Your susceptibility to flattery is inseparable from the suffering you go through whenever you hear that someone may dislike you even when you couldn't care less about the person involved.

How many of you are short fused? We'll say it in other words. How many of you have virtually no tolerance for anything outside of what you want? On a scale of 1 to 100 degrees, what is your acceptable range relative to meeting moments? Is it something like 2 to 98? Or is more like 78 to 79? That's about it, isn't it? This tiny little bandwidth, and if anything even threatens to...

If you are among the chosen few, what is Divine will prove your pride pointless; but if you're among the truly fortunate ones -- who wisely choose to be chosen -- you will thank the Stars for this soul-rocking revelation.

negative states, resistance, depressed, depression, resent, resentment, anger, angry, fear, fearful,afraid, anxious, anxiety, worry, worried, stress, stressed, hostility, grudge, judgemental,subconscious...

When it comes to comparing the rewards of this world -- its powers and pleasures -- to the possibility of realizing spiritual freedom, there is no such thing as the 'next best thing.' But, as always, each must weigh such considerations for oneself, and prepare to live the consequences of that decision: is it better to 'die' a free man or woman, or to live as a foolish one who realizes, too lat...

Evil transforms suffering into unconscious acts of blame, bitterness, and self-pity -- harmful forces that punish everyone; while the Good transforms these same dark states into conscious suffering -- creating humility that heals whomever it touches.

How do you begin to be open, when the pain and anger is so strong? Have I become emotionless because of some kind of fear? I have a loved one in need of my support and I feel like a cold rock on the outside and a gush of feelings on the inside? (From student correspondence)...

Exercise: Catch yourself about to go on your favorite 'ride' of anger, jealousy, impatience, etc. and choose to learn about it rather than give yourself over to it.

Sometimes the touch of Grace is sweet; sometimes it seems bitter, hard to bear; yet, whatever its measure...

Dwelling on any disturbance within you -- with the idea that the more time you spend thinking about it, the less troublesome it will become -- is like trying to knock ants off your picnic table by throwing sugar at them.

What happens when we see things about ourselves that we don't want to see? In order to avoid looking at itself, the mind will seize on the anger, impatience, grief, loneliness, or anxiety it has seen... and it will try to explain it. It will take the initial darkness, the negative energy, and because it seems to be so bad, the mind will make something out of it that it can deal with...

It is easy for me to try to let go of the negatives such as anger or worry. My problems come from the ones I like but that get me in trouble, such as excitement, anticipation, etc. These I know are also false but sometimes so much fun. How do I give these up?...