If there is one thing I've learned in thirty years as a psychotherapist, it is this: If you can let your experience happen, it will release its knots and unfold, leading to a deeper, more grounded experience of yourself. No… — John Welwood Copy Share Image
At any moment, whatever we are experiencing, only one of two things is ever happening: either we are being with what is, or else… — John Welwood Copy Share
We may tell ourselves that love is not really available. but the deeper truth is that we don't entirely trust it, and therefore have… — John Welwood Copy Share
Meditation provides a way of learning how to let go. As we sit, the self we've been trying to construct and make into a… — John Welwood Copy Share
Not knowing that we can be loved for who we truly are prevents us from trusting in love itself, and this in turn causes… — John Welwood Copy Share
“Like the sun's rays that cause the seed to stir within its husk, love's radiant energy penetrates the facade of the false self, calling… — John Welwood Copy Share
Frank Berliners spiritual memoir is beautifully crafted and written. It is a tale about love, and the great longing that springs from there—to learn,… — John Welwood Copy Share
The words "I love you," spoken in moments of genuine appreciation, wonder, or caring arise from something perfectly pure within us - the capacity… — John Welwood Copy Share
You are flawed, you are stuck in old patterns, you become carried away with yourself. Indeed you are quite impossible in many ways. And… — John Welwood Copy Share
Awareness born of love is the only force that can bring healing and renewal. Out of our love for another person, we become more… — John Welwood Copy Share
Boundless love always manages somehow to sparkle through your limited form. — John Welwood Copy Share
Great love -- the kind that illumines and transforms us -- always includes a keen awareness of limitation as well. Though love may inspire… — John Welwood Copy Share
The warm and radiant yes of the heart is perfect, like the sun, in bringing all things to life and nourishing all that is… — John Welwood Copy Share
A relationship that has any depth and power at all will inevitably penetrate our usual shield of defenses, exposing our most tender and sensitive… — John Welwood Copy Share
In recognizing exactly where we have been unconscious, we become more conscious. And in seeing and feeling the ways we've gone dead, we start… — John Welwood Copy Share
