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I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.

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Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They’re innocent. They’re not personal.
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Appearance Personal Thinking
It’s not the problem that causes our suffering; it’s our thinking about the problem.
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Problem Reason Suffering Thinking
Don’t be careful. You could hurt yourself.
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Care Hurt Yourself
Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that’s what you’ve lived.
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Finding Freedom Live Yourself
Look at your life without the thought “Something terrible is going to happen.”
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Life Terrible Thinking Yourself
It’s difficult to seek other people’s love. It’s deadly. In seeking it you lose what is genuine. This is the prison we create for ourselves as we seek what we already have.
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Creation Difficult Genuine Love Ourselves People Prison Seek
When you argue with reality, you lose, but only 100% of the time.
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Argument Lose Reality Time Yourself
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
Bottom line is, if someone says something about me and it upsets me, it’s true.
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Myself True Upset
Every stressful thought is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.
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Experience God Stress Thinking Unfair
Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.
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Life Mirror Self Love Yourself
When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives.
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Care Live Priority Safety Wind
When you realize that every stressful moment you experience is a gift that points you to your own freedom, life becomes very kind.
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Experience Freedom Kindness Moments Realize Stress
This is the time. This is the place. This is the vastness. Right here is paradise. Always. Always.
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Paradise Place Time
In my experience, we don’t make thoughts appear, they just appear. One day, I noticed that their appearance just wasn’t personal. Noticing that really makes it simpler to inquire.
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Appearance Experience Myself Personal Simplicity Thinking
God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God’s intention: It’s exactly what is in every moment.
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God Intention Moments Name Word

I came to see that the world is always as it should be, whether I opposed it or not.

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