"Beneath the seemingly rational exterior of our lives……" — Alexander Lowen
"Beneath the seemingly rational exterior of our lives is a fear of insanity. We dare not question the values by which we live or rebel against the roles we play for fear of putting our sanity in doubt."
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29 Quotes by Alexander Lowen
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Love is the feeling that emanates from the heart and extends through the blood to every cell of the body.
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A person does not choose his or her fate; he or she only fulfills it. We are bound by our…
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The ego exists as a powerful force in Western man that cannot be dismissed or denied. The therapeutic goal is…
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Are we not witnessing a situation where children are conciously rejecting their parents' value despite love and devotion given to…
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Spirit is not a mystic concept. The spirit of a person is manifest in her aliveness, brightness of his eyes,…
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Above all, faith is grounded in one's body, in one's humanity, and in one's animal nature. It is an biological…
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A person with faith does not question its roots, for he knows that if he subjected it to the critical…
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The primary nature of every human being is to be open to life and love. Being guarded, armoured, distrustful and…
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The person senses what it feels like to be free from inhibitions. At the same time he feels connected and…
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Bioenergetics is an adventure in self-discovery. It differs from similar explorations into the nature of the self by attempting to…
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Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is…
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It is only by making the past alive again for a person that a true growth in the present is…
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