Quotes & Questions

Reflection Questions What is your relationship with Nature? How well do you know silence? How are the two connected? See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls. ~Mother Teresa

Reflection Questions What is a trait within another that chafes you? How does that trait appear within you? What other aspects do you try to keep in the shadows within you? Unless you learn to face your own shadows, you will continue to see them in others, because the world outside you is only a…

Reflection Questions How willing are you to open your heart to another in need? How do you view your ability to offer compassion? How does self-judgment interfere with offering compassion? Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak, vulnerable with the vulnerable, and powerless with the powerless. Compassion means full immersion in the condition…

Reflection Questions How does your spiritual self support your human awakening? Who do you know yourself to be? How do you support your own awakening? We think of ourselves as humans searching for a spiritual awakening, when in fact we are spiritual beings attempting to cope with a human awakening. Seeing ourselves from the perspective…

Reflection Questions What have you learned from an inner journey? How has that changed your life? What else have you learned as a result? There’s a lot of fear connected with the inner journey because it penetrates our illusions. Taking the inner journey will lead you into some very shadowy places. You’re going to learn…

Reflection Questions How do you define spirituality? How does that influence you as the leader of your own life? Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also…

Reflection Questions How often do you take time to listen to your intellect? What is your response to what you hear? How has your intellect served you? The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing. -Sigmund Freud

Reflection Questions How has a relationship of yours been shaken by a lack of loyalty? What did you learn from that experience? How does that influence other relationships you are in? Loyalty is the strongest glue which makes a relationship last for a lifetime. – Mario Puzo

Reflection Questions What is your perspective on failure? How does that influence your life choices? How would you live differently if you weren’t afraid to fail? In order to achieve anything, you must be brave enough to fail. ~Kirk Douglas

Reflection Questions How do you implement power over your mind? How does that impact your strength of spirit? How do the two strengthen your body? You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. ~Marcus Aurelius