You've no doubt fought and won countless battles in life, yet repeatedly -- seemingly inescapably -- you continue to find yourself at war, not just with others but within yourself, as well.
And so... I want to share seven of the most important lessons I've learned in my life, so that you might watch for the moments in your life when you can see the truth in them. To consider even a little of what I've come to tell you... will save you years of search and struggle and, hopefully, spare you from all the fears and tears that come with them.
Lesson #1: Far too many things that you so often feel so sure are important... are not! And that's why it's wise to be suspicious of any form of painful, let alone fearful certainty!
Lesson #2: There is a Divine intelligence that knows before you do exactly what you need to realize what you may not yet know you even need! But, it's hard to hear that still, small part of yourself when you're always so busy talking to yourself!
Lesson #3: Wondering why people are the way they are is not only useless, but until you know why you are the way you are, it's impossible to understand why people act toward you as they do.
Lesson #4: Slow down! The only thing rushing does in order to reach some imagined, "better" place in space and time is to lend you a powerful, but painful sense of importance, the unseen cost of which you never know until it's too late.
Lesson #5: It can be, at times, your responsibility to be involved with the affairs of this world but, as best you can, never fill both of your hands with what always proves itself impermanent, and empty of meaning...
... so, to that end, always try to keep one hand empty and open, palm up... that it might feel the touch of something everlasting.
Lesson #6: You're not the only one who suffers, but you can be among the very few who -- instead of serving useless negative states -- can learn how to transform these dark forces into a living light that illuminates and liberates their body, mind, and soul.
Lesson #7: I have seen that... of myself I can do nothing. And, in truth, this may be the most important lesson of all.
