The more we know about how we lost our spontaneous wonder and creativity, the more we can find ways to get them back.
John BradshawThat's the trouble with the conventional doctors. They always say, 'How does it work?' but often there isn't any neat little answer...Something simply works...We don't really know how it works. We say we do. We know one or two things we can see and measure.
John BradshawThe spiritual quest is not some added benefit to our life, something you embark on if you have the time and inclination. We are spiritual beings on an earthly journey. Our spirituality makes up our beingness.
John BradshawThe foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.
John BradshawScience has so far been unable to tell us how self-aware dogs are, much less whether they have anything like our conscious thoughts. This is not surprising, since neither scientists nor philosophers can agree about what the consciousness of humans consists of, let alone that of animals.
John BradshawOur sadness is an energy we discharge in order to heal. โฆSadness is painful. We try to avoid it. Actually discharging sadness releases the energy involved in our emotional pain. To hold it in is to freeze the pain within us. The therapeutic slogan is that grieving is the โhealing feeling.โ
John Bradshaw