“The body is extremely important for Inner Work, because it is a reliable reality check in ways that our minds and emotions… — 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
