But Buddha didn’t teach that life hurts because of pain; it hurts because the cause of suffering hasn’t been examined.
One touch of Nature makes the whole world kin,” then one touch of myth makes the whole world sacred.
When our internal reference point is the ego or self-image, we feel cut off from our source, and the uncertainty of events creates fear and doubt.
You won’t know what your brain can do until you test its limits and push beyond them. No matter how inefficiently you are using your brain, one thing is certain: it is the gateway to your future. Your success in life depends on your brain, for the simple reason that all experience comes to us through our brains.
When asked the secret of how to look at the world afresh, with delighted eyes, Merlin said, “You lack innocence. Having labeled a thing, you no longer see that thing, you see its label instead.
Why? Because you’re never afraid? You should be. Life is a walk to the edge of a cliff. Every day we get a step nearer, and what lies over the brink, no one can tell.
Having placed its trust in “reality as given,” science overlooks the self- evident fact that nothing can be experienced without consciousness. It is a more viable candidate for “reality as given” than the physical universe.
There are only two kinds of thoughts you can have, memories and imaginings.
Tradition makes people want to cling to their identity. Change is the enemy.
Society isn’t prepared to imagine a soul wandering through time to heal its grief.
Higher purpose: Every cell in your body agrees to work for the welfare of the whole; its individual welfare comes second.
You can also transcend the seeds of your karma by becoming independent of it. The way to do this is to keep experiencing the Self, your spirit, by going into silent meditation and coming out again. This is like washing a dirty piece of cloth in a stream of water. Each time you wash it, you take away a few stains, and it gets a little cleaner.
Every action is a karmic episode because action generates memory, memory generates desire, and desire generates action again. As you become conscious of these seeds of manifestation, you become a conscious choice maker, and the actions you generate will be evolutionary.
Whenever you make a choice, ask yourself two questions: “What are the consequences of this choice?” and “Will this choice bring happiness to me and to those who are affected by this choice?
You are whatever your faith is.
A miracle is a display of power from beyond the five senses.
But when our internal reference point is our spirit, our actions are motivated by love, and there is no waste of energy. Our energy multiplies, and the surplus energy we gather can be channeled to create anything we want, including unlimited wealth. When we harness the power of harmony and love, we use our energy creatively for the experience of affluence and evolution.
How can you put the Law of Least Effort into action? There are three things you can do. The first thing is to accept people, situations, and events as they are, not as you wish they were, in this moment. This moment is as it should be, because it took the entire universe to make this moment.
How can you seek God if he’s already here? It’s like standing in the ocean and crying out, ‘I want to get wet.’ You want to get over the line to God. It turns out he was always there.” Francisco’s eyes began to gleam. “Grace comes to those who stop struggling. When it really sinks in that there’s nothing you can do to find God, he suddenly appears. That’s the deepest mystery, the only one that counts.
When you consider someone without assumptions, your inner antenna picks up a new signal. Instead of tuning in to someone’s personality, you tune in to his or her essence. This essence is spirit, and when you detect it, the natural response is love.