Rev. Danny Fisher

Today’s quote comes to us from psychotherapist, teacher, and author John Welwood.

The former director of the East/West Psychology program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, he currently trains counselors in “psychotherapy in a spiritual framework” and “the healing power of unconditional presence” and leads workshops on psycho-spiritual work and conscious relationship around the world.

Associate editor of the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, he is also the author of Journey of the Heart: The Path of Conscious Love; Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship; Awakening the Heart: East/West Approaches to Psychotherapy and the Healing Relationship; Challenge of the Heart: Love, Sex, and Intimacy in Changing Times; Ordinary Magic: Everyday Life as Spiritual Path; Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart; and Toward a Psychology of Awakening: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Path of Personal and Spiritual Transformation.

Here’s the quote, from Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart, pg. 54:

You are flawed, you are stuck in old patterns, you become carried away with yourself. Indeed you are quite impossible in many ways. And still, you are beautiful beyond measure. For the core of what you are is fashioned out of love, that potent blend of openness, warmth, and clear, transparent presence.