Quotes from Stephen Gilligan

When a person reports a feeling, it's a comment on our relationship.

In my solitude I have seen things very clearly That were not true —Antonio Machado, 1983

Everything that comes into your consciousness, receive it . . . breathe it through . . . let it orient you even more deeply to your path.

People often ask me: "Oh, how do you find the time to write books?" I say: "You never find it. You won't find it. You have to create it.

What we're going to find is that it's often very easy to sponsor the gift – to give it space, to allow it to grow. The greater challenge is often to sponsor the wound, the "demon," or the shadow. We don't want to sponsor it – we want to get rid of it, we want to cure it, we want to control it, we want to fight it. But true healing and transformation come from being able to sponsor the wound, sponsor the demon, sponsor the shadow. That

The essence of the hero's journey is: How do you live a meaningful life? What is the deepest life you are called to? How can you respond to that call?

To move to a generative somatic level, the general principle is, Align and center. To move to a generative cognitive level, the principle is, Accept and transform. To move to a generative field level, the principle is, Open beyond (e.g. the problem), then open beyond that.

centering is what will allow you to let go of the need for your ego-intellect to control and explain everything. Centering