His own highly polished reflective thoughts about himself are the coins of his imagined wealth -- thoughts that rust and tarnish with time -- that are stolen by any event that runs counter to the images stamped there upon the faces of his highly coveted coin collection.
Dare to count the number of excuses you have given to yourself for why it is that you find yourself in the unwanted places and spaces that you do and what you will find before you is the same number of steps you took to arrive there.
You cannot insulate yourself from life without isolating yourself in the fearful world of those uncertain thoughts and feelings that would convince you it is far better to protect yourself from the unknown that to let go and find freedom within it.
I am ex master mariner, having captained many kinds of vessels for over 2 decades. Some time back, while on vacation, I had a stroke; up to now I have found no cure. Since childhood, I studied metaphysics from many gurus in Indonesia, particularly for curing people stricken by black magic. I have been jobless since the episode, and have spent a lot of money seeking to find a way to get better,...
Let every search for a solution to the suffering you feel begin in the unlit corners of your own consciousness, and soon you will never again wonder "why" you feel the worries, fear, and the bitterness that you do.
When events beyond our control cause pain and suffering, how can such wounds ever be healed? Is it a matter of just becoming strong enough so that the pain doesn't destroy us?...
Lately I suspect that I cause myself a lot of useless stress and sorrow, but I don't see how I'm doing it. Can you shed some light on these hard to see suspects?...
In the end, all true knowledge -- including the Timeless gifts it grants -- is self-knowledge; which means whatever the nature of our present set of limitations -- physically, mentally, emotionally, and ultimately, spiritually -- it exists only as it does because of what we have yet to learn about ourselves.
Presence is both the culmination and the seed of one's true possibilities. This means that one's past -- regardless its darkly checkered pattern through time -- is powerless to dish out any punishment unless... You believe that the sound of its echo reverberating within you is the same as the eternal living Word.
The moment you see that the only thing you really fear in this life is what you've mistaken yourself to be, you'll also see the interior path that leads to a fearless life. Take this path and you will find a greatness that is the source of fearlessness itself.
Real abundance has very little to do with being able to give ourselves whatever we want, but rather with being free of the part of us that's forever wanting something better and new in order to feel new and better about itself.
God wants nothing less than to tell you the whole story of your Self. And to this end He has created an entire Universe to use for His presentation in order to prepare you to realize your True Purpose and its timeless Promise: to be an Instrument of the Divine.