Top 120 Shakti Gawain Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “Following our inner guidance may feel risky and frightening at first, because we are no longer playing it safe, doing what we ‘should’ do, pleasing others, following rules, or deferring to outside authority.”

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52. “When we create something, we always create it first in a thought form. If we are basically positive in attitude, expecting and envisioning pleasure, satisfaction and happiness, we will attract and create people, situations, and events which conform to our positive expectations.”

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53. “An affirmation is a strong, positive statement that something is already so.”

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54. “When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.”

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55. “You can love other people only to the degree that you’ve come to love and accept yourself.”

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56. “My true relationship is with myself – all others are simply mirrors of it.”

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57. “We are attracted to people who express the qualities we deny or repress in ourselves.”

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58. “We can learn to move into the unknown with the confidence that we have a guiding force within us that is showing us the way.”

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59. “It is often very helpful to use creative visualization in picturing yourself as a more relaxed, open person, flowing, living in the here and now, and always connected with your inner essence.”

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60. “Your intuition will most likely push you gently toward taking some appropriate risks and trying new things.”

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61. “We, as spiritual beings, created the physical world as a place to learn. It’s our school, our playground, our artist’s studio. I beleive that we’re here to master the process of creation – to learn how to consciously channel the creative energy of spirit into physical form.”

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62. “The body is our primary feedback mechanism which can show us what is and isn’t working about our ways of thinking, expressing, and living. As we live our truth more fully and freely, our body grows healthier, stronger, and more beautiful.”

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63. “Everything in the universe wants to be loved and accepted. Our personal work is to find the love and acceptance within ourselves.”

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64. “Our life is a reflection of what we believe we deserve. As we deepen our acceptance of and open ourselves to the Infinite love of the universe, a new power flows through us, releasing us from the bondage of our old way of life.”

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65. “Individually and collectively, we are shifting from a position of fear into surrender and trust of the intuitive. The power of the feminine energy is on the rise in our world.”

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66. “The process of change does not occur on superficial levels, through mere ‘positive thinking.’ It involves exploring, discovering, and changing our deepest, most basic attitudes toward life.”

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67. “Divine light and divine love are flowing through me and radiating from me to everything around me.”

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68. “The key point to understand is that prosperity is an internal experience, not an external state, and it is an experience that is not tied to having a certain amount of money.”

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69. “The clearer and stronger your intention, the more quickly and easily your creative visualization will work.”

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70. “Notice what happens when you follow your intuitive feelings. The result is usually increased energy and power, and a sense of things flowing.”

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71. “When you truly give up trying to be whole through others, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others.”

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72. “We shouldn’t ignore any guidance that comes from the mind – we should listen to our minds AND balance mental messages with intuitive messages. We need both to navigate our way through life.”

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73. “Mind and intuition are at opposite ends of the same continuum and our goal is to strike a healthy balance between the two.”

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74. “Much of the Western world emphasizes rationality and reason, but overlooks or ignores the enormous value of intuition and instinctive wisdom.”

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75. “I trust my own process. I always have everything I need.”

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76. “Freedom and relationship are polar opposites – they both exist on the same continuum. You DO want a relationship – and you DO want freedom – what you really want is BALANCE, you want wholeness.”

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77. “My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.”

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78. “If you constantly think of illness, you eventually become ill; if you believe yourself to be beautiful, you become so.”

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79. “As you learn to be true to yourself, you will find that you attract people, work, and other circumstances that reflect your evolution and development.”

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80. “Your intuition is not the same thing as your mind. In fact, intuition is really the opposite of your mind – and you need to use BOTH in living your day-to-day life.”

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81. “Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”

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82. “A deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel.”

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83. “Change happens not by trying to make yourself change, but by becoming conscious of what’s not working.”

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84. “A painful time in our life is what I call a healing crisis. We are letting go of something old and opening to something new.”

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85. “My inner guidance is there for me to call on anytime I need or want extra clarity, wisdom, knowledge, support, creative inspiration, love, or companionship.”

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86. “Instead of figuring out what I wanted, setting goals, and trying to control what happened to me, I began to practice tuning in receptively to my intuition and acting on what it told me without always understanding why I was doing what I was doing. It was a feeling of letting go of control, surrendering, and allowing the higher power to be in charge.”

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87. “I believe we are all geniuses-each in our own unique way.”

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88. “Our fears arise from things we don’t confront. Once we are willing to look fully and deeply at the source of a fear, it loses its power.”

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89. “The practice of engaging in affirmations allows us to begin replacing some of our stale, worn-out, or negative mind chatter with more positive ideas and concepts.”

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90. “To get in touch with different aspects of your self-image, begin to ask yourself “How do I feel about myself right now?”

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91. “We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression.”

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92. “What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.”

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93. “Our relationship to money reflects how we feel about our power to affect the world. Since money is a mirror of our consciousness, the more comfortable we are with being powerful, the more money we are likely to create in our lives.”

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94. “We don’t have in our culture a healthy understanding and respect for the value of Being, which is simply being present in the moment, not trying to go somewhere, not trying to accomplish anything but, just present.”

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95. “Poverty on both a personal and worldwide level is supported by our collective belief in scarcity.”

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96. “As I learn to love myself, I recieve the love I desire from others.”

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97. “Everything that happens to us can be looked at as a gift. Although it’s quite difficult when you’re in the middle of a hard struggle with something, it’s hard to see it as a gift, but in retrospect, we can almost always look back and say, “Oh, I see why I had to go through that.””

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98. “When you’re riding a bike you’re more connected to the outdoors and to other people than you are when you are stuck in your car.”

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99. “Create a Clear Idea or Picture Create an idea, a mental picture, or a feeling of the object or situation exactly as you want it. You should think of it in the present tense as already existing the way you want it to be. Imagine yourself in the situation as you desire it, now. Include as many details as you can.”

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100. “I believe that everybody needs to tell their story – to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood. We all want that, deep down inside – and writing a book is a great way to make sense of your own experience and to share it with others.”

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