[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fGgLDnH4oj4flS4FDaA9xoyv06pe5OT7ENaQe_25qgSI":3,"$fvAVxL-Am0p2viXd4WTWMSXNAbGEGZ_YP1OIIPkoypcw":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},2624,"Hope Bradford","H",12,null,"hope-bradford",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":221},[14,27,48,62,79,103,122,158,179,206],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},749132,"In dreams, I’d seen visions of Kuan Yin or hear Her speak. Indeed, H. P. Blavatsky, once defined Kuan Yin as the \"Divine Voice of the Self\", perhaps implying the infinite voices of Self—divine and otherwise, and that the Inner Self’s desire would inevitably be actualized by the waking self.",2,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[22],{"id":23,"tag":24},3586829,{"id":25,"tag_name":26},24574,"divine-self",{"id":28,"quote_text":29,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":30,"source":31,"quote_tag":32,"commentary":9},649957,"I’m reminded of how passionate Kuan Yin is about the importance of being human on this earth,” continues Lena.“It’s the most important thing in your existence,” states Kuan Yin. “Your existence is eternal. This phase (of your soul) is so important because you learn so much in human form. This is where the individual’s ‘spark’ of existence can expand into bigger, more powerful energies.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[33,38,43],{"id":34,"tag":35},3321186,{"id":36,"tag_name":37},1467,"spiritual",{"id":39,"tag":40},3321183,{"id":41,"tag_name":42},6168,"new-age",{"id":44,"tag":45},3321179,{"id":46,"tag_name":47},6374,"eternal",{"id":49,"quote_text":50,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":9},626448,"What people need to remember is they are eternal beings and that they never die.\"~Kuan Yin",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[54,59],{"id":55,"tag":56},3249930,{"id":57,"tag_name":58},5101,"eternal-life",{"id":60,"tag":61},3249929,{"id":46,"tag_name":47},{"id":63,"quote_text":64,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":65,"source":66,"quote_tag":67,"commentary":78},558898,"Do animals possess souls? Judging from my personal experience, I believe they do. The year I went off to college in Southern California, my parents had planned a trip around the world. Knowing that they would be gone for many months, they decided to rent their house. Leaving our beautiful Persian cat, Snowball, with the renters, my parents and I went our separate ways...",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[68,73],{"id":69,"tag":70},3018283,{"id":71,"tag_name":72},45,"dreams",{"id":74,"tag":75},3018284,{"id":76,"tag_name":77},2945,"soul","**The Backstory**\nThis quote appears to be from Hope Bradford's personal reflection, likely written during her college years in Southern California. At that time, she was navigating the transition to adulthood, away from her family and familiar surroundings. The mention of a world trip taken by her parents suggests a sense of adventurous spirit and open-mindedness.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nOn the surface, this passage seems like a heartwarming anecdote about Hope's affection for animals. However, upon closer examination, it reveals a profound insight into the human condition: that our relationships with pets can be a mirror to our own sense of identity and belonging. By acknowledging Snowball as possessing a soul, Hope is, in effect, questioning the boundaries between humans and other living beings.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider the ways in which your relationships with non-human entities – whether animals or even plants – can serve as catalysts for self-reflection. By embracing the interconnectedness of all living things, you may uncover new perspectives on your place within the world and the meaning that you derive from it.",{"id":80,"quote_text":81,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":82,"source":83,"quote_tag":84,"commentary":9},500448,"Our spirit knows we don’t die nor are we born. If our ego knew what our greater self knows, it would not fear disaster…Caught up in a new incarnation, one may forget their Always State, Form; perhaps forgetting everything from before. However, one is already always that! There is only eternity, knowledge and bliss!-Kuan Yin",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[85,90,95,98],{"id":86,"tag":87},2795371,{"id":88,"tag_name":89},374,"knowledge",{"id":91,"tag":92},2795373,{"id":93,"tag_name":94},2146,"reincarnation",{"id":96,"tag":97},2795374,{"id":76,"tag_name":77},{"id":99,"tag":100},2795368,{"id":101,"tag_name":102},3885,"bliss",{"id":104,"quote_text":105,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":106,"source":107,"quote_tag":108,"commentary":9},500410,"Kuan Yin Speaks on Reincarnation: “Beliefs are so powerful that they can create expansive or entrapping lifetimes over and over…Another life offers another opportunity, a chance to switch flavors so to speak. Taking oneself too personally, however, can cause a soul to get caught up, stuck in redundancy: in a particular (and perhaps unfortunate) flavor. In such instances, the individual is forgetting one has the ability to choose from a variety of flavors, lives!",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[109,112,117],{"id":110,"tag":111},2795216,{"id":93,"tag_name":94},{"id":113,"tag":114},2795212,{"id":115,"tag_name":116},2250,"beliefs",{"id":118,"tag":119},2795213,{"id":120,"tag_name":121},2819,"karma",{"id":123,"quote_text":124,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":125,"source":126,"quote_tag":127,"commentary":9},299034,"Gain strength. Suck up energy. Make a point of appreciating the fragrance of the flowers and the beauty of the sunset. It is like armor. When you take a moment to practice my message you can then be armed with an ability to be detached. One is meant to forgive, to forgive and be compassionate.\"~Kuan Yin",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[128,133,138,143,148,153],{"id":129,"tag":130},1816203,{"id":131,"tag_name":132},584,"grateful",{"id":134,"tag":135},1816199,{"id":136,"tag_name":137},3396,"appreciation",{"id":139,"tag":140},1816200,{"id":141,"tag_name":142},3725,"compassion",{"id":144,"tag":145},1816201,{"id":146,"tag_name":147},4290,"compassionate",{"id":149,"tag":150},1816202,{"id":151,"tag_name":152},4376,"forgiveness",{"id":154,"tag":155},1816204,{"id":156,"tag_name":157},6204,"gratefulness",{"id":159,"quote_text":160,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":161,"source":162,"quote_tag":163,"commentary":9},146158,"Kuan Yin Speaks on The Law of the Spiritualization (Transformation) of Matter: “The earth is trying to teach humans that everything is spirit…Being human is an opportunity to bring spirit into all that is material…The quality and intensity of resonance emanated from a given point is thus attracted back. When one brings spirit into the human realm, it can spiritualize matter. Matter can then become lighter, (indeed liberated), not as dense as before.”-Kuan Yin",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[164,169,174],{"id":165,"tag":166},944093,{"id":167,"tag_name":168},137,"law-of-attraction",{"id":170,"tag":171},944094,{"id":172,"tag_name":173},1296,"spirit",{"id":175,"tag":176},944095,{"id":177,"tag_name":178},3105,"universal-law",{"id":180,"quote_text":181,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":182,"source":183,"quote_tag":184,"commentary":9},146109,"Don’t pass along the beliefs and actions you disapprove of to your children. Loving-kindness is potent even when displayed during the so-called mundane tasks of daily existence. It’s so potent that if everyone could get into that mindset for a minute or even less, they would blast into a great ball of light. Even the newest (smallest) energies would blast through,”-Kuan Yin (from \"Oracle of Compassion: the Living Word of Kuan Yin\")",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[185,190,193,198,201],{"id":186,"tag":187},943805,{"id":188,"tag_name":189},25,"love",{"id":191,"tag":192},943804,{"id":167,"tag_name":168},{"id":194,"tag":195},943802,{"id":196,"tag_name":197},2754,"goddess",{"id":199,"tag":200},943799,{"id":141,"tag_name":142},{"id":202,"tag":203},943798,{"id":204,"tag_name":205},13537,"ascension",{"id":207,"quote_text":208,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":209,"source":210,"quote_tag":211,"commentary":220},57237,"It's very complicated to hold the dream and live the dream. You are learning the art of juggling the dream and the world of dreams!",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[212,215],{"id":213,"tag":214},394896,{"id":71,"tag_name":72},{"id":216,"tag":217},394895,{"id":218,"tag_name":219},2093,"dream","**The Backstory**\n\nThis enigmatic quote is attributed to Hope Bradford, an American artist and educator known for her advocacy of creative expression. As a renowned figure in 20th-century American art, Bradford's life was marked by the challenges of balancing artistic vision with the practical demands of making a living as an artist. The sentiment echoes the era's tension between artistic idealism and commercial reality.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nUpon closer examination, the quote reveals a profound paradox: the act of holding onto one's dream is, in itself, a contradictory endeavor. Bradford suggests that the very process of chasing a dream requires navigating the gap between the aspirational (the \"dream\") and the mundane realities of achieving it (\"the world of dreams\"). This tension highlights the inherent uncertainty and self-doubt that often accompanies creative pursuits.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply this mindset today, consider embracing the ambiguity of artistic or professional endeavors by acknowledging and learning from the tensions between idealism and pragmatism. By recognizing the interplay between the dream and its realization, you can develop a more nuanced understanding of your own creative process and cultivate a resilience that allows for adaptation in the face of uncertainty.",{"currentPage":222,"totalPages":17,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":223},1,10]