The principles of truth are 7. He who knows these, understandingly, posesses the magic key before whose touch all the doors of the temple fly open.

1. The Principle of Mentalism: The all is mind. The universe is mental.

2. The Principle of Correspondence: As above, so below. As below, so above.

3. The Principle of Vibration: Nothing rests. Everything moves. Everything vibrates.

4. The Principle of Polarity: Everything is dual. Everything has poles. Everything has its pair of opposites. Like and unlike are the same. Opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree. Extremes meet. All truths are but half-truths. All paradoxes may be reconciled.

5. The Principle of Rhythm: Everything flows, out and in. Everything has its tides. All things rise and fall. The pendulum-swing manifests in everything. The measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left. Rhythm compensates.

6. The Principle of Cause and Effect: Every cause has its effect. Every effect has its cause. Everything happens according to law. Chance is but a name for law not recognized. There are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the law.

7. The Principle of Gender: Gender is in everything. Everything has its masculine and feminine principles. Gender manifests on all planes.

[From The Kybalion]

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

~Marianne Williamson, "A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles"