Searching for a permanent sense of security in the powers and possessions this world permits is like hoping to find a resting place on the face of a wave as it rolls across the sea.
Properly understood, everything in life that now disturbs us is intended to lead us to a world in which who we are lives as one with all that takes place within it.
See if you can discover what these ten truths share in common. Use what you find to show you how to transform yourself from being someone who may be afraid of loss into someone who sees there's really nothing to lose . . . and the whole of life to gain. 1.
The next time you feel as though you just have to talk to someone about something that's making you uncomfortable or unhappy, don't do it. You can learn to use that pressure to free yourself from all such feelings that want to push you around. Here's the explanation: finding relief is not the same as finding strength. That disturbance within you, whatever its reactionary nature, isn't re...
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Sooner put out a fire with jet fuel than gain the upper hand on some anxious state by throwing more agitated thoughts into its turmoil.
In truth, we are never more lost to ourselves, or to the hope of realizing our own unlimited potential, than we are when we give ourselves over to the fear of what may become of our lives... for whoever takes fear as his guide follows not just the blind, but is further deceived into believing that its blinding force is the same as some new and higher power of perception!...
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Classroom Talk: 12/11/2019 - It's said: Truth sets us free. So, welcome this Truth... and watch how it keeps its promise: The only thing we really fear (in life) is our own weakness... and this is only because we haven't yet realized another Truth: Whatever the weakness we may fear is NOT ours.
Worrying over any problem seen as gathering in the distance -- in order to avoid feeling disturbed by it in the present moment -- is a lot like throwing cold water all over yourself so that then you can have the pleasure of wrapping yourself up in a warm towel!...