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Following the path you speak of gives me only temporary freedom from pain. This is actually my fault because after getting freedom, I forget to continue meditation, which gives past pain some time to regain strength to attack me at other times. How do I get permanent freedom?...
Classroom Talk: 4/25/2003 - Just as we know that we're responsible when a thief steals our car because we left it unattended with the keys in the ignition, so should we realize that we have no one else to blame for how bad we feel whenever we permit negative states to steal into our heart and drive off with it!
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Classroom Talk: 6/9/2021 - There can be no end to what we fear, only an end to fear itself.
Classroom Talk: 12/20/2002 - Who serves only himself in this life may be first to find a seat at the table, but he eats from a plate filled only with emptiness.
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Classroom Talk: 12/08/2024 - We are not bound by any unwanted condition, but rather by our failure to realize that we've become unwitting prisoners of our own misplaced attention. Which means that before we can liberate ourselves from this bondage, we must first do the inner work it takes to free our attention from the unconscious nature that misdirects it.
Want to know how free you really are? Good! You're about to be presented with a unique opportunity to learn all about your individual level of inner liberty. Assembled here for your self-study is a very special kind of test. But don't worry! You can't fail this examination. This test is unlike any you've ever taken before. It's designed to help you gaze into yourself and then use what you see...
Think for a moment what your life would be like if you lived in a world where reality and your happiness were one and the same -- where everything that happened in your life was always just what you wanted. Imagine it! No event, no condition could do anything but contribute to your well-being. Every day, everyone and everything would work in your favor. And since your contentment in this new...
In the end there is only one real freedom... and that is whether or not we give ourselves -- freely -- to what each moment asks of us.
Classroom Talk: 10/23/2002 - Whoever struggles to protect himself from his perceived fear does not banish his enemy but secretly breeds the dark seeds of its life.