Sooner or later on this journey, every traveller faces the same question: Are you a human intending to be a god, or a god pretending to be human?
WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves__he heavy-duty fearing that we__e bad and hoping that we__e good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds__ever touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.
Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living
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WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves__he heavy-duty fearing that we__e bad and hoping that we__e good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds__ever touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.
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We are therefore constantly on the road, straying from one mental image to the next, and identify with these images, and derive our identity from the images.
Similitude of the heart is like that of a telephone operator between man and God.
In the course of our Journey we need to realize that we do not need to become anything, because we are already in possession of the characteristics that we have been looking for so far, pursuing an image projected into the future.
Happiness is purely a chosen state of being available to all, at all times.I choose to be happy, because I am.