Here are some of the excerpts from the book 'The Breakthrough Experience' which were very profound
The Breakthrough Experience: A Revolutionary New Approach to Personal Transformation by Dr John Demartini
"As we transform our thoughts, we transform our feelings and transform our life."
"It’s a paradox, but those who seek God most are the ones who most deny God’s presence. They go off on a quest to find divinity, and at the end, they look back and realize it was here all along."
"You will learn a formula for materializing your dreams, discover the secrets of opening your heart beyond anything you have imagined, find out how to increase your love and appreciation for every aspect of life, receive profound insights on how to create more fulfilling and caring relationships, reawaken your birthright as a true genius, transcend any fears and illusions surrounding the myth of death, and reconnect with your true mission and purpose for life on Earth."
"We may have positive and negative opinions about the various people and events in our lives, but in truth, they all play a perfect role in unfolding our destiny and making us who we are."
"Everyone wants to love and be loved, to appreciate and be appreciated, and everyone wants to live his or her dreams. There are certain laws that govern dreams, and if we follow those laws, we can fulfill our dreams."
"The four great ancient questions of philosophy: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? and Where are we going? Cosmology was mind-expanding and absolutely fascinating."
"Gratitude is the key to growth and fulfillment. If you were to give someone a gift and they just looked at it and then tossed it aside without thanks, would you be inclined to give them another? Of course not, and the universe responds just as you do."
"Many people confuse gratitude with elation. They think that when they’re elated about something and say, “Oh, I’m so thankful for that!” they’re being grateful. But true gratitude actually has little to do with those temporary moments of happiness or elation. True gratitude is a quiet state of poise and inner calm where you’re truly thankful, where you sense the divine order and wouldn’t want anything to change."
"Gratitude is a true prayer of thanksgiving, but there are two types of prayer. The first type is false prayer. It arises when you’re dissatisfied with life and it often sounds something like, “Oh, Lord, this is all messed up. Please fix it!” The second type is true prayer. It arises when you recognize the order and perfection of what is and you’re truly thankful for what has already been given. As a result, you receive even more gifts. To those who are grateful, more is given."
"You learn how to read, ’cause there’s only two things that the world can’t take away from you: your love and your wisdom. They can take away your loved ones, they can take away your money, they can take away just about everything, but they can’t take away your love and wisdom."
"Love and wisdom are the essence of life."
"Childhood deprivation is often the source of adult dreams and aspirations. So often childhood illnesses create the great healer or athlete. Those who think they weren’t loved seek to share love wholeheartedly for the rest of their lives. Those who felt unworthy develop a powerful drive to contribute to the world and feel worthwhile. Those who lived in poverty go on to amass great wealth. Perceived voids create values; we are programmed to seek whatever we think is missing the most."
"Wisdom is the instantaneous recognition that a crisis is a blessing, and even greater wisdom recognizes that blessings can also trigger a crisis. When we truly understand that, we’re less likely to be upset about difficulties or elated about opportunities; we remain centered no matter what happens around us. That is one of the secrets of self-mastery."
"The Great Discovery™: At any moment of your life, you will never be put down without being lifted up, nor lifted up without being put down. Positive and negative, good and bad, support and challenge, peace and war—all come together in pairs. They are simultaneous and perfectly balanced, and that is what makes up the divine order."
"People treat you exactly the way you unconsciously treat yourself. Their outer mannerisms toward you reflect your inner mannerisms, so one of the most powerful ways to transform your life is to become consciously aware of your beliefs and feelings about yourself."
"We’re not here to be right, we’re here to be love."
"Were you aware that supporting someone can make them weak and dependent, and that challenging them can make them strong and independent? We judge ourselves harshly when we feel we’ve been mean to someone, but that’s because we haven’t seen the balance."
"For most of us, conflict is less physical and more verbal and mental, but the same principle applies. You’re not present when you become distracted by the emotions of praise and reprimand, are you? When somebody lifts you up or puts you down, if you buy into their one-sided illusion, they can run your life."
"If every time a crisis struck, you trained yourself to immediately look for the blessing and opportunity that certainly exists, you could dance with your life."
“If I had only one prayer, it would be, ‘Thank you.’” — Meister Eckhart
"A genius is one who sees the guiding light of their soul, listens to the internal message, and obeys."
"The masses wait to see it to believe it, but the master believes it and then sees it."
"If you get absolutely crystal clear on exactly what you would love, and you can’t see anything but that, it’s almost impossible for you not to get it. If you can say, “I am worth it, I deserve to have my dreams, I deserve to take the time to focus on the infinite details to create them, I have a human will, and I’ll align it with divine will and allow it to fill me and inspire me to write out each dream in a specific fashion,” and then you do it . . . then it’s yours."
"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask. If you say to yourself, I’d like to do that, but how can I when I don’t have the money? you create a mind-set that assumes you can’t and stops without even trying. If, instead, you ask yourself, How can I do what I love and be magnificently paid for it? and don’t stop looking until you find the answer, you’ll get an entirely different outcome and life. Reframing the questions you ask yourself offers tremendous power."
"There is elated positive thinking and depressed negative thinking, and right between the two is present and loving thinking. The two extremes cancel each other out, and one is the antidote for the other."
"Ultimately, life is not meant to be only positive or negative, happy or sad, but to be expressed with a balanced expression of love and wisdom. Wisdom is the instantaneous recognition that crisis is blessing, and love is the automatic, instantaneous expression of the two sides of life. You express either pure unconditional love when you acknowledge the balance, or conditional and emotional love when you acknowledge the imbalance."
"Everybody has two sides. If you’re honest, you’ll see that you are both saint and sinner, virtuous and vicious. So when someone accuses you of something, don’t waste time defending yourself. Instead, admit that you are in fact possessor of whatever it is the’re attaching you for. Not only are you possessor, but they are, too, and they’re judging themselves; that’s why they’re accusing you. If it hurts to hear it, that means you haven’t seen how that quality servers you or others and you’re judging yourself. Their gift to you is to wake you up to another part of yourself that you haven’t yet loved."
"People feel sorrow not because someone has died, but because they didn’t express their love when they had the chance."
"Your worth in life is directly proportionate to how much love and gratitude you have, and the hierarchy of your values and magnitude of your cause determines much of your wealth."
"Life is funny. The moment you realize you already have everything you’re looking for, the universe gives it to you. The instant you think you don’t have something, it evades you further. The greatest discovery in life is that no matter what you do, you’re being supported and challenged simultaneously. The second greatest discovery is that nothing is missing; it’s just in a form you haven’t recognized. Widen your experience and broaden yourself, which is the value of experience, and see that it’s all there just in a new form, and then watch yourself become a master of transformation."
"We’re all hypocrites when we say we’re spiritual but don’t sit in a state of gratitude and grace for the magnificence of everything, just as it is. None of us are going to do that 24 hours a day, but if we’re wise, we’re honest enough with ourselves to acknowledge the times when we’re not grateful, know that that’s the journey, and humble ourselves to our sacred path of love."
"No matter what I’ve done or not done, I am worthy of love."
"Everything has two sides, and you can never have one without the other. It’s not one side now and the other maybe sometime in the future; they’re simultaneous. Don’t wait to get old to finally understand this. Awaken to the wisdom of the ages without the aging process. Honor the truth of equilibration."
Last year an old friend called to ask, “Can you loan me some money?” and I said, “No, I won’t.” “But why? You’ve got plenty.” “I know, and the reason I do is because I know how to manage it. I don’t give money to people who don’t know how, because if I do, we both say good-bye to our money. They become dependent, and I get a lesson in economics.” “I will not give money to any cause that does not ensure dignity, accountability, productivity, and responsibility to the recipients.” — Nelson Rockefeller
"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask. So don’t think, What do I have to do today? or What do I need? Ask yourself, What would I love to do today? What would I love to do with my life? Ask a different question and get a different life, because the way you talk to yourself creates your reality."
"You grow from impulse, where you simply react unconsciously to the world; to instinct, where you’re ruled by your emotions; to intellect, where the mind starts to have some awareness of, and influence on, your destiny. In all of those states, the heart is relatively closed and cannot direct your life. When the heart opens a little, you start to have intuition; and when it opens even further, you get inspiration. Inspiration involves messages, visions, and feelings that show you why you’re here. When the heart is completely open, it can receive divine revelation; and when you receive that, you cannot help but have a profound effect on the world. You will make a difference here simply by being."
"You are here on this earth to master seven areas of life: spiritual, mental, vocational, financial, familial, social, and physical. They can either powerfully support your genius or impede it. Love in each of these areas can ignite your genius, but fear and guilt can cause them to smolder."
"It states that if you’re given the choice between pissing someone else off or pissing yourself off, choose them. People come and go, but you’re with you for the whole trip . . . and it’s your life. Never sacrifice the eternal for the transient. Embrace both sides of life equally."
"Don’t think you’ll ever be without fears in your life; fear means you’re growing and challenging yourself beyond your comfort zones. I have fears almost every day, but I know that fear is a lie, a lopsided perception clouding the hidden order; so I identify it, bring it to balance, then walk through it. It is then that I turn on my light." “Forget about likes and dislikes, they are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.” — George Bernard Shaw
"Every moment we spend not focused on our dreams becomes a moment we spend focused on our doubts and obstacles. Every moment we spend not focused on the flowers, we’re focused on the weeds."
"Words of Wisdom and Power • I talk to myself with the respect due a great genius. • I look for the genius in everyone I meet. • I link everything I do to my mission, and I am inspired by my life. • I walk through the darkened doorway where fear lurks, and I turn on the light. • I listen to my heart, which awakens my genius. • My genius elevates me beyond my daily illusions."
“When I speak of love, I am not speaking of some sentimental or weak response. I am speaking of that force which all of the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
For more details:
https://drdemartini.com/breakthrough-experience/
https://thelawofattraction.org/the-breakthrough-experience/
