Jean Houston
Jean Houston
Jean Houstonis an American author involved in the "human potential movement." Along with her husband, Robert Masters, she co-founded The Foundation for Mind Research...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 May 1937
CountryUnited States of America
people innocence kind
You've had a whole lot of experience, but everything is also radically new at each moment, and you have to bring a kind of childlike second-level innocence to bear upon all situations, if you are going to be of use and you are going to really learn from the situation or the people.
lovers
We are the love, the lover, the loving, and the love. It is the Supreme. It is the deepest force in our lives.
humanity genius
We have barely begun to tap into the genius of our humanity.
encouragement believe wake-up
I believe that we are stewards of a time that is upon us - but often we need the encouragement of each other to be able to wake up to this extraordinary time and possibility.
generosity loving-you spirit
The more you love, the more loving you become. That's just the way it works. It is a generosity of spirit.
love-is humanity world
In a world such as ours, where we have to cross the great divide of otherness or we will not survive, love is perhaps the most critical aspect that is there in our humanity, to both activate and to practice.
prayer blessing today
My prayer is, let me be a blessing to someone or something today.
teaching people community
It would be wonderful if people could grow together in groups, teaching and learning communities where they empower, evoke, explore the enormous capacities of the human condition.
scary challenges world
I find that all over the world, not only is there an acceleration of just about everything, but that many of the old patterns are deconstructing. New ones are arising. It's tremendously exciting, challenging, and also sometimes, well, scary.
house energy possibility
Each person is a really a great treasure house of capacities, possibilities, energies.
people earth great-men
Because of the nature of my life, because I train a great many people, I come upon such a huge variety of human species, as well as the earth species for that matter.
mutation consciousness intense
Engaging it produces an intense force, which in turn produces a mutation in consciousness. You become who you really are ...
perception world stories
Change the story and you change perception; change perception and you change the world.
hands would-be stories
I often wonder if you wrote your memoir today, if your life story would be lived on the edge of possibility, if you held wonder in one hand and courage in the other and truly believed that anything was possible.