Brian Weiss Quotes Page 3

“The reward is in doing, but doing without expecting anything, doing unselfishly.”

“The steady day-in and day-out pounding of undermining influences, such as a parent’s scathing criticisms, could cause even more psychological trauma than a single traumatic event. These damaging influences, because they blend into the everyday background of our lives, are even more difficult to remember and exorcise.”

“True science begins with observation.”

“We also must learn not to just go to those people whose vibrations are the same as ours. It is normal to feel drawn to somebody who is on the same level that you are. But this is wrong. You must also go to those people whose vibrations are wrong with yours. This is the importance in helping these people.”

“We are beyond life and death, beyond space and beyond time. We are the gods, and they are us.”

“We are frightfully concerned with our own deaths, sometimes so much so that we forget the real purpose of our lives.”

“We are given intuitive powers that we must obey without trying to resist. Those who resist will encounter dangers. We are not sent from each plane with equal powers. Some of us have greater powers than others, for we have acquired them in other times. Therefore, we are not all created equal. But with the passage of time we will reach a point where we will all be the same.”

“We choose when we will come into our physical state and when we will leave. We know when we have accomplished what we were sent down here to accomplish. We know when the time is up, and you will accept your death.”

“We have no right to abruptly halt peoples’ lives before they have lived out their karma. Every life is precious and should be treasured and protected. In future lives the violent must repay those they have harmed. The karmic consequences of violence are profound.”

“We must accept what comes to us at a given time, and not ask for more. But life is endless, so we never die; we were never really born. We just pass through different phases. There is no end. Humans have many dimensions. But time is not as we see time, but rather in lessons that are learned.”

“Wisdom is achieved very slowly. This is because intellectual knowledge, easily acquired, must be transformed into emotional, or subconscious, knowledge. Once transformed, the imprint is permanent. Behavioral practice is the necessary catalyst of this reaction. Without action, the concept will wither and fade. Theoretical knowledge without practical application is not enough.”

“You can get nothing more out of this lifetime. When you have had the time to rest and re-energize your soul, you are allowed to choose your re-entry back into the physical state. Those people who hesitate, who are not sure of their return here, they might lose the chance that was given them, a chance to fulfill what they must when they’re in physical state.”

“A hard life is not a punishment, but rather an opportunity.”

“All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.”

“As the Christian mystics taught, you are not a human being having a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being having a human experience.”

“As we become aware of our spiritual nature, we recognize our true essence. We are immortal and divine. Renouncing violence, hate, dominance, selfishness, and ownership of people and things becomes even easier with this recognition. Accepting love, compassion, charity, hope, faith, and cooperation becomes the natural thing to do.”

“Come from the heart, the true heart, not the head. When in doubt, choose the heart. This does not mean to deny your own experiences and that which you have empirically learned through the years. It means to trust your self to integrate intuition and experience. There is a balance, a harmony to be nurtured, between the head and the heart. When the intuition rings clear and true, loving impulses are favored.”

“Denial, the act of not being aware of inner feelings and fears and motivations, is the opposite of mindfulness.”

“Everything will be clear to you in time. But you must have a chance to digest the knowledge that we have given to you already.”

“For example, we may have already mastered the course in compassion and charity, but we may only be beginners when it comes to patience or forgiveness. We may be graduate students in faith and hope, but kindergartners in anger or non-violence.”

“Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.”

“Forgiving does not mean forgetting. It means understanding.”

“If we let them, the children can show us the way out. There is a well-known story of a mother who walks into the room of her newborn son and finds her other son, a four-year-old boy, leaning out of his crib. "You have to tell me what heaven is like and what God is like" the boy implores his little brother - "I'm starting to forget!”

“It is important to remember that karma is related to learning, not punishment. Our parents and everyone with whom we interact are endowed with free will. They can love us and help us, or hate us and hurt us. Your choice is not our karma. Your choice is a manifestation of your free will. They too are learning.”

“It often turns out that events from the distant past continue to influence current relationships. Realizing the root causes of previous lives can serve to fix the present relationship.”

“It's that simple. The kingdom of heaven is within us. Stop looking for gurus. Instead, find yourself. It won't be long before he finds his true home.”

“Learn to see with your heart, not your eyes.”

“Live in the present, not the past or the future. The past is over; learn from it and let it go. The future is not yet here. Plan for it, but do not worry. Worry only wastes your time and energy.”

“Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer and what leads to healing. I am not aware of any other factor in medicine — not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery — that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness, and premature death from all causes.”

“Love is not an intellectual process but rather a dynamic energy flowing into and through us at all times, whether we are aware of it or not. We must learn to receive love as well as to give. Only in community, only in relationships, only in service can we truly understand the all-encompassing energy of love.”