If we are in silence – in absolute silence with no thoughts – for 10 minutes, it’s only a thought that tells us we were silent for 10 minutes. Our only proof is a thought.
Inviting people to inquiry is much more powerful to me than describing my experience. When people hear me tell the story, they often say, “Oh my goodness, I get it. I get it!” But it’s not enough.
If I want something, I go get it. Anything that I believe will stop me, I question.
If your beliefs are stressful and you question them, you come to see that they aren’t true – whereas prior to questioning, you absolutely believe them. How can you live in joy when you’re believing thoughts that bring on sadness, frustration, anger, alienation, and loneliness?
People don’t need sudden revelations. They get what they need when they need it, thought by thought by thought. It’s a constant thing when the mind starts to wake up to itself.
Asking the questions – that’s what changes lives. Every cell in your body is awake with inquiry. And you cannot believe the old thoughts again.
When the creative mind is unleashed and understands its true nature, it’s unlimited. There’s nothing you cannot do.
You can never make yourself believe that you’re loveable, however hard you try, because when the chips are down what you really believe rises to the surface of the mind to replace what you want to believe.
The moment it begins to question itself, the mind becomes so clear that it starts working with itself rather than with the body’s identification.
Some children are afraid to die because their parents are afraid to die. My own children have come to understand that it’s totally okay with me if they die. They don’t have to live for my sake.
The world is perfect. As you question your mind, this becomes more and more obvious.
To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don’t know anything finer than that.
And as long as we believe what we believe-until that is questioned-there’s no progress as a human race. Again, we still have war. So, effective rehabilitation is to question what we believe. When that happens, everyone gets out of prison.
There’s no one who can teach you except yourself. Each of us needs to look at what our belief system really consists of. Look at the concepts that come across your mind and just notice what you believe.
For me, if somebody tells me to go away, that is an opportunity: for me to give the person a better life, to realize where not to be, and to see what could be even better than being with that person I love.
Mind is everything. There’s nothing that it’s not.
My happiness isn’t dependent on anyone else’s.
When we work with our thinking, then to have great wealth is the same as to have nothing. That’s the only freedom.
Thinking that what you want equals what’s best for you is a dead end.
I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.