Quotes from Dawson Church

Think deliberately. Use this remarkable gift of consciousness to direct your thoughts rather than being pushed around by reality.

The poet William Butler Yeats said, "We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it.

Besides helping the person prayed for, it is likely that prayer benefits the person doing the praying. Studies show that regular acts of altruism prolong our lives and improve our own happiness.29 Prayer is good medicine for the person doing the praying as well as the receiver.

Mind to matter is not an abstract metaphysical proposition. It is a physical fact, as material as the bodies we live in. Thought by thought, moment by moment, our minds are creating the energy fields in which our cells reproduce. Positive thoughts provide our cells with an energy culture in which they thrive.

The changes might not show up in a week or a month, but consistent practice over time can turn you into a completely different person.

We think of material realities as facts, but in the quantum world, all possibilities exist simultaneously and then condense into probabilities

We can decide to go to our favorite spot in nature or listen to a piece of music that lifts us into a state of ecstasy. We can change the broadcast channel, turning off the news and tuning to the words and energy of an inspirational teacher instead. We can make a conscious decision to lift our attention from ordinary local reality to the sublime nonlocal signal of the universal mind.

Indian Vedic philosophy holds that the great nonlocal universal consciousness is reflected in each of us. The analogy is that of buckets of water in which the sun is reflected. Though there are many different buckets, it is the same sun reflecting in all of them.

Immerse your mind in positive energy and at least 70 percent of the matter in your body comes into sync with that elevated state.

Never think that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens cannot change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

They are much more interested in producing information than consuming it.

They certainly read and watch videos like the rest of us. But they tend to spend much more time pouring information out of their consciousness than sucking information into their consciousness.

Every moment is the moment you decide: Will I be that magnificence, or will I continue to pretend I'm less than what I know I am?

Simple, broadly effective, and elegant, working at the level of energy frees us from the tyranny of matter. We address our problems at the level of cause rather than effect.

reality is not fixed, but fluid, and hence possibly open to influence" (McTaggart, 2007).

altruistic side effects include reduced stress; improved immune system functioning; a sense of joy, peace, and well-being; and even relief from physical and emotional pain.

Meditation—all by itself—may offer more to the health of a modern American than all the pharmaceutical remedies put together."36

Burr's huge insight was that fields weren't just produced by living organisms, but that fields created matter, providing lines of force around which matter could arrange itself into atoms, molecules, and cells.

As we realize our ability to choose that world, we begin to select thoughts, feelings, experiences, and beliefs that facilitate its creation.

knowledge is for the mind and experience is for the body.

Am I a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, or a Jew? I do not know . . . for Truth has set fire to these words.

When our stress levels drop, biological resources are freed up for cell repair, immunity, and other beneficial functions.

The act of persistence may be more essential to the meditator than the permanent attainment of Bliss Brain. The true hero may be she who persists, not she who wins. So in your meditation practice, fail happily. Fail an infinite number of times. Falling from ecstasy isn't the problem; it's part of the process. Choosing to elevate your state back to Bliss Brain even if you only succeed in maintaining it for a second is the crucial component of a successful meditation practice.

Focus is when attention is centered in the meditative state. Then mind wandering begins. We become aware that the mind is wandering, then shift ourselves back into focus. Seeing meditation as this four-part cycle, rather than as a single ideal state, gives us a more realistic picture of what to expect in our meditation sessions.