“there is nothing to take over if you are not putting up any resistance.” — David Richo Copy Share Image
Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us. — David Richo Openings Copy Share Image
“Thus, we strive for intimacy with the whole universe, not just with one person.” — David Richo Intimacy Copy Share Image
The human heart holds much more love than it can ever disburse in one lifetime. — David Richo Heart Copy Share Image
Spirituality is the intersection of three paths: letting go of ego, an unconditional yes to the conditions of human existence, and an… — David Richo Compassion Copy Share Image
We do not create our destiny; we participate in its unfolding. Synchronicity works as a catalyst toward the working out of that… — David Richo Copy Share Image
When we feel unsafe with someone and still stay with him, we damage our ability to discern trustworthiness in those we will… — David Richo Ability Copy Share Image
I see that mankind still survives after all its attempts to destroy itself and so I surmise that it is the law… — David Richo Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Transference is essentially a compulsion to return to our past in order to clear up emotionally backlogged business.” — David Richo Business Copy Share Image
To be adult in relationship is not to be conflict-free, it's to resolve conflicts mindfully. — David Richo Adults Copy Share Image
A wound does not destroy us. It activates our self-healing powers. The point is not to "put it behind you" but to… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Our tears are precious, necessary, and part of what make us such endearing creatures. — David Richo Copy Share Image
Love is the possibility of possibilities. Its farthest reach is beyond us, no matter how long we love or how much. It… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Mindful grief means mourning and letting go of the past without expectation, fear, censure, blame, shame, control and so forth. Without such… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Once we understand that what happens beyond our control may be just what we need, we see that acceptance of reality can… — David Richo Acceptance Copy Share Image
The most exciting part of finding out who we are is discovering our own uniqueness, who we are outside the box, beyond… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“If you use sarcasm, ridicule, teasing, pinching, tickling, or barbed kidding at times, make a commitment to cease using these passive-aggressive weapons… — David Richo Passive aggressive Copy Share Image
Relationships are not about how two people can survive each other but about how the whole world becomes more capable of love,… — David Richo Anguish Copy Share Image
When we notice a connection between our present fears and their origins in early life, we are finding out how much of… — David Richo Architect Copy Share Image
The opposite of interpersonal trust is not mistrust. It is despair. This is because we have given up on believing that trustworthiness… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“Self-actualization is not a sudden happening or even the permanent result of long effort. The eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist poet-saint Milarupa suggested: "Do… — David Richo Actualization Copy Share Image
The more invested I am in my own ideas about reality, the more those experiences will feel like victimizations rather than the… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Acceptance is approval, a word with a bad name in some psychologies. Yet it is perfectly normal to seek approval in childhood… — David Richo Acceptance Copy Share Image
“We don’t fear physical closeness because we fear proximity itself. Most of us earnestly want physical contact with those who love us.… — David Richo Closeness Copy Share Image
Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by… — David Richo Copy Share Image
At every stage of life, our inner self requires the nurturance of loving people attuned to our feelings and responsive to our… — David Richo Acceptance Copy Share Image
“What scares us ultimately may not be closeness itself but the feelings it evokes. For someone with a fear of engulfment, closeness… — David Richo Abandonment Copy Share Image
“success in managing fear prevents us from ever facing it fully. Surrender to it ventilates our souls so that fear becomes an… — David Richo Fear Copy Share Image
“Patriotism comes from the same Latin word as father. Blind patriotism is collective transference. In it the state becomes a parent and… — David Richo Blind obedience Copy Share Image
The challenge is to find our destiny in exactly what we are refusing to engage in. — David Richo Challenge Copy Share Image
“We hear with our ears; we listen with our intution and our heart.” — David Richo Communication Copy Share Image
We do not live on the Earth, we are a part of how the Earth lives. — David Richo Earth Copy Share Image
Synchronicity is a term used by Carl Jung to describe coincidences that are related by meaningfulness rather than by cause and effect. — David Richo Cause and effect Copy Share Image
Most people think of love as a feeling, but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present. — David Richo Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is both a state of being and a daily spiritual practice, a form of meditation. — David Richo Copy Share Image
