING THE CASTLE: AN INNER PATH TO GOD AND YOUR SOUL
Caroline Myss
Using St. Teresa of Avila's imagery of the Soul as an interior castle, the author guides us from room to room of this inner castle, preparing us for the ultimate encounter with God and our own divinity.
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"The mystics reassure us, as the Buddha taught, 'On life's journey, faith is nourishment and virtuous deeds a shelter.'"
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"Your role is to empower the life you have and the person you are – and the person you could be – with the energy of grace that listening to your soul gives you."
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"Your soul is your divine essence, your eternal self. Imagine dying and completely ceasing to exist. You can't. You have a need to be eternal, and your soul is designed for it."
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"The choices you make are always and only motivated by either faith or fear."
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"Begin to dedicate daily prayer to those who have harmed you, to those who do not pray for themselves, and to the well-being of the human community."
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"So seamlessly does the world, sacred and profane, arise in one piece that I can find no boundary – anywhere in the entire universe." Ken Wilber, Foreword
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"Within the interior of your soul, God is present."
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"Of all the many gifts in life that bring joy and grace to the soul, among the greatest is the choice to see the people in our lives as gifts from God."
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"The human soul is the essence of divinity itself."
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"We cannot stop our longing for the quest for a deeper spiritual experience, because the attraction to the divine is the most basic force of our lives. Kahlil Gibran called it 'life's longing for itself.'"
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"The soul is…the force of endless resurrection; the soul is like a fire that never goes out."
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"Heaven has a design and plan far greater than what can be shown to any human being. All that is within the vast scope of creation has a purpose known to God, including each human life."
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"The divine comprises the collective soul of humanity and all life."
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"We have a theology in our biology. It is instinctual, just as birds know their paths, beavers build dams, and whales communicate with one another. We are born with knowledge of natural laws, through which the divine reveals or animates its presence in our bones, blood, tissues – our cellular beings."
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"See God in everything. Appreciate the presence of the divine in the details of your life every day."
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"Your soul is a vessel of sacred graces: compassion, harmony, wisdom, love, endurance, humor, patience, healing, and vision….these are the essence, the building blocks of your highest potential."
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"You are never without divine guidance; you are never outside the orbit of divine sight."
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"There is a divine purpose that moves in tandem with every event in your life."
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"Where there is hatred, sow love. Where there is pain, sow love. Where there is chaos, sow love."
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"You are part of the one collective soul of all species on the planet."
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"Spiritual sweetness flows eternally from a divine source, requiring no human engineering. The water is abundant and endlessly fills the basin – meaning you."
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"Your link to the divine cannot be broken….it is a sealed, eternal bond."
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"I believe that the divine is everywhere and exists within even the most intimate details of our lives."
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"The divine self is one with the all, given in grace and sealed in glory." Ken Wilber, Foreword
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"Open your soul to the wisdom and truth in all traditions."
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