The only reason we ever get "disturbed" over what others may or may not think about us... is because there is something in our present nature that wants to be.

The only way to free yourself from the illusion of any fearful moment to come is to wake up and then deliberately drop the dark dream born of a lower level of self that loves imagining fearful things.

Ignoring what any unwanted moment asks of us -- resisting, or summarily dismissing the "question" inherent in our awareness of its disturbance -- guarantees the following: these moments will return, and keep returning... that is, until we agree to realize -- and so release -- the unconscious parts of us responsible for their repeated appearance.

The sure way to guarantee that those painful voices in your head will continue to disturb you... is to keep listening to what they have to say about your life...

The endless -- and futile effort -- to complete yourself in a time to come is as hopeless as trying to free yourself from a pressing hunger pain by...

The heart beats…and the effect of its pulsation is the propagation of oxygen-rich blood pumped into and through the body, giving it life. The awakening soul sees... and the effect of this perception invokes a higher awareness whose Light permeates the darkness of all that is unconscious, illuminating and integrating it all at once.

There is only one path that leads to a relationship with what is holy, and therefore to a Life (that is) already complete...

Awakening is the (graduated) process of negating all forms of identification; (it is) the realization that no matter how real the feel of any familiar sense of self -- for its pleasure, or pain -- nevertheless: no sensation does a “self” make...

Most of us live an accidental life... where our actual condition is constantly covered up by the convenience of being able to regret whatever we look back on as the source of our pain. But let’s be clear. Our list of painful regrets is not due to a cruel world, bad timing, or unfortunate events that got the better of us; no, the fault lies elsewhere...

Topics covered: Relationships help people discover hidden aspects of themselves; Most suffering comes from unconscious expectations and demands; Negative emotional reactions are conditioned responses from the past; Become curious, not furious; Childhood trauma and chaotic environments condition the brain to expect danger; People often unconsciously recreate familiar emotional pain because it feels psychologically familiar...

You must learn to think of relationship as a mirror; Something in us is afraid of seeing deeply into our pain; The more I don't want something and avoid it, the more complicit I am in its continuity; You actually have seen the truth, but you just don't want to see it; The dreamer cannot change the dream; There's no fear in a fact; The work slows down thought; Thought can't help you...