The big problem that we have is not that right ideas don't blow our mind from time to time, because sometimes they do. The problem is that our minds don't stay blown apart. We can't seem to sustain that sense of awe and proper gratitude. Only sustained immersion in the living higher principles and powers -- that real life is always freely giving -- can bring thought to a...

The rewards that we give ourselves are not real rewards. They're passing pleasures, momentary possessions, and fleeting feelings born out of an attempt to reduce or release oneself from a certain amount of tension. Because of this, the very act of rewarding ourselves is always incomplete and actually ties us to a certain unseen pattern of avoiding situations when they get "too hard." When you...