Part 1

Fear of any weakness is a part of the weakness feared.

Part 2

The more we try to forget our weaknesses, the stronger they become.

Part 3

Everything created has a weakness until tested; it's what becomes of each and every such revelation that tells the story of whether or not new strength is gained, or its possibility is lost.

Part 4

What is true never stops reminding us of what remains within "us" that is yet to be reconciled, but we are deceived into believing that whatever darkness is revealed by the light is greater than the light that has revealed it. It is not.

Part 5

We cannot avoid any weakness we may have -- let alone resist the condition that gives rise to its dreaded appearance -- without strengthening the very same weakness we fear. All of which means the following: the only real weakness we have is our failure to enter whatever may be the struggle to prove our fears false!

If -- by the light of remembering and considering what is Timeless, Holy, and True -- the heart is warmed and gradually enflamed, then the following must be true, even if yet to be seen: within us must dwell some sort of celestial kindling; what else can explain how such a flame is created, let alone serve as a light in the darkness of the soul... uniting the twain, making of them as one.

When we’ve seen that we can’t "prove" ourselves in this world without having first compared ourselves to it -- and that this endless comparison is the unseen root of conflict -- then we will also know why we find no peace in winning the approval of others, and why no possession frees us from fear. 

It's impossible to see, let alone walk the indefinable path of the presence moment until we realize we’ve been deceived into looking at virtually every moment of life through the “I”s of the past.

Part 1

We can’t be anxiously looking for real Life, and take part in its rebirth at the same time.

Part 2

United we see; divided we fall.

Part 1

Anytime you feel the need to stand in the healing Light of the Divine -- and then act to honor that wish -- you will realize a miracle: you'll see that you are already in it.

Part 2

Real self-acceptance is a very dynamic spiritual state of conscious non-interference with whatever is revealed within us moment to moment, including whatever experience of self is created by that interaction... and then allowing that same sense of self to disappear as it will... the light of (self-acceptance) is to be a silent witness to every impression that comes and goes, without identification.

Part 1

When it comes to any conflict between us, and another -- let alone a person we may love -- anytime there’s some kind of painful drama being enacted... each of us is responsible for whatever continues being played out on that stage.

Part 2

Every argument with another begins with each person signing an invisible contract that has written -- at its bottom, in the tiniest of print -- the following words: "To be continued."

Part 3

Until we learn (how) to voluntarily bear our own suffering, we will never come to understand the suffering of others; and until we understand the suffering of others, we will never know any true peace of mind or heart, let alone in this troubled world of ours.

Part 1

The reason why the search for the "Truth" of oneself is called "pathless"... is because it's not taken in steps, let alone in any known direction; rather, the "journey" to authentic self-liberation is found in our endless opportunity to enter into an ever-higher order of self-understanding that - like the light in which it is revealed - never stops expanding. And...we are invited to travel along.

Part 2

Rebirth is not some imagined time to come...it is the fulfillment of it.

Part 3

Perfect understanding is one and the same as perfect relationship.
Perfect relationship is one and the same as perfect alignment. 
Perfect alignment is one and the same as perfect acceptance. 
Perfect acceptance is one and the same as perfect faith.
Perfect Faith is one and as the same as perfect surrender. 
Perfect surrender is one and the same as perfect understanding.

Even if your best efforts -- the work to be awake, and attentive to your inner life -- feels as if it's failed to produce any real result... nevertheless, persist: one day a Light that is in exact proportion to your labor will flood the soul, filling it with New Life.

Part 1

New, true self-knowledge re-orders the world we see because, for one thing, the way we experience each moment of life is inseparable from how we understand it; so that just as a fractured mirror can only reflect back an image that seems shattered, so is it true that a divided mind can't see what is holy.

Part 2

We believe that what we see is the cause of our experience, when the truth is discernibly otherwise: it is how we experience each moment, i.e., our reaction to it, that determines not just how we see it, but what we see as its cause, accordingly.