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.
BARRY LONGNo man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery – the source of truth.
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Truth does not need argument, agreement, theories or beliefs. There is only one test for it and that is to ask yourself ‘Is the statement true or false in my experience?’
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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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Any product of the mind is a reaction of the past, a synthesis of what is old.
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All is energy and there is no energy higher than right love, which has no object.
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When the robot mind is mastered, undisciplined thinking ceases and is replaced by awareness. Awareness can know love.
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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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Love is all around you like the air, and is the very breath of your being.
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Anything that is said is not the truth. It is a statement of truth, and no statement is the truth.
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You can’t realise love or yourself until you are still enough to drop down through the restlessness and frustrations into that deeper level of your being
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No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery – the source of truth.
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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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Truth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognised by the person ready to discover it.
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It is a little known fact that truth cannot be memorized. Truth has to be discovered now, from moment to moment. It is always fresh, always new, always there for the still, innocent mind that has experienced life without needing to hold on to what has gone before.
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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.
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Beauty is and always is. You are absent. Why are you absent? Again your robot mind is the problem. It will not stay still and you cannot make it stay still. It is your master and it separates you from beauty and God.
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