Quotes from Chris Prentiss

Life is like a river: nothing is ever the same, even for an instant.

Life's tempering and altering process often takes the form of adversity, and, as far as outward appearances are concerned, seems to be working against us when it is actually working for us.

Now almost fifty years have passed since I discovered the I Ching, and I still read it regularly and use it as a guide. The wisdom of the I Ching is inexhaustible. As for the ability to obtain guidance from Tao, well, I don't know how anyone can get along without it.

Through a specific method of dividing forty - nine yarrow stalks (stems of the milfoil plant), we can receive answers to our questions, obtain direction, anticipate changes, avoid dangers, and take the correct action to bring about the most beneficial results.

Everything in existence is flowing through the six stages of change.

Once you learn how to work with the I Ching, there will be no need to hopelessly wonder whether or not you should consider a relationship with someone, start a particular business, move to a particular neighborhood, or go to a particular place on vacation, or take a particular action.

Enlightenment is knowing Who You Are in relation to All - That - Is. There is nothing in the Taoverse more the Taoverse than you. You always were; you will always be.

With whatever time is left to you, play your part well — perfectly. Play it as you want to be remembered. No more can anyone ask of us or can we ask of ourselves.

The ancient sages tell us that it is only through daily self-renewal of character that we can attain and continue at the height of our powers.

Using only the tools of the physical world to find answers to our questions about life is like trying to unlock a door using a banana instead of a key or like using an equation to understand love or sympathy or a thought about Tao.

At the alpha level, your imagination acts powerfully on your subconsciousness mind and therefore your imaginings are powerfully effective in producing the desired result. It is believed that our subconscious mind represents nearly 90 percent of our mental capacity, which is why influencing your subconscious mind produces such powerful effects.

Each of us is different and has different needs. In addition, our needs change over the course of our relationship. When you are committed to an enduring relationship with someone, you aren't simply concerned about having your needs met. You also go out of your way to care for your loved one, being aware of and adaptable to their changing needs.

Neutrinos come from the core of our Sun and from the core of every star in our galaxy close enough for its neutrinos to have reached us.

I believe that neutrinos impart maintenance of life and healing to us and that they supply energy to us, to our planet, and to everything else in our Taoverse.

In order for there to be light, there must first exist non - light or total darkness. Nowhere in the Taoverse would there be light. No stars. Total darkness. Zero light. The blackest of the black. Therefore light exists in total darkness.

When nothing else worked, we created a holistic, hand-tailored program that saved Pax's life. At Passages, he and I use what we learned in curing him to help others discover the roots of their addiction or alcoholism and break free.

When you look at others with contempt, envy, hatred, maliciousness, lust, or with an intention to hurt them, you can bring about change in them. Your thoughts and feelings can diminish them on the subtlest of levels. The same goes for love.

When we are proud of someone, they bask in the glow of our appreciation, as do we when we are appreciated.

Our destiny is not fixed. It's a moving destiny, one that we constantly influence and shape as we move along our path toward enlightenment.

You change your future and influence it by how you are being every moment.

Everything that was created changes. But time was not created. Time does not change. Time does not " do " anything. Time is a word we use to describe what existence exists in.

Your destiny is constantly changing according to your actions.

Your destiny was billions of years in the making.

If you hurt someone intentionally, you changed your karmic destiny. If you were mean to someone, your karmic destiny changed to take into account what your meanness would create in your life and in the life of the person you were mean to — a constantly moving, shifting panorama of destinies.