xi-xii Creating something out of nothing is stressful and requires a lot of "work." Revealing something
that is already there requires considerably less effort because it already exists... This power is the true
source of creativity, and it is not something exclusive to artists or geniuses... creativity is rather an
expression of your own power to turn every moment of your life into a beautiful piece of art.
p.56 we don't see much of what is actually there, we only see what we already think is there.
But it's nobody's fault. There is so much information around us that the brain has to filter out
everything that is not crucial to our survival in order to keep us from being overwhelmed
p.66 anything that alters your experience from one thing to another is a trigger
p.73-74 The reason we get trapped in situations and experiences that we would love to change is that we
think the same thoughts over and over and over and over again.
The repetitious thought produces an experience that confirms the thought that produces the same experience
again, ad infinitium... But there is a way out.
First, stop thinking it.
Stop saying it to yourself or to anyone else... Then, start thinking and saying the new thought...
you will begin to see opportunities
p.95 The brain is the only part of the body that cannot move on its own.
Yet not only does it create physical movement in our bodies by simple visualization, it can go anywhere
it like to go, even to the far reaches of the universe, by using the same power. This is why you can travel to anywhere in
any time just by imagining it, and why you can experience anything at all when you are dreaming.
p.107 We are taught to believe that waking life is real, and dreams are not.
But your waking life and your dream life have one powerful thing in common: Your mind creates both
of them.
p.118 That is the point of this book - to help you begin to select your possibilities with greater awareness
and fewer limits.
p.139 There is so much information around us that the brain has to filter out everything
that is not crucial to our survival in order to be able to see what is. The problem arises as we get older
and begin to only see memories, so that it becomes really difficult to see anything new. This is sometimes
why people get stuck in the past, and why life becomes boring or stale. But the ability to train yourself to see new
things never goes away, which means you can become like a child again just with the power of sight.
p.167 When you change the way you look at something, you change the very thing you're looking at.
p.175 When you catch on to this secret - that the premise determines what you see, and that a false premise
can keep you from finding the answer - you will discover that all of the questions and related insurmountable problems, paradoxes,
and traps that the world faces are in fact answerable and solvable when you simply recognize the limited premise at the heart
of the perspective.
And when you do, you will find all of your answers there too.
