Psi Inspirational Quotes

Hope is the greatest gift and the greatest evil...Hope saved us and hope might yet kill us.

Families that feel together, heal together.

The control and power to construct or destroy is within you—choose wisely." —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD

There is no greater deception than self-deception and no greater misery than self-pity. Self-pity is self-destructive. Overcome the false self by discovering your true self.” —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD

... mogla sam jedino zaključiti kako pretjerana taština, jednako kao i pijanstvo, otvrdnjuje srce, podjarmljuje sposobnosti te izopačuje osjećaje; te kako psi nisu jedina bića koja se, i kada su sita do grla, i dalje naslađuju onime što ne mogu proždrijeti te zavide i na najmanjem zalogaju svome izgladnjelom bratu.

For years, Aldrich had pondered the vastness of that horizon, feeling always that just beyond the grasp of the understanding, something important waited. Deep in his heart he knew it was the vastness of this unknown horizon that had inspired him for years to carry on the patient, mind-wrenching toil necessary even to begin to investigate extrasensory perception. He hadn’t expected to learn everything about the psi ability—the work of centuries would be necessary for that—but he knew he would die happy if he could add just one fragment of demonstrable fact to the oceans of speculation on the subject. If the unknown was as vast as the sands of all the seashores on earth, his prayer had always been, “Dear God, let me understand just one grain of sand. Let me have just one grain of sand, one known fact. You have so many grains of sand—give me just one.” This, from Aldrich, who was not a religious man!

Babies are naturally exhibitionistic and they love exposing their naked bodies. However, they eventually learn that only a few people should be allowed to see them naked. Similarly, as adults, we must also learn to be emotionally naked with just a few trusted people, not everyone.

In the Parable of the Talents, people are encouraged not to bury their talents in the ground. Take heed to this and don't hide your gifts. Maximize the potential that you've been endowed with.

Where you look is where you go, remember? Don't look at hopeless. We don't want to go there.

The control and power to construct or destroy is within you—choose wisely." —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD

Do not expect from others what you cannot offer yourself.” —Sepideh Irvani, PsyD

Maybe this is a second doctoral program: advanced learning about life, death, marriage, mothering, family, faith, patience, prayer. My degree will be 'Doctor of Life,' and I will be in good company. So many of us earn our 'Doctor of Life' degrees.

We are who we are, and we are strong.

Unlike the West, the “true self” is not created over time but discovered7, which is why Daoist and Zen writings may refer to it as “original nature.” Our original nature is a primordial melody, and to hear it, one must silence all the extraneous noise.

53. The 9-mile-long river called Rio Celeste (“Celestial River”) in Costa Rica is a perfect metaphor for the harmonious interaction between the original self and the narrative self. While the original self carries the potential (aluminosilicate), it is in interaction with the narrative self that allows it to be realized.

Every free choice collapses an infinite set of other choices that could be made. In fact, one reason people suffer is precisely this sacrifice. We cannot be everything all at once, and once we choose a way of being, the only direction left is forward. We have to take responsibility for our becoming. Every choice made leads to a meeting with an alternate self, why not consider one over another? When we choose, we also sacrifice