With absolute humility, the ego dissolves. It is a collection of arbitrary mental processes that gain force only because of vanity and habit. If one lets go of the vanity of thought, it dissolves. All thought is vanity. All opinions are vanities. The pleasure of...
If we are making spiritual progress, don’t judge by how many visions or kind of lights one sees. What we have to look at is how one behaves. Have I become less selfish? Has my world narrowed down or has it expanded? Do I feel...
We must be willing to let go of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. Joseph Campbell Letting go can be a frightening concept; especially if our idea of the universe is one of chaos, and of constant random...
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion. Thich Nhat Hanh In these few words, Thich Nhat Hanh offers three suggestions for improving our...
"I want to make up my mind whether God is or God is not. I want to find out why evil exists. I want to know whether I have an immortal soul or whether when I die it is the end." ...
Let no man pull you so low as to hate him. Martin Luther King Jr., A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Booker T. Washington The...
Apathy and depression are the prices we pay for having settled for and bought into our smallness. It's what we get for having played the victim and allowed ourselves to be programmed. It's the price we pay for having bought into negativity. It's what results...
An invitation that Dr. Hawkins keeps continually putting out is: Here's the pathway...
Why does the ego hang out with shame, guilt fear - all that stuff? With greed, with desire, with lust, with hatred? Why? Because it gets a payoff. The ego 'mulches' negativity, and it gets juice out of it. The ego survives by virtue of...
Of all the world Those who want Freedom are few. Those who are burning for Freedom are even fewer. Those who strive one pointedly are even fewer. Those who do not return to the senses are even fewer. Those who go on the razors edge are even fewer still. Those who...