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title: "1 False-self Quotes By Cynthia Bourgeault"
description: "1 False-self quotes by Cynthia Bourgeault. Plus more from Cynthia Bourgeault and more False-self sayings from other authors."
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> [“Beginning in infancy (or even before) each of us, in response to perceived threats to our well-being, develops a false self: a set of protective behaviors driven at root by a sense of need and lack. The essence of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/beginning-in-infancy-or-even-before-each-of-us-in-response-to/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

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## Other authors on False-self

- [Dan B. Allender 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/false-self/dan-b-allender/)

## More by Cynthia Bourgeault

> [“As we actually taste the flavor of what he's teaching, we begin to see that it's not proverbs for daily living, or ways of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/as-we-actually-taste-the-flavor-of-what-he-s-teaching-we-begin-to-see/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“As we enter the path of transformation, the most valuable thing we have working in our favor is our yearning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/as-we-enter-the-path-of-transformation-the-most-valuable-thing-we/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“To mourn is to touch directly the substance of divine compassion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/to-mourn-is-to-touch-directly-the-substance-of-divine-compassion/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“RESIST no thought; RETAIN no thought; REACT to no thought; RETURN to the sacred word.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/resist-no-thought-retain-no-thought-react-to-no-thought-return-to-the/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“Beginning in infancy (or even before) each of us, in response to perceived threats to our well-being, develops a false self: a set of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/beginning-in-infancy-or-even-before-each-of-us-in-response-to/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“A sophiological Christianity focuses on the path.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/a-sophiological-christianity-focuses-on-the-path/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“Blessed are the ones who have become spiritually "domesticated"; the ones who have tamed the wild animal energy within them, the passions and compulsions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/blessed-are-the-ones-who-have-become-spiritually-domesticated-the/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“Kingdom of Heaven is really a metaphor for a state of consciousness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/kingdom-of-heaven-is-really-a-metaphor-for-a-state-of-consciousness/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“It's not about right belief; it's about right practice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/it-s-not-about-right-belief-it-s-about-right-practice/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“All will come of its own accord in good time and with abundant fullness, so long as one does not attempt to hoard or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/all-will-come-of-its-own-accord-in-good-time-and-with-abundant/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“Somehow when the heart becomes single, the rest will follow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/somehow-when-the-heart-becomes-single-the-rest-will-follow/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“When the field of vision has been unified, the inner being comes to rest, and that inner peaceableness flows into the outer world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/when-the-field-of-vision-has-been-unified-the-inner-being-comes-to/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

> [“Somewhere in those depths of silence I came upon my first experiences of God as a loving presence that was always near, and prayer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bourgeault/somewhere-in-those-depths-of-silence-i-came-upon-my-first-experiences/)

[Cynthia Bourgeault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bourgeault/)

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