Inspirational Quotes

Part 1

Allowing any limitation to determine the choice you make in the moment you meet it, however seemingly wise, or otherwise glorified, is the same as accepting that there is no other possibility for you in that moment other than to avoid the lesson inherent in encountering that limitation.

Part 2

It is impossible to hide from any limitation -- to escape any imperfection in the character of our nature -- since the Cosmos itself is created and designed to reveal, harmonize, and thus "heal"...any and all incomplete states of being that may exist within what we call our "self."

Part 3

It isn't until you see and understand that no negative inclination has any interest in correcting itself -- that no explanation, justification, promise or plan made to yourself -- by yourself -- has the power to change that slant that one begins to understand the nature of true interior work.

Self-awakening, and the freedom from fear that attends it, begins with seeing through what is not real, just as freedom from the terror of being in a nightmare begins with discovering that you have been asleep and having a bad dream.

Spiritual wisdom is our greatest wealth and, as we realize the truth of this -- so that true self-knowledge becomes our single greatest wish in life -- each moment of every one of our relationships serves as the secret path to the summit of ourselves.

Whoever doesn't know the truth of himself, suffers uselessly for the sake of ignorance. Whoever works to know the truth of Self, agrees to suffer ignorance for the sake of Wisdom. Becoming wise, he "slays" the lower self, as well as its suffering. And in having transcended the useless suffering born of self-ignorance -- and the death it leads to -- he shares in the birth and burden of creation, in which can be found no greater peace or joy.

Taking thought is the futile attempt to harmonize an "event" that is already come and gone -- and with it the reason for its appearance that can't be separated from your purpose in that same moment.

Part 1

You can neither control, nor change any anxious thought or emotion that rushes in and sweeps you off of your feet because this "I" -- this sense of yourself suddenly in a struggle to escape a psychological storm -- is itself a part of the squall it now so vigorously resists.

Part 2

Every thought, a blockage.
Every emotion, a limitation.
Every movement, a hindrance to Thee.

Part 1

The more some thought or feeling prompts you to rush, or pushes you to run toward a place where some anticipated rest awaits, the more you should work to slow down that you might see -- "I" to "I" -- the unconscious level of self that -- with one hand -- points to a "peace just ahead"... even as its other hand is stirring up a sense of anxiety from whose painful grip you can't wait to get away.

Part 2

Spiritually speaking, as a required agreement essential in facilitating one's rebirth, one must learn what it means to be at peace with suffering the level of oneself that can never know the peace it seeks.

No unwanted moment exists greater than our right to walk past the dark, or otherwise fearful parts of us responsible for that painful perception... as long as we're willing to meet, face to face, the lower level of self that fears change, and then work to use its fear to die to it.

The "devil" on earth is nothing more, or less... than the manifestation of human ignorance in its lowest, most abased expression; (it is) a petty and unconscious level of "self" that enlarges itself by gorging itself on the stimulating sensations that it creates as it identifies with its own unbridled (negative) imagination.

Part 1

Those willing souls who remain open to what Real Life is projected to teach, who consent to receive those celestial lessons from whose humbling "cup" they would rather not drink, will never find the gates of Heaven closed on that glad day of their final approach... even if getting there takes a "thousand" years.

Part 2

When it comes to true self-awakening, there is no escaping the following: we must learn to witness our weaknesses -- daring to see the true source of their nature -- even as they act themselves out. This willingness -- to observe the darkness we have unconsciously embodied -- builds in us a new and higher understanding whose strength not only empowers us to consciously suffer these lower parts of us, but that gradually sees to their perfection, as well.

Any time you're rushing around, under pressure to hurry up and "get it done"... you may be assured of the following truth: not only will you run right by the (real) purpose of your life... but crossing whatever may be your "finish line" of the moment will prove itself as meaningless as the time you wasted trying to get there.

Authentic spiritual teachings are designed to do two things at once: first, to help us remember that our true nature -- Real "I" -- is an unconditional strength born of an unconditional love. But, the second part of this teaching -- equal in every way to the first, and why the vast majority of aspirants reject true interior teachings -- is as follows: we must also agree to see where some form of weakness -- inherent in our lower nature -- not only stands in the way of realizing our True Self, but has actually stepped in... and taken its place.