101 Quotes by Jeff Brown

If we age honestly, we become love. As the body weakens, love surges through us, longing to be released, longing to be lived. With no time left to not love, we seek authentic embrace everywhere. Our deft avoidance maneuvers convert into directness. Our armored hearts melt into pools of eternal longing. This is why we should look forward to aging. Finally, after all the masks and disguises fall away, we are left with love alone. God waits for us on the bridge between our hearts.

The universe had something to do with it, didn’t it?” “Sure, but you were the originator of this.

It isn’t for the faint of heart, nor is it ever to be taken lightly. Real love is heartcore.

The body is a universe in and of itself. Built with innate intelligence and vigilant in its own protection. Constantly finding ways to contain painful feelings and emotions so that we can subsist.

Why do we turn against ourselves when we most need to give ourselves comfort?

He paused for a while and then looked me in the eye. “Then you are blessed by her absence. Can’t make someone ready to walk a path they aren’t ready for. Just don’t work.” “Sometimes people push each other along... ” “No, they got to want it. Listen buddy, if one person doesn’t want the relationship, then it’s simply not a fit. No sense trying to figure out why they don’t want it. No.

Society was built on a foundation of fear, not authenticity. I get too numb when I join the world. I lose my openness, my access to the divine.

Relationship is always a spiritual practice, even when we imagine it otherwise.

Look, I told you before – you can’t heal your heart with your mind. You can only heal your heart with your heart.