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That’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.

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It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
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Problem Reason Suffering Thinking
Life just happens. It’s what you’re believing about life that makes you suffer.
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Believe Life Suffering Yourself
Gratitude is what we are without a story.
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Gratitude Identify Story
Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.
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Appreciation Fun Love Reality Seek Spare
For me, everything is God. Everything and everyone. So it was just, God needs me now, now, now.
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God Myself Need
What you’re believing in the moment creates your suffering or your happiness.
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Believe Creation Happiness Moments Suffering Yourself
When we stop opposing reality, action becomes simple, fluid, kind, and fearless.
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Action Kind Reality Simplicity
I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.
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Myself See World
I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God’s.
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Business Finding Kind Universe Yourself
You don’t get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?
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Notice Politics Vote Yourself
The way to truly help someone is for me to not get immersed in their suffering.
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Immerse Suffering True Way
The whole world is simply my story, projected back to me on the screen of my own perception. All of it.
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Myself Perception Simplicity World
Look at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
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Life Terrible Thinking Yourself
Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed.
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Change Healing Mindset Result
That’s what every uncomfortable feeling is for-that’s what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization.
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Comfortable Feeling Money Pain Realize World
If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen.”
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Appreciation Approval Desire God Myself Prayer

That’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.

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