One sure sign of progress along the spiritual path is the unthinkable understanding that no matter how, or why it's spoken (to you)... whatever someone says that's true about you... is good for you....
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In this short talk, Guy Finley talks about how all true teachings exist to help us reveal and transcend the present state of darkness that we live in, not to punish us for it.
Here is a great spiritual mystery and paradox all wrapped into One: none can hope to know what it means to be a True Individual until they have realized their all-inclusive similarity with everyone else.
An advanced spiritual lesson: Nothing is final, but direction determines destiny. Every moment accurately reflects one's nature, even though all things are in flux as they assume form. Only this understanding is complete, yet it cannot be possessed.
Part 1 The great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons. Their excellence comes from digging into the raw ore of their own character, and through hard work, persistence, and faith turning whatever they touch into gold. Part 2 No matter the circumstance, there is always time enough to be yourself and -- after all is said and done -- what else is there that's worth being?...
The relationship between voluntary suffering, and the good spiritual fortune that any conscious labor will produce... is similar to how the hard work it takes to cultivate a field increases the likelihood of a healthy bumper crop.
Part I The only way in which hell can be escaped is by seeing its essential emptiness. Part II Spiritual progress consists in leaving behind your heavens each time it's seen that they have become your hells.