Jonathan Carroll Quotes

The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.

Haven't lost your sense of humor after all but your sense of identity is what seems to have been misplaced. No. Wrong. You don't lose what you never had.

Acknowledgemen t of what you feel, what you know, what you need is the first step toward healing.

Growth is a detox process, as our weakest, darkest places are sucked up to the surface in order to be released...often, it is not a change in partners but rather a change in perception that delivers us to the love we seek.

The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.

When a certain piece of music penetrates a person, a resonance is set in motion and an inner voice says: "I like this resonance. It elevates me. It develops hitherto unknown possibilities in me. I don't recognize myself. This is very interesting.

By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is never a selfish act -- it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do so not only for ourselves but for the many others whose lives we touch.

I was unrecognizable to myself; I saw my reflection in a window; I didn't know my own face.

Personal healing on all levels - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual comes when we get in touch with our disowned energies.... Through integrating all aspects of ourselves, we become whole.

I guess when you’re trying to find all the parts of yourself, it’s difficult to be with someone who’s already fully intact.

We cannot heal the throbbing heart till we discern the wounds within.

What he needed was to find fifty more people like him, who had stopped being themselves without realizing it.

Everything intercepts us from ourselves.

I can't see my reflection in the waters, I can't speak the sounds that show no pain. I can't hear the echo of my footsteps, or can't remember the sound of my own name.

Healing opportunities can be disguised as people who really piss you off. Pay attention because they could be your greatest teachers.

In order to heal themselves, people must recognize, first, that they have an inner guidance deep within and, second, that they can trust it.

Only intimacy with the self will bring about true healing.

The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I had a guitar in my hand.

By choosing integrity, I become more whole, but wholeness does not mean perfection. It means becoming more real by acknowledging the whole of who I am.

To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.

You can think of spiritual practice as a kind of spiritual re-parenting ... You're offering yourself the two qualities that make up good parenting: understanding - seeing yourself for who you truly are - and relating to what you see with unconditional love.

It is our commitment to wholeness that matters, the willingness to unfold in every deep aspect of our being.

I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.

The biggest parts of healing and making myself whole is to accept all of the many parts of myself.

If I can forgive the attachment in myself and open to the vulnerability that's underneath it, then rather than fixating on another person to satisfy my need, I'm actually going right to where the needs come from and able to bring a real healing.