Quotes From "Soul Moments"

In “Soul Moments”, Phil Cousineau presents a terrific collection of synchronicity stories which fed my longing for heartwarming stories of meaningful coincidences in May 2002, during a brief three-month interlude in my professional career. Here are the lessons I learned:

On “Synchronicity”:

“…synchronicity is less a phenomenon to be proved than a fascination to be lived.”

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“For me, synchronicity is an inexplicable but profoundly meaningful coincidence that stirs the soul and offers a guiding glimpse of one’s destiny.”

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“For all its usual brevity, an experience of synchronicity is marked by elegance, symmetry, vividness, suddenness, poetry, or a truth that speaks to the heart, often finally a sense of the unforgettable…”

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“…there are no accidents in the circle of synchronicity.”

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“…synchronicities arose during points of crisis in people’s lives, and moreover, contained insights, seeds of the future, and signs of destiny, if only people learned how to read them.”

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“…an experience of synchronicity is a soul moment, an electrifying experience, as sudden as a visitation by a god, a palpable inrush of grace and power, one of the defining moments in life, a sudden conviction that we might move beyond fate and realize a hint of our destiny.”

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“There is a palpable link between synchronicity and destiny.”

On “Moments”:

“I know I couldn’t make it through the rest of the day if every moment had momentous significance.”

On “Meaning of Life”:

“…the meaning of life is not only in the quest for one’s own well-being but lies in the service of something greater.”

On “Life’s Stories”:

“…there are only six kinds of stories that are repeated over and over…”


On “True Vocation”:

“…if one does the work proper to one’s true vocation, ‘the grace of great things’ will come naturally.”

- Phil Cousineau

Quotes From "The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire"...Last Part

On Emotions:

"Emotions are just recycled energy."

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"Emotions are never created in isolation; they always come about because of some interaction with the eviroment. In the absence of circumstances or relationships, there is no emotion."

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"Each emotion is dependent on the context, circumstances, relationships that defie your reality at that moment."

On Genius :

"This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present."

On Personality :

"Personality gets created through selective identification with situations and through relationships."

On Soul :

"The soul is the observer who interprets and makes choices based on karma; it is also a confluence of relationships, out of which contexts and meaning, and it is this flow of context and meaning that creates experience."

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"Your soul is the part of you that is universal ad individual at the same time, and it is a reflection of all other souls."

On Intention :

"Everything that happens in the universe starts with intentions."

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"All learning, remembering, reasoning, drawing of inferences, and motor activity are preceded by intent. Intent is the very basis of creation."

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"Our destiny ultimately comes from the deepest level of desire and also from the deepest level of intention."

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"When intention is repeated that creates habit. The more an intention is repeated, the more likely it is that the universal consciousness will create the same pattern and manifest the intention i the physical world."

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"Intention orchestrates infinite possibilities."

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"Intent creates coincidences; it is the reason why when you're thinking of something, it happens."

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"We can restore the power of intent through a return to the true self, or self-actualization."

On Good Luck :

"Good luck is opportunity and preparedness coming together."

On Life :

"...life is the ultimate mystery."

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"What makes life mysterious is that our destiny seems hidden from us, and only at the end of our lives will we be in a position to look back and see the path we followed."

--Deepak Chopra

One-liner Quotes From "The Alchemist"

"The Alchemist" was a book I could not put down, so I devoured it in one sitting. It is a very easy and engaging read that's full of wisdom and metaphors which can guide one's everyday life. More specifically, it covers many of the topics that have made me a bookworM: a quest, a dream, an adventure, and destiny. These are the highlighted quotes in my copy of this book.

On Life:

"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."

On Happiness:

"If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man."

On one's Destiny:

"God has prepared a path for everyone to follow. You just have to read the omens that he left for you."

On one's Soul:

"Your eyes show the strength of your soul."

On Dreams:

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."

On the World's Greatest Lie:

"...at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate."

On Blessings:

"...every blessing ignored becomes a curse."

--Paulo Coelho