Quotes from Alan Cohen

We are all smart enough to do what we value doing. We find the time, money, and means to achieve what is important to us. We are not motivated to do the things that other people tell us we should do or we should want to do.

A Course in Miracles doesn't limit psychic self-mutilation to unrequited love. The Course tells us that any illness and any pain, physical or emotional, is our way of holding someone else guilty for hurting us. If we did not blame others, the Course explains, we would never be sick. I

The voice of transformation begins with a tiny hint whispered to our inner self. If we follow it, we will be on our way to the life we wish for.

Torturarnos a nosotros mismos o a los demás por alguna razón es una historia enfermiza de creación propia. Nada de eso es necesario.

Grace would be a poor host indeed to exclude anyone.

What you love to do the most is the shortest distance between where you are now and your dreams.

Who would you be if you dropped your complaints?

What you condemn you continue. Focus on where you want to go rather than what you want to get away from.

Life is not a task. It's a privilege.

There is no such thing as a necessary evil.

When your intention is clear, so is the way.

Don't postpone joy until you have learned all your lessons; joy is your lesson

En la vida todo se basa en el poder de la mente sobre la materia.

Worldly things have their value and spiritual gifts have their value. There is no crossover between the two.

Cuando tus acciones están en armonía con tu fe, eres fiel a ti mismo y alcanzas tu meta.

Your soul animates your body, but is not contained

If you have space for a flawed person to do great things and succeed, you give yourself the same permission. On a human level, we are all flawed. On a divine level, we are all perfect.

Your happiness is more of a blessing than your pain.

If you keep asking, eventually someone will say yes

The ego makes a lousy master, but an extraordinary servant. Think of the ego as a frightened child who has been given a job far bigger than it can handle. It is not equipped to make big decisions

El novelista Ray Cummings dice que el tiempo es «lo que evita que todo suceda a la vez». Todo lo que ha existido alguna vez, sigue existiendo, existirá, y todo lo que podría existir, existe ahora. El

Apply analysis when appropriate, but keep it on a short leash when joy beckons.

When you pray for things, you are really seeking the feeling the thing brings you. Cultivate the feeling, and the thing becomes secondary. Then it will come spontaneously and effortlessly.

If you fear looking at your true self, you'll find many ways to distract yourself from it. Busyness, drama, and addictions are ways of avoiding facing yourself. To find the peace you seek, stop running and just he. Get to know who you really are. Remember the wholeness you felt before you joined the rush to nowhere. Then you'll recognize yourself through the eyes of love, and everything will be different.