{"author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones","total_quotes":18,"quotes":[{"text":"Herein lies the paradox: If you want more of whatever it is you desire, you have to first prove to the universe that you are capable of having it by developing a consciousness that affirms there is no shortage of it. The only way to do this is by creating a vacuum or space for it to be received, and the only way you can create a space for it to be received is by letting go of what you do have, trusting that the universe knows what it is doing. That's the law of circulation in action.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["abundance","circulation","energy","money","prosperity","receiving","releasing"],"id":25663,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"},{"text":"If we were to excavate the deepest recesses of our consciousness, we would discover many beliefs about ourselves that are simply not true and that may never have been true. Yet we live from these beliefs as if they were true because we have never identified them clearly enough to question them, to challenge them.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["beliefs","consciousness","courage","lies","questions-and-answers","truth"],"id":33845,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"},{"text":"We were born to be free, to expand our horizons by going where we have never gone before, and not to hang out in the relative comfort and safety of the nest, the known. There is a place within us that is courageous beyond our human understanding; it yearns to explore beyond the boundaries of our daily life.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["boundaries","courage","exploring","purpose-of-life","saftey"],"id":39451,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"},{"text":"It can be very seductive to tell our story to others who will listen because, lets face it, who doesn't love to 'commiserate' (in this context, meaning to share their misery) with other likeminded people. It justifies our attachment to the drama. The interesting thing about telling our story over and over is that it becomes even more deeply ingrained in our minds each time we tell it, and the universe delights in keeping whatever we claim as our story alive.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["complaining","fear","history","limitations","past","saddness","storytelling"],"id":47178,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"},{"text":"Life probably does not hand us any more visceral experience of how we mistakenly define ourselves than by means of our physical body. From the day we were born, the message we received from the world was that we are our body. This was the first great lie we were given by means of the collective consciousness of humankind, which has always valued itself from the outside in.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["collective-consciousness","consciousness","physical-body","redefining-moment","self-love"],"id":55142,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"},{"text":"Why do we resist the mystery that change brings? When we get too rigid and inflexible, rigor mortis of the soul sets in. For proof of this, we need look no further than to those who choose to stay in a relationship or job long after the soul, or life force, that originally brought it passion and joy has vacated the premises.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["growth","inner-peace","life","life-force","mystery-of-life","uncertainty"],"id":56062,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"},{"text":"Many of us live in denial of who we truly are because we fear losing someone or something-and there are times that if we don't rock the boat, too often the one we lose is ourselves...It feels good to be accepted, loved, and approved of by others, but often the membership fee to belong to that club is far too high of a price to pay.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["authenticity","codependency","fear","rejection","shame"],"id":65218,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"},{"text":"Where do we find happiness? Unfortunately, the common belief with most people is that happiness is something that happens to them when conditions are just right rather than something that happens through them when they choose to make space for it. While outer conditions may stimulate the feeling of happiness, it can never come from anywhere other than within us. Authentic happiness isn't something we can go out and get, buy, borrow, or steal. Nor can any form of artificial sensory stimulus generate true happiness; it's only something we can be, and it's a choice we make with every breath we take.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["awareness","breath","choice","fortune","gratification","happiness","luck"],"id":87707,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"},{"text":"Have you ever stopped to consider the number of choices you make daily Paradoxically speaking, every time you have a choice to make and you don't make it, by default, you are making a choice not to make a choice, which is, of course, a choice. You have no choice in the matter. This is an important question because the more conscious you are about your choices, the more likely it is you will end up where you want to be at the end of your stay on this planet.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["choices-and-consequences","consciousness","fear","freewill","indecision"],"id":125412,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"},{"text":"One of the telltale signs of one who has completely embraced their authentic self is that they are, with great consistency, the same person in public as they are behind closed doors. Until you learn how to access your authentic voice, the uniqueness of who you truly are will never be fully realized. What makes you special (just like everyone else) is that you were placed here on this planet to express the one-of-a-kind being only you can be.","author":"Dennis Merritt Jones","tags":["authenticity","freedom-of-expression","individuality","origional-self"],"id":185142,"author_id":"Dennis+Merritt+Jones"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}