Anodea Judith > Anodea's Quotes

“Most of us can manage no more than a narrow little obsession with a particular human who we mistakenly imagine can satisfy our gargantuan yearning for the real, primordial thing.”
― Rob Brezsny, The Televisionary Oracle

“Instead, will is the realization that we can regard each challenge as an opportunity to awaken to our highest potential. This does not deny what has come before, but incorporates it, using it as a springboard for the future. While we can’t always control what happens to us, we can control what we do about it.”
― Anodea Judith, Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System

“Devotion is a spiritual act of egoless surrender. When the Self blinds the spirit too tightly, then devotion expands the blinding by lifting us beyond ourselves. We get the powerful lesson that the Self survives even without constant attention.”
― anodea judith, Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self

“Obstacles do not appear in your way in order to stop you. Rather, they appear in order to strengthen and hone you and your plans. They are not your enemy. They are your secret ally, but only if you treat them as friendly forces of nature.”
― Anodea Judith, Creating on Purpose: The Spiritual Technology of Manifesting Through the Chakras

“The Presence of the demon keeps the chakra from doing its job, but that challenge also forces us to bring more awareness to that job, so eventually we can do it better.”
― Anodea Judith, Eastern Body, Western Mind: Psychology and the Chakra System as a Path to the Self