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[...] Begin with innocuous but annoying physical conditions, however, and try to work those out for yourself. [...] When you have a headache or a simple stomach upset, or if you have a chronic, annoying but not serious condition, such as trouble with your sinuses, or if you have hay fever — in those situations, remind yourself that your body does indeed have the capacity to heal itself.
[...] Instead of taking an aspirin for a headache, sit down, breathe quietly, and remind yourself that you are an integral part of the universe. Allow yourself to feel a sense of belonging with nature. [...]
Examine the literature that you read, the television programs that you watch, and tell yourself to ignore those indications given of the body’s weaknesses. Tell yourself to ignore literature or programs that speak authoritatively about the species’ “killer instincts.” [...]
You cannot love your neighbor, in fact, until you love yourself, and if you believe that it is wrong to love yourself, then you are indeed unable to love anyone else.
[...] You were so used to thinking of yourself as guilty, and here you had a new sense to deal with. [...] You are looking inward and you are accepting the responsibility for yourself and your own development. [...]
[...] And so you do not have to ask yourself questions and you do not, yourself, have to probe the nature of good and evil because you accept what has been told you. [...]
(To Gert.) Now, you must honor yourself and do yourself justice. [...]
(To Natalie:) You do not need to keep such a tight rein upon yourself. You will not do anything so dreadful if you allow yourself some freedom. [...]
[...] You are running ahead of yourself.
[...] Knowing they are illusory with full knowledge of their nature and still know that the basic reality is yourself. [...]
You must be free enough to explore the nature and experience of every living thing within your own system knowing that it is yourself and then leave your system. [...]
You are yourself in these terms the game.
[...] It is, indeed, and it is constructive and you will pass through it far richer and with greater understanding, but it will not be the only crossroad for as soon as you think you know yourself, you have already changed. And as soon as you think you know yourself, you have already changed. [...] And All That Is, or in your terms, God, is not a static being but always creative and always changing, so do not put yourself at a particular level of experience and stay there but allow yourself growth and freedom. [...]
[...] If you do not trust what Ruburt would call the establishment, then trust the inner voice that is yourself and follow it. You do not need trust me, but you must, indeed, trust yourself. [...]
[...] You can allow yourself aggression in your psy-time. You can trust yourself to go forward actively. [...]
[...] Nor can you measure the inner reality that you know is within yourself. And as I have said before, when you look into a mirror you do not see yourself. [...]
[...] Let yourself go with the joy of painting what you want to; but forgetting also, again, the idea that your paintings are working out problems, technical or not.
[...] Do not harness yourself with the idea that you had (underlined) “so much” (in quotes) ability, and that you have not used it. [...]
Now you cannot regard your ability as something apart from yourself, which you must use. [...]
[...] Let yourself go and do not be afraid of your feelings. [...] Do not try to make yourself into a cold star from which you can observe the rest of humanity and be safe from it. [...] The beliefs will come when you allow yourself to recognize all your feelings. [...]
[...] You cut yourself off from the fount of your own creativity and intuition. Allow yourself to feel the spontaneous nature of your being. [...]
[...] Simply give yourself the suggestion that you will know. [...] Look at the dream and tell yourself the meaning will come to you. [...]
[...] You have, indeed, appointments with the universe but your first appointment is with yourself and when you have the courage to meet that appointment then begin thinking of the universe for then you will realize that you and the universe are, to a large extent, one but not while you hedge. [...]
[...] When you are an old person, you do not identify yourself as a child. [...] In a way it seems that you add on to yourself through experience, becoming “more than you were before.” You move in and out of probable selfhoods, while at the same time — usually with the greatest of ease — you maintain an identity of yourself. [...]
[...] To some extent, when you paint such portraits you are forming psychic bridges between yourself and those other selves: Your own identity as yourself grows.
[...] You may then purposefully (leaning forward, quietly emphatic but with some amusement) put yourself in a position of weakness, while all of the time claiming that you seek influence. Not understanding yourself, you will be in a quandary, and the mechanics of experience will appear mysterious and capricious.
[...] As you trust yourself more you will naturally express your feelings, and their suppression will not bring about explosive reactions any more. [...] This alone will help you see in what areas you are denying impulses or giving yourself directions that lead to powerlessness.
[...] Not wanting to face such “evil” in yourself, you may then direct it outward and transfer it to another area.
[...] You meet your own denied power, you see, whenever you find yourself in a situation where you feel weak in comparison to another person or situation that frightens you.
Your own attitude about these issues will tell you much about yourself and influence your own personal reality.
[...] Project yourself into a satisfying future. Remind yourself that the future is indeed there if you want it, and that you can grow into that future as easily as you grew from the past into the present.
If you are in such a situation, do remind yourself that it is far more natural and probable for any problem to be solved, and that every problem has a solution. [...]
Tell yourself you will make no decision until after your birthday, or after the holidays, or that you will put off any decision for a month, or even a week — whatever you feel most comfortable with.
[...] You only recognize the physical materializations, but as mentioned earlier in this book, you send pseudoforms of yourself out from yourself of which you are not aware; and this is completely aside from the existence of astral travel or projection, which is a much more complicated affair.
If you think strongly of being in another location, a pseudoimage of yourself will be projected out from you to that place, whether or not it is perceived and whether or not you yourself are conscious of it, or conscious in it. [...]
In the same way in the midst of life, you dwell with so-called ghosts and apparitions, and for that matter you yourselves appear as apparitions to others, particularly when you send strong thought-forms of yourself from the sleep state, or even when unconsciously you travel out of your physical body.
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” Turn this around and say, “Love yourself as you love your neighbor,” for often you will recognize the goodness in another and ignore it in yourself. [...] True humility is based upon this affectionate regard for yourself, plus the recognition that you live in a universe in which all other beings also possess this undeniable individuality and self-worth.
By accepting yourself and joyfully being what you are, you fulfill your own abilities, and your simple presence can make others happy. You cannot hate yourself and love anyone else. [...]
You are putting love on such a plane that you divorce yourself from your real feelings, and do not recognize the loving emotions that are the basis for your discontent. [...] If, instead, you allowed yourself to free the feeling of love that is actually behind your dissatisfaction, then it alone would allow you to see the loving characteristics in the race that now escape your observation to a large degree.
You are largely over that kind of reaction — yet it is still apt to return now and then when you fear that you have not done as well as you should have, or when you have momentarily caught yourself behaving in old ways. A feeling of self-approval is absolutely necessary for any true sense of well-being; it is not (underlined) virtuous in any way to put yourself down, or to punish yourself, because you do not feel you have lived up to your best behavior at any given time.
[...] You might surprise yourself, and find yourself as delighted as a child with a new game.
Imagine yourself then rearranging this furniture. [...] Ask yourself what ideas these pieces represent. [...]
(“The inner portion of your being, using those abilities that have always been yours, interpreted the information through the kaleidoscope of your own being, using the best portions of yourself — producing, then, a brilliant truth in new clothes — but in clothes that no one could have given it but yourself. [...]
[...] You must look through the structures that you have yourself created, the organized ideas upon which you have grouped your experience.
[...] But if you have schooled yourself to believe that such data is not consciously available, then it will not occur to you to find it in your conscious mind. [...]
If — now, a brief innocuous-enough example — you meet an individual often enough and think, “He gives me a pain in the neck,” it is surely no coincidence that you find yourself with a painful neck in future encounters with this person. The suggestion is quite a conscious one, however (emphatically), given by yourself and carried out not symbolically but most practically, most literally. [...]
You are not to hammer at yourself consciously. [...] You can see why it is so important that you examine all of your beliefs about yourself and the nature of your reality; and one belief, if you let it, will lead you to another.
[...] Because your imagination follows your beliefs, you can find yourself in a vicious circle in which you constantly paint pictures in your mind that reinforce “negative” aspects in your life.
[...] Know that all events are mental and psychic first and that these will happen in physical terms, but do not keep watching yourself. [...]
[...] I said, recognize within yourself those evils that you recognize in others, but I meant only those things that in your own mind you set up as evil for you project those things upon others and make your own reality. Now, the barriers you see do not exist in the children but in yourself. [...]
[...] You can perceive those playing cards as clearly as I can, and if you will not believe me, you will not believe yourself. [...] You can, however, prove to yourself by reading the cards. [...]
[...] The answers, as you know therefore, are not only within yourself but pass through you automatically if you but realize it and know it. [...]
[...] And do not yourself fall into the stereotype of setting the establishment apart for it is also composed of exalted and anguished individuals. [...]
[...] And, to some extent, our friend over here is correct in that you can use sensitivity sessions themselves as simply another mask, in which case you never show yourself. [...] When you are doing psychological time, however, you cannot afford to be using energy to hide your own emotions from yourself. You need a feeling of release, you need to be friends with yourself so that you can let your abilities flow freely. [...]
If you find yourself running around in a spiritual frenzy, trying to repress every negative idea that comes into your head, then ask yourself why you believe so in the great destructive power of your slightest “negative” thought.
[...] (Long pause.) If you are over forty, for instance, you may tell yourself that age is meaningless, that you enjoy much younger people, that you think young thoughts. [...] You consider yourself quite emotional, perhaps.
[...] When you try to fight or deny them, you divorce yourself from the reality of your being. [...]
Now: It is true that habitual thoughts of love, optimism and self-acceptance are better for you than their opposites; but again, your beliefs about yourself will automatically attract thoughts that are consistent with your ideas. [...]
[...] You will not be forcing yourself along certain lines, nor trying to mold a pattern upon yourself from without. [...]
It allowed you to feel that you were capturing the subject, and to assure yourself that the subject was not capturing you. [...]
In the beginning you could not have painted if you had not allowed yourself to develop this technique, which allowed you to use emotion and yet contain it. [...]
At times you have been afraid of putting too much of yourself in your work, as if the painting then could imprison you. [...]