Picture a man who just heard that one of his closest friends has betrayed him. How does he respond? What's his first answer to this ordeal? Anger that includes plans for revenge. Imagine a woman who suddenly realizes she's going to be late for an important appointment. There's no way to make it on time. How does she meet the pressure of this moment? What's her first answer to running out o...
Our true nature -- the free mind -- is a perfect warning system for detecting and, with our cooperation, rejecting any and all psychic intruders. Its uncommon intelligence never complies with the presence, or demands, of any fearful negative state.
If we are truthful about our life experience though, it is obvious that as long as we believe we have something to lose because of our identification with any temporary exterior condition or circumstance, we remain subject to every outer condition.
Though we often find ourselves feeling so, in truth... there is no such thing as being powerless. We see how a person who resists life -- who hates or fears unwanted changes -- becomes the instrument of a power that effectively renders him powerless to do anything but struggle. But we've seen the converse as well: the one who realizes that the only power negative states have is to create the i...
I have tried to think that I am okay and don't need to change, and that the rest of the world is crazy. Yet, I do use TV, reading, etc. as a distraction from the suffering and pain of my reactions to life -- to my worry, anxiety, fear, and anger. You've said that we can't fix this self that the suffering creates and tries to fix at the same time, and that we need to let God see our suffering.
Special Insight: Never mind how much there may be to do, or how hard some task appears to be. Get one thing done and then, take that step again. Consciously brush aside any other concerns. Do what's in your power. Refuse to deal with what's not. Exercise and Instruction Have you ever had this experience? You're faced with so many things that have to be done in a timely manner...
Taking a conscious risk involves making a choice to do what's true, in spite of what that choice may cost you.
Today is your lucky day. That's because today is the day when you can start learning how to make every day your lucky day. No exceptions. But what is a lucky day? It's not just winning the lottery. Or finding a parking space right in front of the store where you want to go shopping. Sure, those things are a kind of luck. But real luck is much deeper...
The core of your being -- heart, mind, and body -- holds within it a consciousness capable of realizing a world without limitations; a life unfettered by any fear, empowered by a Living Light, and renewed every day by timeless Love. It is our unique possibility as human beings to know this Gift of gifts, to not only realize the kingdom of this higher consciousness within us, but for our entra...
Everyone wonders whether or not there is one great secret for truly successful living. There is. And it is not a secret. It has been quietly, steadily telling itself right in front of us all along. We just couldn't hear it over the clatter and chatter of our own secret demands. Listen quietly for a moment: everything can change right now. Learning to hear this supreme secret is no more difficult than choosing whether to swim against a current or to let it carry you safely...
We don't ever have to worry about happy endings to any of our life stories if we're awake enough to refuse all unhappy beginnings.
No human being is a victim of any punishment outside of their own undeveloped life-level from which their inner reactions are seen as outer attacks.