Quotes and Testimonials

March 19th, 2012

Emotions are Spiritual Guides for Relationship. –Ilene Dillon

To create anything in life, have a thought of what you want, energize it with an emotion(such as strong desire), and hold those two until you have the feeling of what you will feel like when your creation comes into your life. –Gregg Braden

“Misery that finds a willing, sympathetic, ear will sustain itself.” –Pete Siegel, Hypnotherapist

“Pay attention, not to what you want to overcome, but to what you want to become.” –Ilene Dillon, MSW

“What would Love do?” –Richard Blackstone, author of Nuts and Bolts Spirituality

Speak to those you love in such a way—always—that you know they will love to hear what you have to say. –Seymour Boorstein, M.D.

Never tell a child what to do; only tell a child what you are going to do. –Jim Fay, Love and Logic Institute

The two saddest words in any language are “if, only.” They keep you stuck and focused backwards. Substitute two other words, “next time.” –Arthur Gordon, Journalist

All intimacy is designed to prepare us, ultimately, for intimacy with God. There can be no “secrets” in such a profound intimacy, and no untruths. –Michael Brown, author, The Presence Process

If you find something said by another person angering, hurtful or disrespectful, you are resonating with that emotion. People don’t resonate unless they believe the same about themselves! –spiritual teachers of Ilene Dillon’s life

Violence occurs when you run out of ideas. –Anonymous

Everything we do sets a “law” into motion over our life. Many marriages have difficulties because the laws they started out with need to be changed. Change them, and you’ll feel instantly better. –Ilene Dillon, MSW

Gratitude is the Law of Increase. When you are grateful for the crumbs, the loaves will follow. –Richard Goodwin, Minister

 

Therapy:

If you’re not good at setting personal limits, consider following the 72 Hour Rule religiously for 3 weeks. Take 72 Hours to think over new information, risks and decisions you’ve made, without talking to anyone else. Everything will be clearer. –Kay Hammel, Spiritual Medium

If you lose something, decide whether it is merely “missing temporarily,” or it is “lost.” If it is not lost, repeat out loud: “It’s my _________, and it’s coming back to me.” Watch what happens! –Ilene Dillon, MSW

Any behavior repeated daily for 3 weeks creates a lasting change. –Richard Goodwin, Minister

“When you operate on the motive of Fear, you are guaranteed to create that which you fear.” –Ilene Dillon, MSW

In order to get past something, you must go through it. –Ilene Dillon, MSW

Emotions are a form of energy, given to us humans to “signal” us what action to take. Learn the signal of each emotion, and you have a personal “User’s Manual”!  –Ilene Dillon, MSW

In most cases, when a parent is having difficulties with a child, the answer is in the parent (who needs to make a change). –Ilene Dillon, MSW

Children and parents are equally learners, and equally teachers. –Ilene Dillon, MSW

Responsibility is the key to a good life. It’s not a sentence; it’s about choice! –Ilene Dillon, MSW

The way something starts off, it tends to continue. If something doesn’t sit well from the very beginning, it’s usually best to discontinue and go on to something more satisfying! –Richard Goodwin, Minister and Ilene Dillon, MSW

Human beings are created to allow the flow of emotions, much in the way a riverbed is designed to allow the flow of water. Focus always on forgiveness, i.e. “turning loose.” –Ilene Dillon, M.S.W.

What you pay attention to, you tend to become. –Richard Goodwin, Minister

The only time you have power is in the present. –Richard Goodwin, Minister

The only person over whom you have power is yourself. –Ilene Dillon,MSW

The only person you can change is yourself. –Ilene Dillon, MSW

On the earth, things come in opposites. If you can be very generous, you can also be very cheap. If you can be very loving, you can also be very cold. Accept all your opposites!  –Shirley Luthman, LCSW

Our earth is a giant school, to which we have all come in order to grow and learn. –Ilene Dillon, MSW

Every experience is an opportunity to learn. –Ilene Dillon, MSW

When you learn the “lesson” inherent in your experience, you are immediately free to move on to something else. –Ilene Dillon, MSW

When you don’t learn the “lesson” inherent in your experience, you go over and over and over it, with each presentation of the “lesson” coming in a harsher form. –Ilene Dillon, MSW

 

Pithy Quotes:
Following are quotes, from Ilene Dillon and others, useful as “benchmarks” as you live your life.

“Misery that finds a willing, sympathetic, ear will sustain itself.”    –Pete Siegel, in collaboration with Ilene Dillon

“When misery finds no empathy, interest or understanding, it will move toward appropriate resolution.”   –Pete Siegel, in collaboration with Ilene Dillon

What you pay attention to, you tend to become.   –Richard Goodwin

The only time you have power is in the present.    –Richard Goodwin

The only person over whom you have power is yourself.    –I. Dillon

The only person you can change is yourself.    –I Dillon

On the earth, things come in opposites.  If you can be very generous, you can also be very cheap.  If you can be very loving, you can also be very cold.  Accept all your opposites!   –Shirley Luthman, LCSW

In order to get past something, you must go through it.   –Ilene Dillon

Speak to those you love in such a way—always—that you know they will love to hear what you have to say.  –Seymour Boorstein, M.D.

You have a right to ask for what you think you need or want, without having other people like you first.   –Ilene Dillon

The two saddest words in any language are “if, only.”  They keep you stuck and focused backwards.  Substitute two other words, “next time.”     –Arthur Gordon, Journalist

Emotions are a form of energy, given to us humans to “signal” us what action to take. Learn the signal of each emotion, and you have a personal “User’s Manual”!    –Ilene Dillon

In most cases, when a parent is having difficulties with a child, the answer is in the parent (who needs to make a change).    –Ilene Dillon

Children and parents are equally learners, and equally teachers.    –Ilene Dillon

Responsibility is the key to a good life. It’s not a sentence; it’s about choice!    — Ilene Dillon

All intimacy is designed to prepare us, ultimately, for intimacy with God.  There can be no “secrets” in such a profound intimacy, and no untruths.    –Michael Brown

If you find something said by another person angering, hurtful or disrespectful, you are resonating with that emotion.  People don’t resonate unless they believe the same about themselves!    –spiritual teachers of Ilene Dillon’s life

If you hesitate to do something you think will make you look “stupid,” look around to see how many of those present you ever expect to see again!   –Ilene Dillon

Violence occurs when you run out of ideas.   –Anonymous

The way something starts off, it tends to continue. If something doesn’t sit well from the very beginning, it’s usually best to discontinue and go on to something more satisfying!   –Richard Goodwin and Ilene Dillon

Everything we do sets a “law” into motion over our life.  Many marriages have difficulties because the laws they started out with need to be changed.  Change them, and you’ll feel instantly better.    –Ilene Dillon

The best way to connect with your Soul is through nature.    –Peter Calhoun

Jesus appears never to have questioned what he felt in his heart.   –adapted from David Ord

Our earth is a giant school, to which we have all come in order to grow and learn.    –Ilene Dillon

Every experience is an opportunity to learn.    –Ilene Dillon

When you learn the “lesson” inherent in your experience, you are immediately free to move on to something else.    –Ilene Dillon

When you don’t learn the “lesson” inherent in your experience, you go over and over and over it, with each presentation of the “lesson” coming in a harsher form.    –Richard Goodwin

Human beings are created to allow the flow of emotions, much in the way a riverbed is designed to allow the flow of water. Focus always on forgiveness, i.e. “turning loose.”    –Ilene Dillon

Women love to be listened to and cherished.    –John Gray

Men want their efforts appreciated.   –John Gray

If you want someone to react in a particular way to something you do or say, do them the courtesy of telling them what you want.  They can always refuse your request; but knowing what you want makes being with you easier for them!     –Ilene Dillon

Emotions are Spiritual Guides for Relationship.    –Ilene Dillon

If you react to or give energy to another person’s behavior within 20 seconds of its occurrence, that behavior will be reinforced and is likely to re-occur.    –B.F. Skinner

If you’re not good at setting personal limits, consider following the 72 Hour Rule religiously for 3 weeks.  Take 72 Hours to think over new information, risks and decisions you’ve made, without talking to anyone else. Everything will be clearer.   –Kay Hammel

If you lose something, decide whether it is merely “missing temporarily,” or it is “lost.” If it is not lost, repeat out loud:  “It’s my _________, and it’s coming back to me.”  Watch what happens!   –Ilene Dillon

Any behavior repeated daily for 3 weeks creates a lasting change.   –Richard Goodwin

To create anything in life, have a thought of what you want, energize it with an emotion (such as strong desire), and hold those two until you have the feeling of what you will feel like when your creation comes into your life.    –Gregg Braden