eat, pray, love "india"

just finished part 2, india. i feel that maybe elizabeth gilbert is a soul sister of mine.


"The Yogis, however, say that human discontentment is a simple case of mistaken identity. We're miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly believe that our limited little egos constitute our whole entire nature. We have failed to recognize our deeper divine character. We don't relaize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme Self who is eternally at peace. That supreme Self is our true identiry, universal and divine. (pg 122)"

this part of the book has been amazing for me to read. it is all great. this quote struck me. i believe that we all forget who we are, and it's hard for us to remember. if we became best friends with our supreme Self, and was with them at all times, we would hardly feel depression, loneliness, and anxiety. it's the most beautiful thing to be able to be eternally at peace within yourself.


"Big deal. So you fell in love with someone. Don't you see what happened? This guy touched a place in your heart deeper than you thought you were capable of reaching, I mean you got zapped, kiddo. But that love you felt, that's just the beginning. You just got a taste of love. That's just limited little rinky-dink mortal love. Wait till you see how much more deeply you can love than that. You have the capacity to someday love the whole world. It's your destiny. (pg 149)"

it's coming. i know it is. and i can't wait until it does.


"A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. a true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. Your problem is, you just can't let this one go. (pg 149)"

i can't. not yet.


"Letting go, of course, is a scary enterprise for those of us who believe that the world revolves only because it has a handle on the top of it which we personally turn, and that if we were to drop this handle for even a moment, well-that would be the end of the universe. But try dropping it. (pg 155)"

letting go is the hardest thing for me to do. i am a control freak, and i feel that if i relax, or can't control something, then it will be the end of all. but it won't. i don't have to be in charge. i'm not in charge, actually. so i need to let go.


"You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select what clothes you're gonna wear every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control. Drop everything else but that. Because if you can't learn to master your thinking, you're in deep trouble forever. (pg 178)"

isn't it so true? i can control my thoughts. if i'm being nostalgic and it's making me depressed, i just tell my mind no and change my thoughts. because i am in control of only my thoughts.



"The best we can do, then, in response to our incomprehensible and dangerous world, is to practice holding equilibrium internally-no matter what insanity is transpiring out there. (pg 206)"

life is crazy. the world is mad. but no matter what we see on the news or read in the paper, we can be at peace internally. it's the first step to making change around you. you can't spread peace if you aren't balanced inside.