Some good quotes on "defensiveness."

Date:   3/31/2006 6:43:12 AM ( 18 y ago)

"To rise above defensiveness is now possible."



"When we are defensive we have let the ego take charge. The ego wants
to win, to be right, to control all decisions and people. When the ego
encounters others egos, arguments result and we find ourselves getting
defensive.



Disagreeing, pouting, resentfully giving in, compromising, and unwillingly negotiating become a way of life for most people. That wouldn't be a problem if it didn't thwart the growth that is the gift of our journey here. Our time here is full of purpose, and we aren't fulfilling it if we are caught in battles of the ego.



Rising above the struggle is as simple as quietly asking for a "second
opinion," so to speak, of the situation that's got us agitated. There
always is another way of looking at a situation. If we go to the right
source, we'll discover it. The only right source is the Holy Spirit."



"Today I can be free of strife.

The Holy Spirit will transform my view of every situation."



Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom:

"Violence is routed out of the world only be being routed out of our minds.
Hatred is diseased thinking. Just as a cancer cell was a healthy cell that
then transformed, so is hatred, love gone wrong."



Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: True solitude includes connection.
It makes no sense to say that in order to feel that which joins us all,
we must get away from each other. To know stillness, I need not
rearrange my life, merely my values. To know stillness, I need only give it
respect."



Wayne Dyer, There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem:

"You will taste the fruits of synchronicity wherein you are in collaboration
with fate to manage the coincidences of your life. You will have a
knowing that transcends the mind and the body. As you become more aware of
your divinity you will discover your abilities to remove illusions of
illness, scarcity, and evil."



Paul Ferrini, Reflections of The Christ Mind:

"Every judgment you make about your brother or sister states very specifically what you cannot accept about yourself. You never judge or dislike another person
unless s/he reminds you of yourself."


 

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