James Van Praagh Quotes

I think that all things are spirit and are derived from spirit. When you look at life from that perspective, it takes on a whole new meaning.

We unfortunately are conditioned at a very young age, "You have to do this to be loved." That's why I put in the children. You have to open them up early, encourage them, and listen to them.

Trusting your intuition is like learning to ride a bike. Everything takes practice before it becomes second nature.

When you meditate, you activate cosmic energies.

If you want to know what you are here to do, how you can be more loving, or how to get through a difficult situation, my answer is always meditate. The difference between prayer and meditation is that when we pray, we are asking for something, and when we meditate, we are listening to the answer.

The spirits talk of many levels. It's not a physical level where you go up the steps to get to the next one. It's consciousness and how evolved spiritually you are.

I had been doing private readings for ten years when my guides said, "We want you to reach more people." Then I said "How?" They said, "You're going to write a book." And I said, "Oh, yeah sure, I'm going to write a book. No way." But I did an outline. And I got pushed by my development circle.

Spiritual evolution is part of every soul's destiny on Earth, and each soul grows and evolves at a different rate. You are right where you need to be.

If you are centered in peace and think thoughts that are kind and loving, you will attract the same kind of ideas and feelings back to you. Remember, thoughts are like very powerful magnets!

I think in other generations, the 50s, the 60s, people went into religion and they were really involved with religion. I found that religion doesn't answer certain unique questions people have about faith and belief.

You are a multidimensiona l being because your human body houses your spirit body, and your spirit body is not limited by dimensions of time, space, or form. As you grow spiritually, you become more perceptive of these other dimensions.

I do read, but not as much as I'd like to. I take five books at once and just scan through them.

Forgiveness is not an occassional act; it is a permanent attitude.

You are made of Love, and this Earth is rich with opportunities to Love. Love is all around you.

I believe miracles are like seeds. When planted and watered by our attention and appreciation, they bloom.

Everyone can experience loving himself and opening up to awareness.

I'd rather look forward and dream, than look backward and regret.

I do like a good mystery. I'm reading Edgar Allan Poe now. I also like autobiographies.

90 percent of the people in the world make their decisions based on fear.

With an open mind, we gain insight into ideas and expressions that we may have overlooked or not noticed at all.