Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to othersโ versions of ourselves.
Julia CameronIt is not the act of making art that is painful. It is the desire to make something and not acting on it that causes pain....A day when I don't write is less happy. This is not discipline. It is affection, enthusiasm, adventure-any number of other words besides discipline.
Julia CameronThe voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other peopleโs expectations.
Julia CameronYou do not need to work to become spiritual. You are spiritual; you need only to remember that fact. Spirit is within you. God is within you. (67)
Julia Cameron