Part I: Not only is beauty in the eye of the beholder, but so also is ugliness; and this simple truth is a timeless fact that those who fear self-knowledge fail to see. The Wise understand that Truth is always beautiful, even when it is hard to look at sometimes. Part II: Better to pursue the promise of Truth for one's whole life, than to catch a lie and learn to live with it.
Classroom Talk: 8/14/2002 - No one can come to know Real Love who has not yet learned what it means to listen, and no one can learn to listen who has not been called by Love.
Count all those many things you have ever given to yourself, and then ask: "What real meaning have they today?" Then reflect a moment on those things of meaning you gave to others at a cost to yourself. By such retrospective you will make this glad discovery: the true meaning of giving is better found in what you are willing to take from yourself.
Here are five reasons why the interior work of remembering yourself should always come first: 1. An unattended mind is the breeding ground of self-defeat. 2. The temptation to be self-degrading can only be dropped by seeing the secret self-love in it. (Then, instead of looking down on yourself, you can begin to learn what it means -- and what it costs -- to look up and away from this false s...
It's a simple, beautiful truth: Resentment hurts. Forgiveness heals. In all cases. No matter what. The problem is that sometimes it's really hard to forgive. There is a part of our mind that loves to hold on to painful thoughts and feelings -- even though they aren't good for us. It's not our fault that our minds have been conditioned to work this way, but now that we know what's g...
We human beings are born with the natural wish to love, to be creative, to enjoy success, to find lasting contentment. The fact that this longing was placed inside of us means that its natural fulfillment exists. Our deepest wishes -- prayers of the heart -- are made to be fulfilled... once you know how to ask for them. You just need to learn the secret to making prayers that work!...
Imagine for a moment you're driving home from work, or wherever, and that you've just come from having a pretty rough day. As you drive along, your eyes see the road before you, but your mind is in the past. It's very busy re-running all of the day's unpleasant events.
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We must make - and keep - a special place within us for what we love; otherwise, our heart becomes an overnight motel filled with the visitations of a thousand fickle lovers... not one of which is capable of loving anything other than itself.