{"author":"Maria Erving","author_id":"Maria+Erving","total_quotes":29,"quotes":[{"text":"Anybody who listens to their intuition risk at times making other people disappointed or even pissed off because you're not tending to what they want from you but instead to what feels right for you.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["be-true-to-yourself","courage","follow-your-inner-voice","intuition","trust-yourself"],"id":2458,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"},{"text":"Truth is non-negotiable and its promise is love.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["awakening","enlightenment","love","truth"],"id":5382,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"},{"text":"Serious spiritual practice is more than serene walks in the woods, lit candles and incense. You have to be committed. You have to be willing to enter into your own darkness and transcend it.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["awakening","awakening-the-consciousness","consciousness","ego","false-self","spiritual-development","spiritual-growth","spiritual-transformation","true-spirituality"],"id":57281,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"},{"text":"Spiritual awakening is not really spiritual at all.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["awakening","enlightenment","enlightenment","spiritual-awakening"],"id":90778,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"},{"text":"The ego is the seeker but does not want the Truth.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["consciousness","enlightenment","enlightenment","spiritual-awakening"],"id":172694,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"},{"text":"Want Truth more than you want to awaken and the awakening takes care of itself.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["enlightenment","spiritual-awakening","spirituality","truth-seeking"],"id":185202,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"},{"text":"I hear many people share with me that they just 'have to do this thing' before they can relax and slow down.The truth is that taking the time to be still and reflective actually increases productivity and gives more joy to what you're doing when it's time to take action again.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["be-still","contemplation","manifestation","mind-power","productivity","relaxation","taking-action"],"id":187863,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"},{"text":"If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. Trust your intuition and don't ask 'why', just say no.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["gut-feeling","intuition","intuition","trust-yourself"],"id":203784,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"},{"text":"The ego cleverly hides by projecting and by avoiding to look beyond what it merely believes.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["awakening","beliefs","consciousness","ego"],"id":226480,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"},{"text":"Intuition knows what the mind can't see yet.","author":"Maria Erving","tags":["intuition","intuition","intuitive-wisdom"],"id":238319,"author_id":"Maria+Erving"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":29,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}