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Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.

When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: The sacred lives beyond labels and judgment, in the wood-of-no-names.

The sacred lives beyond labels and judgment, in the wood-of-no-names.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.

The willingness to consider possibility requires a tolerance of uncertainty.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Sooner or later we will come to the edge of all that we can control and find life, waiting there for us.

Sooner or later we will come to the edge of all that we can control and find life, waiting there for us.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: When we listen, we offer with our attention an opportunity for wholeness.

When we listen, we offer with our attention an opportunity for wholeness.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: The choice people have to make is never between slavery and freedom. We will always have to choose between slavery and the unknown.

The choice people have to make is never between slavery and freedom. We will always have to choose between slavery and the unknown.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Life offers its wisdom generously. Everything teaches. Not everyone learns.

Life offers its wisdom generously. Everything teaches. Not everyone learns.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge.

Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Cancer changes your whole life.

Cancer changes your whole life.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Grieving is a way of self-care.

Grieving is a way of self-care.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Our purpose in life is to grow in wisdom and in love.

Our purpose in life is to grow in wisdom and in love.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Illiness could be considered a Western form of meditation.

Illiness could be considered a Western form of meditation.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: The places in which we are seen and heard are holy places. They remind us of our value as human beings. They give us the strength to go on.

The places in which we are seen and heard are holy places. They remind us of our value as human beings. They give us the strength to go on.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: I don't think there's such a thing as a bad emotion. The only bad emotion is a stuck emotion.

I don't think there's such a thing as a bad emotion. The only bad emotion is a stuck emotion.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Being safe is about being seen and heard and allowed to be who you are and to speak your truth.

Being safe is about being seen and heard and allowed to be who you are and to speak your truth.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: I think that people get experiences, and out of those experiences come meaning and ideas. It's like watching a rose bush grow.

I think that people get experiences, and out of those experiences come meaning and ideas. It's like watching a rose bush grow.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed.

Much of life can never be explained but only witnessed.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: If you carry someone else's fears and live by someone else's values, you may find that you have lived their lives.

If you carry someone else's fears and live by someone else's values, you may find that you have lived their lives.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: We are all born to be a blessing.

We are all born to be a blessing.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: It is not that we have a soul, but that we are a soul.

It is not that we have a soul, but that we are a soul.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.

Of course love is never earned. It is a grace we give one another. Anything we need to earn is only approval.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: When people are blessed they discover that their lives matter, that there is something in them worthy of blessing.

When people are blessed they discover that their lives matter, that there is something in them worthy of blessing.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Anger is just a demand for change, a passionate wish for things to be different.

Anger is just a demand for change, a passionate wish for things to be different.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.

If we fear loss enough, in the end the things we possess will come to possess us.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: The worst thing that happens in life is not death. The worst thing would be to miss it ... I think the great danger in life is not showing up.

The worst thing that happens in life is not death. The worst thing would be to miss it ... I think the great danger in life is not showing up.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: My sense is that you can never teach anybody anything, or change anybody in ways that they don't already have in mind.

My sense is that you can never teach anybody anything, or change anybody in ways that they don't already have in mind.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: It has been my experience that presence is a more powerful catalyst for change than analysis.

It has been my experience that presence is a more powerful catalyst for change than analysis.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: What we do to survive is often different from what we may need to do in order to live.

What we do to survive is often different from what we may need to do in order to live.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: All natural processes are long processes and they last.

All natural processes are long processes and they last.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Just Listen an excerpt

Just Listen an excerpt

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: From a good teacher you may learn the secret of listening. You will never learn the secret of life. You will have to listen for yourself

From a good teacher you may learn the secret of listening. You will never learn the secret of life. You will have to listen for yourself

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, but the spiritual lies beyond religion.

Religion is a bridge to the spiritual, but the spiritual lies beyond religion.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Our wounds are our sources of growth.

Our wounds are our sources of growth.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: The way towards freedom from a situation often lies in acceptance of the situation.

The way towards freedom from a situation often lies in acceptance of the situation.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time.

When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Big messages come in small packages. All it may take to restore someone's trust in life may be returning a lost earring or a dropped glove.

Big messages come in small packages. All it may take to restore someone's trust in life may be returning a lost earring or a dropped glove.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: I think ideas only lead to change for intellectual people; and not even them. What really leads to change is experience. Life itself is the teacher.

I think ideas only lead to change for intellectual people; and not even them. What really leads to change is experience. Life itself is the teacher.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Perhaps wisdom is simply a matter of waiting, and healing a question of time. And anything good you've ever been given is yours forever.

Perhaps wisdom is simply a matter of waiting, and healing a question of time. And anything good you've ever been given is yours forever.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Goose bumps happen when your soul is close to you, breathing lightly on the back of your neck, and wakes you up.

Goose bumps happen when your soul is close to you, breathing lightly on the back of your neck, and wakes you up.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: The power of the expert is very great and the way in which an expert sees you may easily become the way in which you see yourself.

The power of the expert is very great and the way in which an expert sees you may easily become the way in which you see yourself.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.

Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Belief traps or frees us.

Belief traps or frees us.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: It has been said that sometimes we need a story more than food in order to live.p 374

It has been said that sometimes we need a story more than food in order to live.
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Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Is it possible to live so defensively that you never get to live at all?

Is it possible to live so defensively that you never get to live at all?

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Being alive is being aware, being able to be touched and moved and changed, being able to respond rather than to react, being able to see and hear.

Being alive is being aware, being able to be touched and moved and changed, being able to respond rather than to react, being able to see and hear.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.

Most of the things that give life its depth, meaning, and value are impervious to science.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Inner peace is more a question of cultivating perspective, meaning, and wisdom even as life touches you with its pain.

Inner peace is more a question of cultivating perspective, meaning, and wisdom even as life touches you with its pain.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Our limitations serve, our wounds serve, even our darkness can serve.

Our limitations serve, our wounds serve, even our darkness can serve.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: There should be a word that means beginning/end because nothing begins without something dying.

There should be a word that means beginning/end because nothing begins without something dying.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: Everybody is a story.

Everybody is a story.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: In the silence of listening, you can know yourself in everyone, the unseen singing softly to itself and to you.

In the silence of listening, you can know yourself in everyone, the unseen singing softly to itself and to you.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: A shaman is someone who has a wound that will not heal. He sits by the side of the road with his open wound exposed.

A shaman is someone who has a wound that will not heal. He sits by the side of the road with his open wound exposed.

Rachel Naomi Remen quotes: The best stories have many meanings; their meaning changes as our capacity to understand and appreciate meaning grows.

The best stories have many meanings; their meaning changes as our capacity to understand and appreciate meaning grows.