Real life never stops starting over; but, before we can step foot in this timeless new kingdom -- and know any portion of its unencumbered freedom -- we must agree to step out of the world of dreams, and leave behind us their endless illusion of a “better time” to come.
There is no love in thought.
There is no understanding in knowledge.
There is no kindness, let alone compassion in any image; even the most beautiful painting of a loaf of bread is powerless to ease the pain of hunger.
The witness to experience is not bound by it.
The task is not to be perfect as imagined, an illusion supported by the pain of unrelenting self-judgment; rather the real task is to do the interior work of seeing ourselves as perfectly as we can regardless of how much we would rather not!
“The fool takes food from the dish, but forgets to put it into his mouth.” – Old Proverb
Part 1
There is no relief from the conflict and grief born of unrealized self-ignorance, which is why it’s wise to seek self-knowledge.
Part 2
The hardest thing in the world is to quietly do what life asks of you; but, if you attend to this first, Divine desire, all else is added... and you “shall not want”.
One virtually unknown aspect of love -- and, in a way, one that is most vital to your inner growth -- is found not in correcting the path of others, but rather in allowing them the undisturbed, conflict-free space they must have in order to fully experience the consequences of their own choices.
Part 1
Faith flowers into love; love is the fulfillment of faith.
Part 2
To live with the perpetual fear you may "do the wrong thing"... is to be doing the wrong thing that you fear.
Part 3
Whatever may be the welcome appearance of some familiar path promising to lead you away from a moment in life that you fear, be not mistaken: it is, by any other name, the path of fear.
Part 1
Without our unconscious consent the past is powerless to punish us in the Now.
Part 2
There is no better karma in any given moment than to make your first action to remember to remember your Self... because there’s no “payment due” for self-destructive, or otherwise unkind actions that you’re aware enough not to make!
Why waste time wishing on a star for a "better time" to come... when it's possible for you to know that you are a wish made by a star.
Part 1
Dormant -- and waiting just “out of sight” -- in any demand (of ours) for “certainty” hides the familiar fear of living with what we call “painful uncertainty”.
Part 2
There is no such things as a negative thought that can be true to you, let alone a fearful feeling that understands what it pretends to know.
Stillness is the first action of truth. Stillness has no momentum, which means it never runs into anything. On the other hand, since all movement has its beginning in stillness, anything that moves into it is found to have simply returned to its original source.