The clearer we can see that negative states must have an excuse to exist within us, the sooner -- and more strongly -- will arise in us a refusal to grant them a place anywhere in our heart, mind, or soul.

Trying to meet life with predetermined ideas about how to handle what unfolds before us -- before it does -- is like a downhill skier wanting to know where he will make his turns before he reaches the mountain down which he intends to ski!...

Seeing that what makes painful moments seem so important to us can't be separated from the powerful sense of self they provide...is the same as the first stage of separating from a lower level of self that doesn't care what sensation it feels, only that it feels it strongly.

Making whatever sacrifice you make for what you love is the same as working for Love itself: a Master that always pays more than what is earned, and who never fails to advance the one who agrees to enter into His employ.

Whatever the problem... here's why patient willingness to stand before it with an open, receptive spirit always prevails: no problem exists whose solution doesn't already exist in the mind that agrees to face it.

In the end, there's only one place that anxious thoughts for "tomorrow" can lead you to... and that is deeper into the trap of believing that it's possible to think your way into being a complete human being.

Starting life over begins with bringing a conscious end to all lingering relationships you may have with old thoughts and feelings that want you to keep seeing your life through their eyes.

A tree has many leaves, and the wind touches all of them... in one way or another. Some shake, some quiver, some hardly move at all. Yes, the tree knows their trembling; but neither the wind, nor the leaves it stirs are the tree that feels their touch. Thoughts and feelings are like leaves; learning to watch them wave is much better than being carried away with every breeze.

The better we understand the following correlation, the sooner we'll recognize and be willing to walk the upward path that leads to the end of unconscious suffering: the more negative we become over any unwanted condition, the less we understand about ourselves and, accordingly, our unseen role in the very condition we so eagerly resist.

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.

The more you talk about yourself, the less people want to hear.

Stop complaining. Start changing. The appearance of every moment comes with a mostly unseen pair of 'buttons': one says 'down.' The other says 'up.' The direction that life takes is your choice. Choose wisely!...