Part 1: Unconscious negative reactions feel intelligent because they are inseparable from some equally unconscious judgment that lends them their temporary "life." So that, in this manner, the more stress, anger, or pain we feel -- born of having identified with one of these dark reactions... the more falsely wise and alive we assume ourselves to be. Imagine that! Part 2: When it comes to...

Be wary of any "wisdom" that can feel insulted or impugned by some thoughtless comment, or otherwise challenging condition: real intelligence cannot be insulted... let alone agree to be defined, confined, or otherwise defiled by some unconscious reaction unfolding in the dark of oneself.

All unconscious reactions are useless except to serve the mechanical man who believes the involuntary sensations produced by his own familiar clanging and clanking... somehow prove he is alive, thriving, and most important of all... real.

For too long we've believed that whatever limitation we meet in ourselves -- in some unwanted moment -- would not exist were it not for that same unwanted moment in which we meet it. It's just not true. The real limitation is how instantly identified we become with a fearful reaction "telling" us that we must escape that moment... at all costs. But, truth says otherwise...

Pretending -- to yourself, or around others -- that "all is well" is the unseen hell of the false self. On the other hand, the realization that all unfolds -- moment to moment -- in the only way that it can is not only the first step in awakening from this lower level of consciousness, but it is also one of the first steps out of the world of dreams, and into the Kingdom of Heaven.

Here's a great secret: anytime you feel like you "can't" go through something -- do what you want to -- or maybe just handle whatever needs to be done, remember the following: This painful sense of "I can't" -- including the legion of heavy thoughts that seem to anchor you to it -- is NOT you. Who YOU are -- your true Self -- can't be held back or weighed...

Most of us "give" back to life -- to others -- what little we do only to ensure we continue to get whatever we feel is fair in trade for that exchange. It's a good thing that God doesn't adhere to our idea of a fair program of exchange.

Our experience of any given moment cannot be any more complete than is our willingness to completely receive it.

There's a simple reason why small children are seemingly fearless: they are more interested in what the moment is giving them... than they are fearful for having imagined what it may withhold.

Any form of identification with the insanity of this world -- regardless the "noble" name we may come up with as the reason for it -- serves to instantly negate our highest possibilities. And this makes us, in turn, complicit in the creation of our own limitations, so that we live in a kind of prison we help build, and into which we unknowingly cast ourselves.

Be here. Be still. Quietly remember the Divine presence that dwells within you... and you will know -- without taking thought -- the following truth that sets you free: Even as all around you everything changes, your True Self is unchanging. Fearlessness follows this discovery in much the same way as moonlit shadows flee the morning light.

"Taking thought" as a way to look into, understand, and realize the infinite possibilities actualized in each and every moment of passing time... is like trying to measure the breadth and depth of the Milky Way by looking at it through a microscope.