Being Quotes

“It’s time to be wild again. Take a prophet or poet on the journey and float out into the mystic. Dive deep into the mysteries of life and let yourself sink long enough to know what can only be imagined, not defined. Take a step out into the desert with those that have ventured there and find mystery and paradox and nuance, not certainty and doctrine.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“Leaning into our pain not only helps us solve our issues, it also helps us learn about them. Some things we can’t solve magically and some of them, if understood, can become strengths instead of weaknesses.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“As I start another new day, I have heard the bird sing. His song leads me out into the yard where I catch a glimpse of one of the creatures doing its thing. I peer down at the soil, and just for a moment, my mind can almost comprehend the universal and cataclysmic dance of the universe. That’s where I find humility these days—that’s where I find truth—it’s where I draw energy—it’s where I find life!”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“Being with the Divine may be less like taking a class and more like taking a break. It is certainly learning to be still and go within without any intentions or expectations. It’s not an emotional high that fades away, it is something I experience that was already a part of me. It’s less like taking a trip and more like coming home. Being with the Divine in me is loving in its truest sense. I feel the compassion, mercy and grace deeply—it changes me from within. Being where I am means being where God already is. Being who I am is recognizing that I already possess this love and I become what I have always been—a unique imprint of the Divine.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“We can’t go on a journey of discovery where everything is as we expect.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“The tyranny of the urgent shouts down any reasoning that would slow it down from getting where it’s going (even if it doesn’t know for sure
where it is headed at the time).”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“Realize community can come from any place where you find sacrificial, self-giving love.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“When I know who I am, I will most likely know what my voice needs to say.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“Spiritual bypassing
separates us from our humanity and all its messiness and struggles
and pain and It makes us feel good briefly.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“If we could know the nature of our fear and where it originates, maybe
we could stop shaming ourselves for being afraid and find a way forward.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“When we are willing to do the hard work of going deeper, we give
ourselves the very real possibility to live vibrant and authentic lives.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity

“Too much of my drive was about accomplishment and doing at the
cost of becoming. I did very well with the “you can do anything”
mantra because I believed it. But it was never enough—I never hit the
target, I never arrived at home and I never really found the peace my
heart was seeking.”
― Karl Forehand, Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity