Whenever we will lend our attention to the inner task of working to transcend some dark state at work within us, then in that same moment, even if we don't see the immediate fruits of our effort, we will have already begun to release ourselves from its restrictions. For our effort to be conscious of our condition instead of remaining its captive, fresh energies flood over and through us, lifti...
What do we have to do to change the balance sheet of our lives so that for every measure of impatience and intolerance there may be at least an equivalent sum of compassion and consideration? How do we learn to use our relationships with others to realize a new kind of relationship with ourselves wherein we are able to discover that who we really are is all we need to be? Your willingness...
If we're not getting what we want out of life, it's only because of one simple misunderstanding: Our unique purpose is not to succeed at any one thing, but to discover and live from a nature that is success itself. When we understand this, the world opens its doors to us. We're not meant to struggle to make events go the way our minds tell us they should. That's what leads to frustration...
Starting life over is something we must do every second. We must not wait until we want to start over because at that point wanting to start life over is only our futile wish to avoid what has already happened. We are tied to whatever we avoid, so trying to start our life over because we want to get away from our sad-self -- or the sorry situations it has created -- is like leaping onto a sink...
The first step in learning to toss out the troubles and problems in your life begins with acknowledging something you already know is true: your heart and mind are loaded down with a huge collection of dark and dusty old thoughts and feelings. This mental and emotional ""baggage"" -- carried over from the past -- is literally a kind of block ""wall"" that stands between you, and the unlimited...
The untold great spiritual secret concerning self-transformation is that we grow in proportion to our awareness of what we can no longer be.
The greatest, most abundant resource on planet Earth is also its least understood and utilized. Its unlimited supply is found virtually everywhere, anytime, and under all circumstances, even though few recognize its real value. What is this most precious collective resource? It is our relationships. Consider these truths: It is within relationships that we grow as individuals in everything...
Wishing to be free, without taking action toward our intention, is meaningless; we must employ the truths we uncover, or we will never realize the possibility of their true power, which is to help us walk away from what has been wrecking us. But with this new understanding in mind we must also realize that the truth that sets us free is not for hire; it does not so much "work" for us as...
An email came into the Foundation from a student who -- after listening to a class discussion (the informal dialogue we have following our Saturday lunch each week)-- had a negative reaction to a comment made about the need (in this work) for an individual to have "well developed personality." What follows is the response I had sent to this person. It's posted here because it seemed best that...
Throughout time, the great sages and saints of the ages have taught that letting go is an inside job, a work of rigorous self-awakening that begins with self-honesty. The following quotations hint at the possibility of an unspeakable discovery that awaits all those who persist with their wish to be free.
Today more people have acquired greater wealth than any time in our history, and yet the facts are clear: there is more stress, fear, and heartache than ever before! A coincidence? Not hardly. Then what are we seeing? Proof that worldly accomplishment is not the same as achieving success of the soul, and that one without the other is empty of meaning -- a lot like taking first place in a...
Wishing to be free from the dark states that steal our happiness, without taking action toward our intention, is meaningless; we must employ the truths we uncover, or we will never realize the possibility of their true power, which is to help us walk away from what has been wrecking us. But with this new understanding in mind we must also realize that the truth that sets us free is not for hir...