"There is a secret about human love that……" — John Welwood
"There is a secret about human love that is commonly overlooked: Receiving it is much more scary and threatening than giving it. How many times in your life have you been unable to let in someone's love or even pushed it away? Much as we proclaim the wish to be truly loved, we are often afraid of that, and so find it difficult to open to love or let it all the way in."
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30 Quotes by John Welwood
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A soul connection is a resonance between two people who respond to the essential beauty of each other's individual natures,…
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We already have so much abundance. We truly do. We need not search too far. It is within. The reason…
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Awareness born of love is the only force that can bring healing and renewal. Out of our love for another…
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The warm and radiant yes of the heart is perfect, like the sun, in bringing all things to life and…
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The more two people open to each other, the more this wide-openness also brings to the surface all the obstacles…
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Magic is a sudden opening of the mind to the wonder of existence. It is a sense that there is…
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The words "I love you," spoken in moments of genuine appreciation, wonder, or caring arise from something perfectly pure within…
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