Favorite Inspiring Quotes
Wholeness
Commentary by Peter Shepherd

“Paradoxically, we achieve true wholeness only by embracing our fragility and sometimes, our brokenness.” ~ Jalaja Bonheim
Wholeness is achieved by integration. When you come together, without resistance nor rejection, you experience a sense of wholeness and completeness.
“When you are able to contain both the light and dark together, it means you no longer have to choose one experience over another. You do not have to choose love OR hate, blame OR forgiveness, sadness OR joy, anger OR openheartedness. You are no longer polarized: no particular feeling boxes you in and keeps you from the light of true self. You then have access to the full range of human experiences you came into this life to embrace.” ~ Marta Nelson
The more we work with the universal - the concept of unity and wholeness - the more everything makes sense.
“There is only this one life going on, this one loving, all-giving, perfect intelligence. Where there is resistance, it appears like crisis, it appears like problems, it appears like bad things. But in fact it is really a conspiracy of good; a conspiracy of wholeness. All of it is conspiring to awaken you to your full potential and set you free.” ~ Derek Rydall
Parts have meaning when they are understood to be parts of a bigger picture. Let opposites coexist in you - like fear with love - without choosing one over the other. Embrace both and then create your life from wholeness.
“By choosing your thoughts, and by selecting which emotional currents you will release and which you will reinforce, you determine the quality of your Light. You determine the effects that you will have on others and the nature of the experiences of your life.” ~ Gary Zukav
Part of this journey is knowing, accepting and loving yourself, the other part is using your capabilities to their fullest potential and this also gives you overall direction in life.
“There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung
Our Soul is essential a powerful source of love; that's true for each and every one of us. Love is the light of truth. When you accept truth as your being, it immediately exposes the Shadow, all the other parts of yourself that are not guided by love. The light exposes their lies. But we depend on those other ways of being, as we created them to solve problems in life, albeit in fearful ways: to justify, make excuses, blame, rationalize, be right, avoid, and so on - rather than the braver path of communicating empathically and taking responsibility. So courage is needed; the way out is the way through. But it's worth it as bringing light to the misguided solutions of the past - understanding why they were made and loving their creator - is the ultimate learning experience and enables us to embrace our wholeness. As Jack Kornfield says, "The wholeness we seek is our true nature, who we really are."

Here’s some further reading on this theme...
Wholeness in the New Reality ~ by Owen K Waters
Wholeness is integrity without the "shoulds." Integrity, according to the dictionary, can mean wholeness, but it can also be interpreted in a way that carries a lot of baggage. This add-on baggage includes self-defeating concepts like "should," "try to," and "high" standards. All of these concepts are facets of Old Reality consciousness. Continues...