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Love, Freedom, Aloneness:  The Koan of Relationships [Book]

    Love, Freedom, Aloneness - The Koan of Relationships

    By: Osho

    From this Book:  23 Quotes

    Book Overview: In today’s world, freedom is our basic condition, and until we learn to live with that freedom, and learn to live by ourselves and with ourselves, we are denying ourselves the possibility of finding love and happiness with someone else.  Love can only happen through freedom and in conjunction with a deep respect for ourselves and the other. Is it possible to be alone and not lonely? Where are the boundaries that define “lust” versus “love”…and can lust ever grow into love? In Love, Freedom, Aloneness you will find unique, radical, and intelligent perspectives on these and other essential questions. In our post-ideological world, where old moralities are out of date, we have a golden opportunity to redefine and revitalize the very foundations of our lives. We have the chance to start afresh with ourselves, our relationships to others, and to find fulfillment and success for the individual and for society as a whole.

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    Post(s) Inspired by this Book:

    1. 13 Deep Osho Quotes That’ll Make You Re-Think Love, Freedom, and Aloneness
    2. Osho Quote on Sadness and How To Relax Into It, Change Its Form, and Look Deeper Into It (Beyond the Quote 93/365)

      “I say to you, you are absolutely free, unconditionally free.  Don’t avoid the responsibility; avoiding is not going to help.  The sooner you accept it the better, because immediately you can start creating yourself.  And the moment you create yourself great joy arises, and when you have completed yourself, the way you wanted to, there is immense contentment, just as when a painter finishes his painting, the last touch, and a great contentment arises in his heart.  A job well done brings great peace.  One feels that one has participated with the whole.” ~ Osho, Love, Freedom, Alonenss: The Koan of Relationships

      The Road Less Traveled [Book]

        The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck

        By: Scott Peck

        From this Book:  28 Quotes

        Book Overview: Written in a voice that is timeless in its message of understanding, The Road Less Traveled continues to help us explore the very nature of loving relationships and leads us toward a new serenity and fullness of life. It helps us learn how to distinguish dependency from love; how to become a more sensitive parent; and ultimately how to become one’s own true self.  Recognizing that, as in the famous opening line of his book, “Life is difficult” and that the journey to spiritual growth is a long one, Dr. Peck never bullies his readers, but rather guides them gently through the hard and often painful process of change toward a higher level of self-understanding.

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        Post(s) Inspired by this Book:

        1. 5 Powerful Reasons Why You Should Stop Selectively Listening and Start Truly Listening to Children.
        2. 15 Quotes from The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck

          “Great marriages cannot be constructed by individuals who are terrified by their basic aloneness, as so commonly is the case, and seek a merging in marriage.  Genuine love not only respects the individuality of the other but actually seeks to cultivate it, even at the risk of separation or loss.  The ultimate goal of life remains the spiritual growth of the individual, the solitary journey to peaks that can be climbed only alone.” ~ Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

            “As long as one marries, enters a career or has children to satisfy one’s parents or the expectations of anyone else, including society as a whole, the commitment by its very nature will be a shallow one.  As long as one loves one’s children primarily because one is expected to behave in a loving manner toward them, then the parent will be insensitive to the more subtle needs of the children and unable to express love in the more subtle, yet often most important ways.  The highest forms of love are inevitably totally free choices and not acts of conformity.” ~ Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

              “It is not our abilities that show what we truly are… it is our choices.” ~ Harry Potter and the Chamber Of Secrets

                “It is better to fail at your own dharma than to succeed at the dharma of someone else.” ~ Krisna, Bhagavad Gita

                The Gifts of Imperfection [Book]

                  The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

                  By: Brené Brown

                  From this Book: 14 Quotes

                  Book Overview:  In The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, a leading expert on shame, authenticity, and belonging, shares ten guideposts on the power of Wholehearted living—a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.

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                  Post(s) Inspired by this Book:

                  1. 10 Empowering Brené Brown Quotes from The Gifts of Imperfection
                  2. Brené Brown Quote on Perfectionism and How It’s Unattainable and Self-Destructive (Beyond the Quote 58/365)

                    “Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier.  The way it actually works is the reverse.  You must first be who you really are, then do what you really need to do, in order to have what you want.” ~ Margaret Young