Quotes from Paul Pearsall

We come to feel as we behave.

There's never any closure in an awe-inspired life, only constant acceptance of the mysteries of life.

Addiction is not a fact of life but a description about how we are choosing to live.

The five principles of aloha, when practiced together, awaken our awareness of our human potential and the sacredness of our life.

Stop looking for love and start showing it.

The objective of two lovers is almost always the same; to find meaning in their individual lives and in their life together.

Marriage, families, all relationships are more a process of learning the dance rather than finding the right dancer

Research shows that the number of years of education a person has is a more important factor in determining risk of heart disease than all the other risk factors combined.23 While educated people are more likely to read and understand written health warnings, they also tend to be more aware of what is going on around them and how social forces act to affect their life.

Don't Read Weight-Loss Books: Eat Them. They're a better source of fiber than information on permanent weight loss. If you eat them, they'll stay with you longer and be generally better for your bowels than the plans they offer.   Ditch Your Diet. Research shows that no diet works for long, and constantly trying and failing at dieting is depressing, unhealthy, and ends up making you even fatter. Use the SWELMM system of "Stop Worrying, Eat Less, Move More.

And whenever he's busy trying to be all he can be, he forgets about trying to be all we can be.

pain is fact; suffering is optional

domino transplant" in which she received a healthy heart and lung from a deceased donor and her still-healthy heart was given to another patient; this way, her new lungs, connected to their original heart, are less likely to fail.)

If you want to get a glimpse of how your whole body/heart/brain Mind system sounds when it works collectively, listen to a symphony. Compositions by Beethoven might be a good start, because his deafness forced him to tune in to his heart's code rather than rely on his brain's sense of hearing.

It's like heaven was not a place you go but a process you fall back into that makes you remember that you have always been connected with everything and everyone. Now, sometimes I feel like I can still sense my heart, wherever it is. I think it's because the energy that was my heart is still in me and connected with the stuff that is my heart in another body.

Energy cardiology suggests that the heart is the conductor that keeps all the cells playing the same score.3

L" energy does not seem to diminish over time. While all of the other known forms of energy seem to follow most of the Newtonian laws of physics, including burning things up and burning itself out over time, "L" energy seems to be a creative, connecting energy. Instead of burning things out, it seems to hold them together. It seems to be one of the strongest integrating, connecting forces in the universe.

Have less; do less; say no.

We come to feel as we behave.

Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted.

I began to fear that constant hoping might cause me to sacrifice today for the illusion of a better tomorrow." - The Last Self-Help Book You'll Ever Need

You can resent your bald spot or be glad you have a head.

Stop looking for love and start showing it.

Shut up and listen. Research shows that people who interrupt are three times more likely to die of a heart attack than those who don't and that marital relationships usually fail because of too much communication, not too little. Couples who spend a lot of time being quiet together stay together.

It is the mark of an educated man to be able to evaluate a thought without accepting it. ARISTOTLE