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It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself.
No truly conscious human being sabotages himself - it's impossible, because it's contrary to Nature.
The path to the inwardly enriched life is not hidden from the man or woman who longs to walk upon it.
What good is any feeling we may have about ourselves, if it only lasts as long as others agree to it?
The only reason your mind won't stop its endless chattering is because you won't stop listening to it!
Never run from what you don't understand, as it will be waiting for you every time you come to a stop.
Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion
What world is there for us where our essential nature - and its right to live free - is one and the same?
Any conclusion you reach about yourself has to be an unseen limitation because there's always more to see.
In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. The trap is always who we are
There is nothing as certain as silence, stillness, and solitude to introduce you to the secrets of yourself.
Those who dare to try what others only dream of - never fail to discover that real effort is always rewarded.
Learn to be one with who you are in Reality, and the waves of a thousand passing worlds cannot wash you away.
Wasting your time in anxious worry over what you may not have is a good way to waste what you need to get it.
The only thing worried thoughts have the power to change is what the next thing will be for you to worry over!
Don't believe what the spiritual sharks and clever carnival hustlers tell you about fearless living - they lie.
Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.
I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than myself.
Trying to “fix” the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.
Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.
Talking to yourself proves only one thing: you're still unable to tell the difference between good and bad company.
Much like the hands of a clock go nowhere fast, anxious thoughts run us round-and-round without taking us anywhere!
We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.
As the lesser is always found within the greater, so this principle holds true with regards to time and the eternal.
The real quality of our life is not determined by what we have won from it, but by what we have discovered within it.
The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose.
The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!
The nature of what the Divine notices about you is completely different from the nature of what you do to get noticed.
The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it.
Better that the whole world should turn against you... than you should consent to turn against what is true within you.
One way to measure your own fears is to count the number of personal questions you've allowed others to answer for you.
We can only begin to change the world around us when we are willing to become a conscious part of all that is changing.
What you don't want to know about yourself wants to be known, which is why it keeps 'showing up' at your door unannounced!
Believing that anxious thoughts and feelings can restore order to your life is like using a chain-saw to fold your laundry.
Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.
It's time to break our ties with anything in us that would rather complain about its situation than go to work to change it.
Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about clarity?"
Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all.
Freedom is not overcoming what you think stands in your way. It is understanding that what is in your way is part of the way.
Every truth ever discovered, each new spiritual light that will ever burn bright has already been seeded in our consciousness.
Do the moment-to-moment work of dropping anything that wants to drag you down, and Reality itself will see to it that you rise.
You must dare to do the thing you think cannot be done... as this is the only way to discover that there's nothing you can't do.
If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.
It's a paradox of the true spiritual path, but the more conscious we become of what limits us, the more limitless becomes our life.
Make it your moment-to-moment aim to recognize the difference between being aware of your thoughts, and being carried along by them.
Each time we see and are touched by the expression of some eternal principle, we catch a sweet glimpse of some aspect of our True Self.
Getting stressed and struggling to change the outcome of any past event is like arguing with an echo to make it see your point of view.
Once you know what it means to choose in favor of yourself, there is no power in the universe that can make you choose against yourself.
Rushing around, hoping to find peace of mind anywhere other than within yourself, is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!
Disappointment, discouragement, and despair are nothing but the bitter fruit of an unfulfilled expectation allowed to live beyond its time.