- There must be a new kind of struggle, not with what our consciousness says is the problem, but with the consciousness itself.
- The world that we see outside of ourselves is a reflection of our consciousness. Whatever appears in the mirror of our consciousness was already there before it was revealed to us.
- There is no time and distance to cover between ourselves and the sense of being complete.
- There is not one experience that we will have that is not already a part of our consciousness. Emptiness, for instance, is already a part of the consciousness.
- It is a false belief that this world (and its values) has value in and of itself.
- We are socially conditioned to believe that we should be in command of our life, and if we are not, then we must bend the moment to our will, trying to control and change everything.
- We are created to serve a purpose greater than ourselves, and everything is set up to fulfill that purpose for those who are interested.
- An epiphany is the realization of a wisdom that has always been there waiting to be realized. We are the ones we are waiting for.
- When you really see something, the mind is quiet. Whatever may be the nature of some reflection in our consciousness, regardless its character or quality -- even if it appears in the tempest of unexpected change... it is always silent. In reality there is no separation between the observer and the observed.
- No real moment of genuine unity has a name. Thought steps in and gives it a million names. It is not "we" who name these moments, but rather it is we who are named by our reactions to them. It is the past that names the present moment, and that derives its meaning from the same static, stagnant pool of thought.
- Real wealth is dying to yourself, not accumulating possessions in this world that you then fear losing.
- Life unfolds from the inside-out. Life is always coming from the invisible and into the visible.
- Something in our consciousness wants to choose for us what we should or should not be aware of. Would you let someone you don't know come into your life and make critical life decisions for you? No one chooses to be negative. The consciousness, which you are not aware of, makes the choice for you and then gives you all the reasons why that is your inevitable reality.
- Repression is the rejection of anything in this consciousness that is brought to light that the consciousness does not want to know anything about.
- Talking to yourself confines you in the past.
- The task is to accept everything that is revealed to you about yourself, including the part of you that doesn't want to see what is revealed.
- Purity is power, and clarity is the path.
- The consciousness that wants to escape from a negative state is the source of the negative state. We are not here to escape ourselves. We are here to realize ourselves and understand the purpose of our lives.
- No one is free who wants to control anything. Freedom includes being aware of the controlling nature.
- We ought to realize by now that we are still suffering in captivity despite everything we have given ourselves in the attempt to be free.
- We want immediate, static answers to our questions so that we can know what to do and therefore remain who we are.
- As strange as it sounds, the most powerful thing in the world is surrender.