Inspirational Quotes

Part 1

True humility -- the higher state of being born only of agreeing to see, consciously, one's own helplessly-conflicted mechanical self -- is the holy humus required for one's rebirth.

Part 2

What is any psychological suffering -- that always unexpected shockwave of anguish in some uninvited moment -- other than the agonizing effect of the difference between what we expect -- want, or demand life to do for us, versus what Life is asking us to be in that same exact moment?

Here is an enigma wrapped in a paradox: we cannot buy the love of the Divine; no good deed can produce the Presence of what is Holy and Everlasting; a billion plaintive tears are powerless to invoke even the smallest touch of Grace; and yet, at every point along the upper path that leads us into the Light of Love's Perfection, we get only what we pay for... nothing more, nothing less.

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.

Hoping that if you can just keep moving -- rush from one place to another -- so that when you arrive "there" your pain and anxiety will finally be left behind you -- is like believing it's possible to kill a swarm of stinging thoughts by spraying yourself with insecticide!

It is impossible to live in or with some fear, and to be free at the same time.

Here is a great unseen Law: never ask someone to do for you what you haven't first struggled with, mightily, to do for yourself... For in adherence to this Law not only will you be open and willing to admit your present set of limitations, but you will also be forever grateful to whoever steps forward to help you see how to transcend them.

We have but a single thing to do to satisfy the Soul and, in turn, fulfill her role in the Greater Plan of Creation. Our one True Task in Life is... to complete the moment as we are given to it. This is the first agreement; and in our obedience (to it) is found not only our freedom... but also the assurance of knowing that whatever sacrifice we must make to that greater end ensures all that follows is always in the best interest of everyone, and everything around us.

Nothing serves better -- or more sharply -- to awaken one to some unseen demand buried in the dark of one's mind, than does the sudden appearance of an unexpected, unwanted condition that emerges to challenge it.

The false self, ever-pursuing or struggling to protect the dream of its imagined sense of importance, doesn't care who or what it picks a fight with; all that matters to this divided self is that it finds someone or something to be against, as this is how it validates its insatiable need to feel significant; (it is) the absence of love, incapable of humility, compassion, or remorse.

Rushing somewhere, through anything, in the hope of finding some imagined peace of mind is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!

Contrary to popular opinion -- as concerns being around someone who has just set us off: the real task before us is not to try to change him or her, or take control of the unwanted moment. Rather (it is) to use the awareness of our own negative reaction to help us realize we need to change the kind of person we are.

Calling on, and then allowing a spirit of unrest to help guide you to the peace that your heart of hearts seeks...Is like hoping that a stiff winter wind has come, just in time, to help you gather all the leaves that lay scattered across your lawn.