We can rarely see things from the point of view of another person because we look at the facts through the screen of an impression or an interest which distorts our view; and then there are accusations, quarrels and misunderstandin.
BARRY LONGTruth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognised by the person ready to discover it.
More Barry Long Quotes
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You think, you become that thought. And consciousness, or the state of pure awareness, is lost.
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The only way we can ever get through to the truth is by finding out what we are not. We do that by looking, by observation.
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Truth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognised by the person ready to discover it.
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To experience beauty, love, truth and peace, or God, your mind has to be stilled.
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You can only get next to God through the effort of preparation. To experience the uncreated, the state of awareness will have to be held for several minutes. You are then between time and the time-less – waiting for the unknown, which will come but cannot be willed.
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Nothing is true in self-discovery unless it is true in your own experience. This is the only protection against the robot levels of the mind.
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WE HAVE SEEN that hunger and breathing are desires of the body. There are other desires that are not of the body, but again man seldom pauses to observe these desires in himself.
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There is a notion that existence is an illusion. Existence is not an illusion. Existence is a projection from the inner through the brain producing the outer sensory world of what is – an amazing complete mystery.
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The whole purpose of existence is to bring love into existence where it is needed.
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Love is the state of enlightenment and enlightenment is the state of love. You can’t make any separation between them. Enlightenment is the state of no feelings and pure knowledge and so is love.
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No religion knows the truth. Only he or she who lives it knows.
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All is energy and there is no energy higher than right love, which has no object.
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Feelings are constantly changing. None is dependable for long. You can love someone intensely today, and tomorrow or next month not feel a thing. Except perhaps for the feeling of doubt or depression that what was so beautiful could change so quickly.
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Love is beyond description; but not beyond demonstrating. Love is beyond the mind because it is always new. Any product of the mind is a reaction of the past, a synthesis of what is old. So the mind is a modifier, a reactor; a renovator, but it cannot create the new.
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When you observe yourself you must not condemn or approve what you see. If you tell a lie there is no need to judge your-self.
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