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Spiritual progress is like a detoxification.

Marianne Williamson

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Marianne Williamson
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
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Peace Activist
Philanthropist
Politician
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Houston
Texas
Marianne Deborah Williamson
Detoxification
Spirituality
Progress
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From a pure metaphysical perspective, there is no world outside ourselves. So, at the deepest level, the state of the planet is more a reflection of the consciousness of mankind than the consciousness of mankind is a reflection of world events.
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Generation after generation can't just be loaded with more and more nuclear weapons and not ultimately dance to that music.
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Fear comes, but fear passes.
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There is a perverse comfort zone to living a small life. For women, that zone has to do with the fact that we're less likely to be challenged, we're less likely to be criticized, we're less likely to be called angry or strident, if we simply go along and acquiesce to the prevailing patterns of thought and behavior.
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The purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God.
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There is no peace without forgiveness.
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What emerges from the silence is the deafening sound of an old world disintegrating.
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I think daily life is where the lessons come in - that's where the tests and the growth come in.
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Any situation that pushes our buttons is a situation where we don't yet have the capacity to be unconditionally loving.
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Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic it's practical. What's idealistic is thinking we can live from our wounds, stay in our weakness, and ever transform the world.
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In every moment we make a decision -- whether conscious or unconscious. Will I choose to open my heart, send love, withhold judgment and thus free myself from fear? Or will I close my heart, project fear instead of extending love, judge others, and thus bind myself to fear? The choice is mine and mine alone.
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