Favorite Quotes

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"Because our spirits remember the plan we chose for this life, we are often drawn to people or situations that impact us in important ways. This is often the force behind 'chance' encounters. I was told there are no coincidences. However, making the most of these opportunities is up to us as we exercise our free will."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 20 "Reaching even just one soul with the message of God's love sets into motion a reaction which passes that hopeful message to others and then to more, rippling out to reach countless souls."

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 4 "Forgiveness of self is where all forgiveness starts. If I am unable to forgive myself, it is impossible for me to truly forgive others. And I must forgive others. What I give out is what I receive. If I want forgiveness, I have to give forgiveness."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 116

"God not only prepares us to do his will, he also gives us all that we need to do it. He sends to our path the right people when we need them, whether we realize it or not."

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 132 "God has a vantage point we can never perceive. He sees into our eternal pasts and futures and knows our eternal needs. In his great love he answers prayers according to this eternal and omniscient perspective. He answers all prayers perfectly."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 106 "God knew we would make mistakes. Life is all about mistakes. It is constant change and growth. Our greatest challenges in life will one day be known to us as our greatest teachers."

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 118

"We are all collectively bonded to each other while on Earth, united in this one supreme purpose: to learn to love one another."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 97 "The knowledge of what has always been, remains in us,

. . . When we follow our hearts, when we are in tune and balanced, and when we listen to the still inner voice within

. . . we 'know.'"

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 53 "We are sent here to live life fully, to live it abundantly, to find joy in our own creations . . . to use our free will to expand and magnify our lives."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 59

"When we trust in God, he guides and directs us to further knowledge as we need it. Growth is a process, and when we take time to internalize and understand what we believe, we are more richly blessed; our beliefs radiate in our countenances for all to see."

 

Embraced By The Light pp. 43-44 "When we leave ourselves open to God to learn more about unconditional love, he readily sends us the people we need to learn to love without judgment. Put to the test, our spirits expand with greater love, God's pure love, and it shines brighter within us."

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 159 "Life does not end when we die. Death is a rebirth into a spirit world of light and love, a transition from the physical to the spiritual that is no more frightening or painful than passing between rooms through an open doorway. It is a joyful homecoming to our natural home, . . ."

 

The Awakening Heart, p. xi

"The fact of a pre-earth life crystallized in my mind, and I saw that death was actually a 'rebirth' into a greater life . . . that stretched forward and backward through time."

 

Embraced By The Light, pp. 31-32 "No music on earth can compare to the vastness and strength of the songs of God's praise that I heard in the spirit world [which] soothed and comforted me....Music can be a source of great healing—as well as the opposite."

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 70 "As we each find one person with whom to share our light, a wonderful miracle begins to take place: we find the Lord answering our individual prayers and preparing us to become the light, the answer, to yet many others."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. xvi

 

"By coming here without our eyes fully open, we are forced to follow the whisperings of our spirits—those quiet truthful impressions that spring from the subconscious. As we follow them, we begin to hear also the whisperings of God."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 2-3 "Our Father in Heaven created man in his own image—which is that of a perfect and multifaceted man. Women, too, are in the image of God and are multifaceted. Women's bodies are co-creators of mortal life, and this makes us Godlike in a literal sense. In heaven, women and men are perfectly balanced in their roles and are equal. Standing side by side, they are perfect complements of each other."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 6 "A great Awakening has begun. People around the world are opening their eyes to their own spiritual natures. They are beginning to see who they truly are and what they have always been—beings with an eternal past and a glorious future."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 14

 

"As long as we have life here, we are learning, our spirits are growing, and we are coming closer to the divine, even by the things we suffer. We may not always know what to do in our lives, we may be troubled and in pain, but be assured, as long as we are here, we are growing."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 16 "In reviewing my life I saw that I often repeated the same mistakes over and over until finally I learned the lesson. But I also saw that the more I learned, the more doors of opportunity were opened to me. And they were literally opened. Many things I thought I had done by myself were shown to have been extended by divine help."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 115 "When God compels us and offers opportunities for teaching his love and truth, we must teach as Christ taught: meekly, lovingly, and by laying down our convenience and temporal security. Then, like so many dominoes set up by his hand, we touch our neighbor, we unite as one, and God's love and truth ripple out into all the world."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 44

"Jesus's message is that we are all to love one another; we are not to presume to choose which of God's children are unworthy of his love. Only God knows the hearts of man. . . . By judging others, we display the shortcomings in ourselves."

 

The Awakening Heart, pp. 166 & 169 "We can each experience a taste of His embrace by opening ourselves to His unconditional love and then by giving that love away to everyone we meet. The ripple effect, from its very source, is available to all who are willing to pass it along to others. Heaven can be anywhere."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 13 "Those whose hearts have been awakened to God have a responsibility to share his love with others. That is the nature of service and of love; all of our lights shine brighter when we pass them along."

 

The Awakening Heart, pp. 194-5

"Each one of us came to earth on a personal mission to be loved or to give love. We are to learn the value and price of love. Other parts of our mission include learning patience, humility, self-discipline, and other virtues. These attributes are parts of love."

 

The Ripple Effect, pp. 16-17 "I had seen in the spirit world that all material things were created first in spirit; then we bring them to physical reality with the tools and the gifts God gave us. God has always used what has always been."

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 90 "There was no questioning who he was. I knew that he was my Savior, and friend, and God. He was Jesus Christ, who had always loved me, even when I thought he hated me. He was life itself, love itself, and his love gave me a fulness of joy, even to overflowing. All my life I had feared him, and now I saw—I knew—that he was my choicest friend."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 42

"An important purpose for mortality is to help us learn to recognize and to choose the positive even though the negative more fully surrounds us. We make this choice consciously or unconsciously in every moment of the day, and these millions of tiny choices create the foundation of our identity. We are what we think. We are what we say, what we do, what we fill our lives with. Ultimately, every being creates himself by these countless, crucial choices."

 

The Ripple Effect, pp. 73-4 "Letting go of loved ones when they pass into the next life is natural and right. In letting go and praying for their continued growth, we share our love for them and open ourselves up to the power we need to move on. We need not insist that they return to comfort or calm us. God is able to do that as his spirit works among us, guiding us to the full and rich lives he intends for each of us."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 231 "The angels may have departed, but Joe was now there, comforting and protecting me. The love I felt from him may not have been as powerful as that from the angels or from Christ, but it was marvelous and very comforting, nonetheless. The love we share as mortals may be imperfect, but it still has great power to heal and sustain."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 128

"God perfectly understands our lack of knowledge. He knows that most of us do not remember our commitments to him. In his eyes we are like little children: susceptible and even expected to make mistakes."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 38 "We live and thrive by doing things, by testing our limits, by opening ourselves up to new experiences and challenges, by seeking joy and even happiness as we step out—not in fear or anxiety, but in faith. Faith opens us to new and sometimes wonderfully crazy ideas. Why? Because in faith, we believe that God—in his strength and good grace—will show us when we go too far, and that if we get hurt, he will help us to learn from the experience."

 

The Ripple Effect, pp. 78-79

"To become as perfect as a mortal being can become, we need to bring the mind, body, and spirit into total harmony. To become perfect in the spirit, we must add to that harmony Christlike love and righteousness."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 57

"There is power in our thoughts. We create our own surroundings by the thoughts we think. Physically, this may take a period of time, but spiritually it is instantaneous. If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 58 "Being positive doesn't mean forcing ourselves to overlook negative ordeals. Failing at something "over and over and over" happens even to positive people. It can break our hearts and bring temporary despair, but it can also increase our endurance and strengthen our character. Looking for the positive effects of negative experiences helps us to develop highter wisdom. Being positive means opening ourselves to insights, solutions, and even miracles. A simple way to do this is to ask God to surround us with positive energy and then to consciously absorb it."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 76 "Every encounter we have, even if brief and seemingly unimportant, may have more significance than we know. A brief encounter may begin a greater ripple that reaches its intended purpose years later. Everyone who comes into our lives may be part of our mission, and we, a part of theirs. Understanding this can give meaning to the common events of life. By being positive and helpful towards others, even in casual moments, we can make the most of our time on earth."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 19

"We will never know all the effects of our prayers in this life. We won't know all the good we do, the hearts we touch, the lives we bless. We will not even know what good we have brought into our own lives through prayer. And we cannot know—until we get there—what joy we give heaven by the power of our prayers."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 107 "We may become like the angels themselves, helping others who are in need. In prayer and service our lights will always shine. Service is the oil to our lamps generated by compassion and love."

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 107 "...this crazy mind-boggling world is ours. We chose to come to it, and we chose this period of time in which to come. Many of us were among the strong ones, ready and determined to come and bless this world in these chaotic times. Now's our chance."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 91

"God never uses his love to hurt us. To do so would countermand his own law of judgment. 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you...' So he will never let us down, will never forsake us. His love is extended to all, and he knows exactly how to reach each person..."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 54 "The spirit speaks a universal language, deeper and more powerful than voice. It communicates accurately and clearly, piercing through mankind's ignorance or false understandings and recognizing each person's true desires."

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 95 “‘Love one another,’ Jesus had said. ‘If you can do that, all else will be fine.’ Setting an example of love, and knowing that no one has the answer for all, gave me greater focus and vision for his will in my life.”

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 44-45

“We are to live by faith, not by sight. Sight is involved with the cognitive, the analytical mind. It rationalizes and justifies. Faith is governed by the spirit. The spirit is emotional, accepting, and internalizes. And, as with every other attribute, the way to gain faith is to practice the use of it. If we learn to use what we have, we will receive more. This is a spiritual law.”

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 65 “Life on earth is our opportunity to learn unconditional love as Jesus taught it, to serve and sacrifice personal welfare in behalf of others. Part of Jesus' mission was to die for us…ours is to live as he did.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 31 “Once our prayers of desire have been released, we need to let go of them and trust in the power of God to answer them. He knows our needs at all times and is simply waiting for an invitation to help us. He has all power to answer prayers, but he is bound by his own law and by our wills. We must invite his will to become our own. We must trust him. Once we have asked with sincere desire, doubting nothing, we will receive.”

 

Embraced By The Light, pp. 104-05

 

“One of the grandest mysteries of God is his foreknowledge. Truth is knowledge of things as they were, as they are, and as they are to come. God, possessing all truth, has the ability to know all things in advance. This being the case, we can trust him to give us only that which will be good for us in completing our life's mission successfully.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 125

“As mortals we are to share light and love with each other—a spiritual exchange of energy, not the selfish pursuit of physical love.”

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 40

“Each person's life is multifaceted, and we should trust the power of God and his angels to give us every opportunity we need to succeed. Our part is to seek to improve ourselves and, above all, to love others more fully. By praying for guidance and letting love rule our hearts and minds each day, we will eventually accomplish our many purposes.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 2

 

“We were conceived in love spiritually, and love is the center of our beings. It is the energy of our souls, the spark of our divine nature. Being made of love, we cleave to it and seek it in all that we do. When we do not have it, or when we have lost it, we grieve. Its presence or absence colors our every action. It is life. It is happiness. It is salvation itself.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 145

“We are born to this earth with our soul, the pure part of us we bring to earth from the spirit world. As we develop, we lose some contact with that spirtual part—our divine self—in a process of forgetting that is necessary for our development. But we can lose too much, and when we have lost all awareness of our divinity, we become spiritually disconnected and depressed. To feel whole again, each of us can and must reconnect with our spiritual self.”

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 215

“The road back from darkness is seldom easy or quick. Daily effort is required to stay on course, but a whole new world awaits at the end, if we persist. As we pray for help and stop thinking so much of our own misery, seeking instead to serve others, we will find peace in our souls. This service, combined with self-forgiveness and faith that God has already forgiven us, will renew us in spirit and grant us more energy to pursue the opportunities before us.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 208

 

“Through my own journeys, I have learned that it often seems easier not to move on; even the muck and mire in which we are stuck often seems less fearful and challenging than the unknown path ahead.... But faith is not complacent: faith is action. You don't have faith and then wait...you act upon it.”

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 220

“Many faiths on earth do not include Christ but are loved and used by God nevertheless. Our Father never turns away a person who searches for him. He created our mortal conditions and knows perfectly what we face in sometimes godless circumstances. A person born to a home that does not recognize God is not cursed, but rather blessed with the needed opportunities of growth uniquely available in that home. Any person searching for any degree of light, in any religion or system of belief, is graced by God with opportunities for greater light.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 110

“I saw the evil in surrendering to...my personal cycles of guilt and fear. I understood that I had to let go of the past. If I had broken laws or sinned, I needed to change my heart, forgive myself, and then move onward. If I had hurt someone, I needed to start loving them—honestly—and seek their forgiveness. If I had damaged my own spirit, I needed to approach God and feel his love again—his healing love.”

 

Embraced By The Light, pp. 69-70

 

“We are all shepherds to some degree. We are all compelled by the spirit to seek his truth and do his will, each in our own way, creating waves that overlap others and resonate within their souls, inviting them to do better, to look to God, to live life to the fullest with joy.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. xv

“I knew that as part of his plan—as part of our growth—God may allow us to go through trials in a sorting-out period, a cleansing, a purification time when we are often forced to make new decisions based upon our currrent faith and trust in him.”

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 25

“How empowering it is to know that we are so blessed, so directed by our Creator, to know that even in our weaknesses he never gives up on us. He encourages us in unending and marvelous ways to find and use our natural strengths for higher purposes, for a higher plan.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 143

 

“Heaven in all its glory could be summed up in one word: Christ. He is the light of creation, the joy of all life, and above all, the deepest love of our souls. To embrace him is to embrace the meaning of life and the eternal power of God.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 12

“God is love in its purest form. His love seeks nothing from us and demands nothing of us. His love is unconditionally given to all who believe in him. To be in his presence and share his love, we must become as he is and learn to love without judgments or conditions.”

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 39

“Despair is never justified, because it is never needed. We are here to learn, to experiment, and to make mistakes. We don't need to judge ourselves harshly; we just need to take life one step at a time, not worrying about other people's judgment of us, nor measuring ourselves by their measuring sticks. We need to forgive ourselves and be grateful for the things that help us grow. Our most severe challenges will one day reveal themselves to be our greatest teachers.”

 

Embraced By The Light, pp. 70-71

 

“If we live true to the spirit we came to earth with, we can progress more quickly. We do that by expressing the love of God that is within us, and we do that by loving God, ourselves, and each other. It is that simple.”

 

The Awakening Heart, p. 119

“Prayers take form as an energy that if visible would be seen to add light to our presence or the aura around us. Our souls glow brighter in prayer as our spirits communicate with the Divine, because we are made more divine by the act of honest communication with Deity.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 95

“We are like babies crawling around, trying to learn how to use the forces within us. They are powerful forces and are governed by laws that will protect us from ourselves. But as we grow and seek the positive all around us, even the laws themselves will be revealed. We will be given all that we are prepared to receive.”

 

Embraced By The Light, p. 71

 

“If each of us shares our light, soon all dark corners will be reached, and we will begin the healing of the world by chasing out darkness. We, too, will begin the healing of our own souls.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. xvi

“It is our desires, not the wording or form we use, that provides the energy that makes our prayers effective. Without a desire to connect with God, our prayers become hollow and meaningless. But with true desire, our prayers not only ascend to heaven, but they nurture us well.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 95

“During my experience, I learned that there are two parts to every person. They can be described in various ways: male and female, intellectual and emotional, protective and nurturing, right brain and left brain. Often we go through life being one way or the other, but we can learn to balance both parts. Being off balance, too far one way or the other, keeps the spirit away from where it needs to be to achieve its greatest growth.”

 

The Awakening Heart, pp. 129-130

 

“God knows beforehand what we need, but he wants us to grow by exercising our spiritual strength and constantly seeking his help in the face of opposition. The world may tell us to rely on our own egos and talents. Satan may tell us there is no God. Our own consciences weaken us with accusations of unworthiness. If we are going to pray effectively we must exercise faith sufficient to blast through these doubts and speak to our Father who is waiting patiently and lovingly for us to reach out. Sometimes is takes extraordinary circumstances to impel us to call on Father.”

 

The Ripple Effect, p. 97