There are times when the best answer to life is to have no answer at all, but rather to let life reveal -- and then dissolve -- the false sense of self that's anxiously seeking a solution to its suffering.

Any sense of 'delay' in life is nothing other than resistance to the interval that appears between a pleasure spent and the next one imagined. Once this is understood, it's also clear that no pleasure 'to come' is created by the mind that doesn't come pre-loaded with some kind of pain over what's taking it so long to arrive.

Freedom from regret, hate, anxiety, and rage -- and making useless excuses for being compromised by these negative states -- begins as we stand in the light of this rescuing realization: unwanted moments, whatever their nature, do not cause the pain we find in them; rather, they serve to reveal a level of our consciousness already in pain, and looking for something to blame for it.

The more complex your life, the more vulnerable it is to the random exterior forces that can cause it to come crashing down. This is why -- speaking both physically and psychologically -- the simpler your life, the more stable it is; When one's peace of mind requires juggling many parts all the more easily does one's peace come tumbling down.

Within you is an ember of Christ that is meant to be enflamed by the breeze of the Holy Spirit. Your job is to keep the door open when the breeze comes.

Part 1: From inner lies arise all forms of outer lying; to realize this truth is the beginning of the end of all self-created fears. Part 2: Each lie that we tell ourselves -- or that we "share" with others -- is both the seed and the bitter fruit of a fear to come... until the truth be told.

The more any one of your own thoughts or feelings tries to hurry, or otherwise push you along, the more you should work inwardly to slow down and to meet, directly, that part of yourself that promises you peace 'just ahead'... as long as you agree to endure its pain first.

It often feels as if difficult moments in our life are things that we just have to 'go through,' but this is only half the story... and the lessor half, at that. In truth, each life event represents the appearance of a spontaneous set of circumstances created just for us... a unique moment in passing time whose soul purpose is to provide us with exactly what we need to 'grow through.'...

The spiritual body that alone can stand the buffeting of all unconscious opposing forces -- that ultimately learns to use them for its own development -- is further perfected each time we struggle, as needed, to remember this one celestial fact: nothing in this world (or the next) has the right -- or the power -- to turn our own attention against us.

If we ever feel punished by what life asks of us, it's never the moment that's making us miserable. What causes our suffering is that we're identified -- and cling to -- an unconscious part of us that believes nothing else really matters in any moment... save for what it wants.

What else can dark states do when met with the light of one's wish to see them for what they are... other than try to appear darker and bigger each time they are seen. In the end, the only power that any dark mechanical state has is to bluff and hope that it's able to 'rope a dope' using its special effects.

Persist with your wish to be free; work to see all that you can about yourself, and then quietly watch what happens. Whatever appears before your inner eyes does so as part of what you need to see in order to realize that freedom for which you have asked. Never forget this truth... and your spiritual progress will be steady.