“One of the ego's main defenses against doing so (experiencing our Essence)is the belief that spirituality is something rarefied, impractical, and very far away. In fact, it is closer than we think, as the mystics assure us: we do not… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“The superego is the inner voice that is always putting us down for not living up to certain standards or rewarding our ego when we fulfill its demands . . . In fact, our superego is one of the most… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“Generally speaking, 99 percent of the time life is benign and supportive. The ego leads us to fixate on the 1 percent when it… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
In fact, life is our greatest teacher. Whatever we are doing can be instructive, whether we are at the office, or talking to our… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“Reconnecting means opening up to whatever part of our experience we were not previously allowing in . . . If our problem has been… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“Self-acceptance is a way of viewing oneself compassionately, without condemnation or justification. It is a starting point in life which makes other things possible.… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
If we observe ourselves truthfully and non-judgmentally, seeing the mechanisms of our personality in action, we can wake up, and our lives can be… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“One of the most important elements of spiritual progress is a willingness and ability to let go of the past, and this inevitably means… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“One of the ego's main defenses against doing so (experiencing our Essence)is the belief that spirituality is something rarefied, impractical, and very far away.… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“As I turned my head and looked out the window, I saw that everything around me was glowing from within. The sunlight on the… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“The process of transforming the heart can be difficult because as we open it, we inevitably encounter our own pain and become more aware… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“The body is extremely important for Inner Work, because it is a reliable reality check in ways that our minds and emotions (the other… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“[T]he Enneagram is, at its most abstract, a universal mandala of the self—a symbol of each of us.” — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“The testimony of the greatest humans who have ever lived is that the way to make the most of ourselves is by transcending ourselves.… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
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