Quotes from Kim Michaels

This inevitably puts you in conflict or competition with other people for the simple reason that you build esteem only by comparing yourself to others.

The reason is that as spiritual seekers we don't fit into any of the groups in the social pecking order.

There is an entire industry out there that is aimed at making spiritual people feel special—all in return for a fee.

I find it hard to believe that a genuine spiritual master will tell me what to do when such a master should know that I will grow only by making my own decisions. For some people I have met, having a cosmic being give them personal instructions gives them a clear sense of being validated by the highest authority.

do believe it is possible for us to communicate with beings in a higher realm and that many people are meant to do so in this age.

There is an entire industry aimed at offering you classes or courses that supposedly give you spiritual or psychic abilities or raise your consciousness to a supranormal level.

made it far less painful to look at my wounds and illusions.

am not exaggerating; it can be scary to see what some people will believe in order to feel superior.

In the classical defense mechanism of the human self, I had resisted looking at my wounds. Feeling the presence of my Christ self now made me feel safe because I felt it did not come to judge me but to help me attain freedom from all limitations. And that suddenly made it safe to explore my wounds.

millions of spiritual people are seeking to change society by converting everyone else into becoming members of their specific group. In my humble opinion, this can never work.

This state usually cannot last and I believe the reason is that it actually stops our genuine growth. The underlying purpose of your spiritual path is that you discover who you really are, you discover your real self.

Whether you believe you can or whether you believe you can't, you're right!

Paul admonished people to not only hear the Word, but to do the Word. I now say: "Do not simply do the Word—be the Word.

Many spiritual and religious teachings talk about the concept that we have forgotten who we are as spiritual beings and have come to see ourselves as human beings.

When I became older and read about Hitler's personal psychology, it became obvious that he was driven to seek superiority because of his inner sense of inferiority.

We teach by demonstrating that there is more to life than what most people were brought up to believe.

she had started to see that the human self cannot set you free from the problems created by the human self.

Many spiritual teachings say we can transmute our negative karma by using spiritual tools.

spiritual outlook can also help us deal with a body that is overweight.

In contrast, solid self-esteem depends on nothing outside the self.

I want to point out that the main reason our modern society cannot give us true and lasting self-esteem is that it cannot provide us with a meaningful understanding of what the self is.

We have to engage in a quest to discover what the self is; we have to walk the road of self-discovery. I believe that road must be a spiritual road.

right now we don't actually have a clear definition of what kind of beings we are.

Perhaps self-knowledge and the raising of consciousness are the true keys to grasping and applying the inner teachings of Jesus.