“What’s the source of that?” You could ask this question about anything you choose to look at. And you can apply this question to yourself. Your eyes are like a camera. You can never say who is looking through them. But you can say it’s something that exists. When you clearly see this is so, only...
The Universe is not the Universe unless you include yourself in it. You can’t say that something exists unless you include yourself. The world is the world only with you as a part of it. When you know yourself, when you know that you are, you are a part of the fundamental unity of all that exists...
When we focus on pleasing our personality, we’re actually suffering. We try to fulfill the desires or concerns of our personality, all of which are tied to the past and future. But real satisfaction comes from being present and in harmony with what is happening.
When you’re sitting in a movie theatre, you become so identified with what happens, you forget you’re just watching shapes and colors on a screen. In the same way, we take everything that appears on the screen of our consciousness to be real. We forget about the light that caused those images to...
We need sincerity, honesty, and simplicity—we need all three. The main obstacle to development is identification. Our identification prevents us from seeing things as they really are. The more we raise our level of consciousness, the less identified we become.
You know your clothes are not your body. You are wearing them on your body, but you know for certain they are not your body. In exactly the same way, you are not your personality. Your personality is like your clothes. You are the Consciousness that sees the personality, and it’s possible you can...
Life touches life. Existence manifests itself. When you have body-mind connection, you are on the right road. You don’t need to be worried about where this road is going or where it ends up. You can simply be grateful you are going in the right direction. The difference between being lost and simply...
The past and future are curtains that separate you from who you are. When you’re in the past, you don’t really exist. When you’re in the future, you don’t really exist. But when you remain present in the moment, you have freedom from time, and your entire past and entire future exist—in this very...
We need to become present. How? Through body-mind connection. Start with attention—bringing the attention of the mind to your body. You become available. If you stay with it for a while, your feelings come in. You are united in yourself—body, mind, and feelings are united. Then your energy, which is...
Draw a circle and place a dot in the center. Let’s say that circle represents Existence. There are countless lines originating from the center and traveling out toward the circumference. Look at any two lines. The closer to the center, the closer they are to each other. The farther from the center...
