Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.’ We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Marianne Williamson

Emerson: The Idea in America

If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself… Truly the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.
Lao Tzu
Be a part of something meaningful and important. (Taken with Instagram at Mindvalley HQ)
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Be a part of something meaningful and important. (Taken with Instagram at Mindvalley HQ)

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Be innovative, take charge of new ideas. (Taken with Instagram at Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT))
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Be innovative, take charge of new ideas. (Taken with Instagram at Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT))

Live the life you were meant to live: Always do what you are afraid to do. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. (Taken with Instagram at Denver International Airport (DEN))
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Live the life you were meant to live: Always do what you are afraid to do. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. (Taken with Instagram at Denver International Airport (DEN))

Inspire someone. (Taken with Instagram at Z Gallerie)
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Inspire someone. (Taken with Instagram at Z Gallerie)

Dream, seek, achieve.
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Dream, seek, achieve.

The Secret is Compassion

“Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love.” - Reinhold Niebuhr
When I think of people who I truly admire and have a profound level of respect for, people who may or may not have achieved a lot in terms of status or money in life, they are people who posses a quality which I have set to practice more consciously in my own life.
Happy people practice compassion.
In a recent post on conscious practice, Leo Babuta shared the following quote from Dalai Lama which I couldn’t agree with more:
“If you want to make others happy practice compassion, if you want to make yourself happy, practice compassion.”
In my own experiences, I have without failure come to feel awful as a result of any experience which I approached with a poor mindset or otherwise negative attitude. Be it in a relationship or a job, or anything else. With bad intentions or negative expectations and attitudes we will create misery for ourselves and others. Likewise, if we intend to come to a certain end through undeserving means we will be met with more misery or only temporary pleasure. But, when we practice compassion, all negative emotions such as fear, hatred, anger, and attachment are left aside. When we approach life and all we do, with absolute compassion, or “kindness of the heart” as it is said in Tibetan, all our doings will be fruitful even if it may not seem like it at the moment.