The Awakened Heart by Ivan Granger and Michele Anderson These words have somehow managed to simply appear in our lives, bubbling up into our awareness in moments of quiet and inspiration. Some have been spoken quietly in our ears during meditation. Others have been stated by shadowy figures in dreams. A few of the statements you may recognize from previous articles we've posted on our site or as anonymous quotes for the day. What they all share in common is that they have a certain deep resonance that seems to arise from an intelligence beyond our normal consciousness. Like a struck bell, these words can ring on inside you long after you've read them. We hope these words ring for you too...

The awakened heart is the true church. We have two hearts: one for connecting, one for letting go.  The gentle heart coaxed open: a witness, a brilliant fire.

Vision is the quiet intelligence behind sight. Awareness is not caged in the body. Awareness reaches beyond the senses. You only see what you already are.

All of life is a narrative. It is always telling you something.

Quiet your mind and see. The answer is in front of you. Find the way to see. When you are ready to live life whatever the outcome then you are ready to understand. Whenever you see beauty, a snow-covered field at dusk, sunlight playing through leaves, a rosebud ready to bloom -- look well. The beauty you see is yourself.

The smallest thing, the most mundane is a world of mystery. We embody each other.

I am you strange myths of me.

God is the sparkle in gold, the flush of first love, the comfort of home. God is the fullness of every feast and the exultation of hard-won victory. Whatever you seek, you seek God.

To find its perfection the soul must reveal its imperfections. The divine fire quietly consumes all imperfection and belief in imperfection.  Why work to build perfection into yourself? Remove, instead, the illusion of imperfection. Labor less and open up. We always do the best we can imagine. But we rarely do the best we can. Unleash imagination!

The world is born of belief.

To touch eternity, dive deep into the present.

The mystery is you. The vast unknown is you. Everything, every thing -- work, words, body -- is expression, not self. Discover self. Even our masks reveal us.

Every word
is an incantation,

every thought
a spell.

Use your magic

wisely.

We don't get golden opportunities; we are golden opportunities.

Everyone searches for the keys to heaven in a book, in a teacher, in a church, in a prayer. The keys are there but can be used only when you hold the keys inside.   The final key to the final door is only found within yourself. This is the rule. All things are in you, and you in all things. You are all possibilities. In love remember this and heaven and earth shall dance for you.

stillness.

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