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Abundance And Mastery in Art
“Transformation is the way of the soul. Each soul has an inborn code and an instinctive guideline that can both aim our energy and protect our lives. This inner Dharma or law of being depicts our true nature and can unfold our unique way of being and contributing to the world. What we learn from myth is how an awakening of human nature can make us each a part of healing culture while helping restore the vitality and abundance of the earth.” — Michael Meade
We already contain what we most deeply desire. Life, love, inner freedom, connection to all. The more we can realize this, the more we can undertake all things with a sense of abundance. Our inner abundance radiates a sense of worth, value, and ease, of having something to give to the world and enjoying doing so. Without abundance, we can be in the midst of riches and feel like a hungry ghost. — Jack Kornfield
True confidence builds on an idea that stumbling and making an embarrassment of ourselves is normal at the start of anything worthwhile — and no indicator of being destined to fail long-term…We learn to get good at things not by never finding them difficult, but by humbly accepting — and identifying — the problems and the pain and gradually working out how to manage them. — Alain de Botton
How we think of ourselves has power, the power to stop us in our tracks or the power to urge us…
