{"quotes":[{"text":"Relationships are used by the darkness to keep people revolving around the ego’s demands. For a moment, people see the light of the divine in each other. They run to it and then quickly forget the light they once saw as their fears reclaim their consciousness. Thus begins the ongoing battle to protect one’s own ‘rights’, in case they be forgotten or betrayed. The tally of what is owed is counted, the guilt of perceived wrong doings is cast upon the other, one’s freedom must be paid as the price for ‘love’, and it is only in short periods of peace when all of this is forgotten. Those moments are the precious windows of the Soul.","author":"Donna Goddard","tags":["conflict","consciousness","divine","ego","freedom","healing","healing-in-relationships","light","love","love","magical-realism","mysticism","peace","relationships","soul","spirit","spiritual","spiritual-healing","spiritual","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality"],"id":60423,"author_id":"Donna+Goddard"},{"text":"More than nakedness,for there is no cover to take.The fire in your eyesis ringed with water; wide and cool.We are far from the brutal place,but you do not think so.You take my hand and disappear like you were never there, except that I am now somewhere else.","author":"Donna Goddard","tags":["beauty","connection","donna-goddard","grief","growth","healing","loss","love","loves-longing","pain","poetry","relationships","spirit","spiritual-development","spiritual-growth","spiritual-healing","spiritual-poetry","spiritual","spiritual-wisdom"],"id":67421,"author_id":"Donna+Goddard"},{"text":"A spiritual reinterpretation of events gives us miraculous authority to command the winds, to part the waters, and to break all chains that bind us.","author":"Marianne Williamson","tags":["ity-and-attitude","breaking-free","chains","empowerment","enlightenment","healing-past-wounds","healing-the-past","inner-strength","magic","miracle-mindset","miracles","miraculous","personal-power","power-of-love","reinventing-yourself","self-empowerment","spiritual-growth","spiritual-healing","spiritual-power","spiritual-rebirth","spiritual-reinterpretation","spiritual-strength","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality"],"id":92175,"author_id":"Marianne+Williamson"},{"text":"The question is: do you want suffering or do you want peace? It's that simple.","author":"Donna Goddard","tags":["compassion","forgiveness","growth","healing","healing","letting-go","life","love","peace","peace","simplicity","spirit","spiritual-healing","spirituality","spirituality","suffering","wisdom"],"id":151703,"author_id":"Donna+Goddard"},{"text":"Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.","author":"Anthon St. Maarten","tags":["be-strong-and-positive","brave","courage","emotional-healing","emotional-health","empowering","feeling-sorry-for-yourself","healing-the-past","inner-strength","inspirational-living","overcoming-adversity","personal-responsibility","pity-party","pity-self-destruction","rising-above-your-past","rising-strong","self-empowerment","self-harm","self-imposed-pain","self-mutilation","self-pity","self-pity","soul-searching","spiritual-development","spiritual-healing","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality","strength-through-adversity","suffering","suicide","tough-times","victim","victim-mentality"],"id":179335,"author_id":"Anthon+St.+Maarten"},{"text":"Every wonderful quality 'in' someone is waiting to be recognized in all of life's great symphony.","author":"Donna Goddard","tags":["donna-goddard","grief","grief-and-loss","grief","healing","healing-grief","self-healing","self-help","spirit","spiritual","spiritual-growth","spiritual-healing","spiritual-life","spiritual","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality"],"id":225200,"author_id":"Donna+Goddard"},{"text":"It is warmer here. Can you see the light? Trust it. It is safe. It has lived a long time. It has seen much more than you. You fight a demon that you once knew but the demon is already slain. And from the corner of your eye you will see the scattered, sacred fire reform again. Settle, settle. Peace, peace.","author":"Donna Goddard","tags":["enlightenment","healing","healing","poetry","rumi","spirit","spiritual-growth","spiritual-healing","spiritual-poetry","spiritual","spiritual-wisdom","spirituality"],"id":239120,"author_id":"Donna+Goddard"},{"text":"Healing is active involvement in your process, ongoing.","author":"S. Kelley Harrell","tags":["healing","shamanism","spiritual-healing"],"id":291107,"author_id":"S.+Kelley+Harrell"},{"text":"Don’t feel bad about feeling bad. Don’t be frightened of feeling afraid. Don’t be angry about getting angry. There is no need to give up when we are feeling depressed. Nor should we be dismayed at the grief which often accompanies the outgrowing of anything which needs outgrowing. We can be glad that our soul is speaking to us and pushing us onwards. We frequently need to persevere with a period of inner turmoil before the dust can settle and be swept out the door.","author":"Donna Goddard","tags":["balance","consciousness","consciousness","consciousness-raising","depression","depression","divine","divine-grace","donna-goddard","fear","god","grief","growth","growth","happiness","healing","healing-insights","healing-the-past","joy","self-development","sorrow","soul","soul","soul-searching","spiritual-healing","spiritual","spirituality","the-love-of-devotion","turmoil"],"id":298958,"author_id":"Donna+Goddard"},{"text":"You can turn every ugly and damaging drama into a genuine blessing by seeing it differently. No one is suffering on purpose. We learn to give up the pleasure we feel in self-righteously blaming others. Healing happens when we see things differently. The question is: do you want suffering or peace? It's that simple.","author":"Donna Goddard","tags":["blame","blame","blaming","bless","blessing","compassion","conflict","consciousness","drama","forgiveness","forgivesness","mind","relationships","seeing","simplicity","spirit","spiritual-healing","spirituality","spirituality","suffering"],"id":300548,"author_id":"Donna+Goddard"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":20,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}