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Will I Be the Hero of My Own Life

Becoming the hero of your own life is an endeavor filled with uncertainty and danger. As with the heroes of the epics, the journey forces you to face your deepest fears. This book explores the question at the heart of an authentic spiritual discipline. Dr

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“There are situations in our lives that represent real challenges to our growth. These constitute about 10% or less of the stress that we will ever experience. The remaining 90% of stress is of our own fabrication. This automatically means that the odds are better than nine to one that if we drop our…”

— Swami Chetanananda, amazon.com

Tagged: How To Think, Spirituality, Worry is a rocking chair

“Desires are not real anyway, they are only the wish list reflecting the limits of our imagination.”

— Swami Chetanananda, amazon.com

Tagged: How To Think, Spirituality, Self-Help, Self-improvement, desires

“The fusion of knowledge and action is the recognition of one's infinite potential.”

— Swami Chetanananda, amazon.com

Tagged: You Are Infinite Potential, How To Think, The Person You'll Become, Pleasing Words

“There is no freedom without uncertainty. But in that freedom, we open ourselves to pass from the battlefield of the warrior, into the cremation ground and, from there, to live as the hero of a truly inspired life.”

— Swami Chetanananda, amazon.com

Tagged: How To Think, Creative Awareness, The Hero Of Your Life, Freedom Is Uncertainty, Unknowing Is Power

“The very effort to control events means that we restrict ourselves and others to the current level of our own imagination. We fail to recognize other possibilities inherent in a situation because we are too busy trying to make it turn out the way we think we want it to.”

— Swami Chetanananda, amazon.com

Tagged: How To Think, Spirit and Soul, The Person You'll Become, Comfort Is An Illusion of Consciousness

“Winning a gold medal would surely be wonderful, but would it make me the hero of my own life? Would it sustain me through the pain and suffering that accompany us through life? Winning a gold medal can certainly be the mission of a life, but my goal is to be at peace with myself, and with others. To…”

— Swami Chetanananda, amazon.com

Tagged: How To Think, The Person You'll Become, Spirituality, Thought Process, Awaken The Heart