The Inner Work Quotes

“You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of your own false thoughts.” - Philip Arnold”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Happiness is not something that can be attained through ideal conditions nor in the escaping of obligations. But rather, happiness is something that we become through the transformation of our consciousness. The desire to get someplace else will only keep us stuck in a perpetual cycle of wanting happiness rather than actualizing it.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.” - Dr. Deepak Chopra”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” - Joseph Campbell”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“You will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of your own false thoughts.” - Philip Arnold”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“True freedom and lasting happiness are realized through the internal transcendence of wounded themes of consciousness.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“I take accountability for myself. Accountability is my greatest strength. There is no competition. I don't have to prove anything. I am humble. My life is a gift. All progress is a gift. I face my insecurities with courage. My vulnerability is powerful. There is enough for everyone. Others do not need to lose in order for me to win. We can all win. My way is just one way. I don't always need to be right. I am happy for others. I celebrate the success of others. I empower others. I enjoy others’ victories. I use my abilities and talents to support and serve others. I do not need to earn love. I am innately loved. I give love to others. Love is my natural, effortless state. There is no shortage or lack of love. I build others up.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“It is important to address any wounds of rejection we may be holding onto, no matter how insignificant we may feel they are, because the energy of shame is like a festering sore which slowly decays the soul if left unhealed.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“The hero’s journey is inside of you; tear off the veils and open the mystery of yourself.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Don’t let your ego choose the station anymore. The first step to reclaiming your power to consciously respond is to develop awareness”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Ironically, our fullness of potential is when we are the most humble, present, and don’t have anything to prove.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Everything we are seeking outside of ourselves is actually already resting in the palms of our own hands.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“simply doesn’t know any better, and it is ultimately doing what it believes will help it survive. It genuinely thinks it is doing what is best for you, even if it seems atrocious or horrific. It may be helpful to view the mind as an innocent machine or hardware going along with whatever inherited programs and software were installed into it. It literally does not have the ability to tell if a program is good or bad for it, just like a computer accepting a programmed virus without question. Thus something greater than the mind has to become aware of what is being programmed and accepted.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“spent in states of gratitude, love, ease, and trust, the neuron connections for them get stronger as well, and the old pathways begin weakening. Thus through the same processes of expectancy and conscious awareness of which thoughts and emotions we are allowing ourselves to indulge in, we can make happiness a natural, habitual response to life—our original, pure state.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Trigger: Competitiveness is arising. Root Program Belief: I believe I am not liked or loved unless I prove my worth. I felt inferior when I lost, or was overlooked in the past, and now I am assuming that if I am not the best, or a “winner,” I will not be loved. Theme of Consciousness: This must be coming from insecurity. New Narrative: I am always loved unconditionally. There is enough love and happiness for everyone. There is no actual competition to be me. I have nothing to prove. I do not need to earn love, for I am innately loved. Love is my natural, effortless state and is within me.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Trigger: Anxiety is arising. Root Program Belief: I believe the worst case scenario is going to happen to me. I’ve been hurt in the past and now I’m assuming I’ll keep getting hurt. Theme of Consciousness: This must be coming from distrust. New Narrative: It is also possible the best case scenario will happen. My past does not define me. I will always be okay and am being guided. All perceived setbacks are actually working out for my benefit in the long run. I trust and believe in the goodness of life. Anything is possible for me.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“The inner narrative changes from, “This is so embarrassing, I am so embarrassing,” to “a feeling of embarrassment is coming up, but I choose peace. I am loved as I am. I can never be embarrassed and am always doing the best I can. I am perfect, whole, and complete. I embrace myself and love myself. Anyone's opinion of me has nothing to actually do with me.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Everything that irritates us about others, can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” - Carl Jung”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do, are in harmony.” - Mahatma Ghandi”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“The most important realization of The Inner Work is that the source of our dissatisfaction is the mind’s internal dialogue, not the subject of its complaints. Change is terrifying to the untamed mind. Even when exposed to true happiness through witnessing it in others, it will reject it outright through denial or projection. Most minds are actually very suspicious of someone emulating genuine innocence, unconditional love, and inner peace. Seeing someone else shine their light unapologetically can really trigger an insecure mind.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Circumstances inevitably change, people let us down, obligations arise, challenges surface, and life doesn’t always go the way we planned. We innocently believe that when we arrive at happiness, we will finally be able to escape these daily struggles. But without actually healing the root of our dissatisfaction with life and evolving our consciousness, our problems will only continue to resurface again in new forms, no matter where we go or what we do.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Happiness is not something that can be attained through ideal conditions nor in the escaping of obligations. But rather, happiness is something that we become through the transformation of our consciousness. The desire to get someplace else will only keep us stuck in a perpetual cycle of wanting happiness rather than actualizing it.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“The inner dialogue goes on constantly and attempts to narrate every single moment of your life, whether you want to hear it or not. It rambles on naming things, creating assumptions, and giving its opinion, moment after moment, all to provide itself with a false sense of security.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“The first spiritual trap is to perceive your happiness as outside of yourself.” - Dr. David R. Hawkins”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“The desire to know your own soul will end all other desires.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“The first thing to note when looking at the themes of consciousness is that the wound of rejection represents the most cut off from our true Self, whereas true freedom and lasting happiness represent the most unified and Self-realized. Put another way, rejection represents the most lacking, suffering-filled, and painful frequency we could experience, while the theme of true freedom and lasting happiness represents the release of all suffering, making it the most joyful and liberating frequency we could embody. Therefore we could think of the themes of consciousness as an evolution of lovingness and reflective of degrees of happiness and inner freedom. Most of us will find that we are on a spectrum of consciousness and will have some unhealed wounds still within us while also experiencing themes of healing and enlightenment from time to time. This is to be expected and part of being human. Our anatomy of consciousness is both unique to us and ever fluctuating as we are all energetic beings constantly navigating and responding to the various frequencies we encounter throughout our lives.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“in and our chosen response to our life’s circumstances.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“However, both favorable and unfavorable emotions are neither the result of conditions or other people’s actions; they are the direct result of which theme of consciousness we are living”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“The first step is simply believing you are worthy of all which you are seeking.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness

“Meditation is simply sitting with the intention of watching the mind. It is a great tool to develop acknowledgment of awareness and to access states of presence. In order to strengthen our ability to maintain awareness and presence, we simply practice the self-reflection exercise we did before. Gradually extending the time we can sit watching the mind and withdrawing attachment to it. Instead of attaching to thoughts as mine, we observe them impersonally. “A thought of shame arising. A feeling of fear coming up.” It all just is. Nothing to do, nothing to change, nothing to figure out. Just observe. We become the sky and stop identifying with the temporary, passing clouds in a sense.”
― Mathew Micheletti, The Inner Work: An Invitation to True Freedom and Lasting Happiness