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The only thing you fear is the unreality that you yourself have invented.

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To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don’t know anything finer than that.
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What would it be like to let go of wanting things to be other than they are?
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Existence Let Go
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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The world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change.
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Believe Change World Yourself
I have never experienced a stressful feeling that wasn’t caused by attaching to an untrue thought. Behind every uncomfortable feeling, there’s a thought that isn’t true for us.
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Without an uninvestigated story, there’s only the perfection of life appearing as itself. You can always go inside and find the beauty that’s revealed after the pain and fear are understood.
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Thoughts are just what is. They appear. They’re innocent. They’re not personal.
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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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Thinking that people are supposed to do or be anything other than what they are is like saying that the tree over there should be the sky. I investigated that and found freedom.
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If you don’t like your world, question your thoughts about it.
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Question Thinking World Yourself
You might believe that it’s only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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It’s quite an amazing experience to see the same life with and without the thought. We come to see how crazy a thought can make us when we believe it.
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That’s where the fear comes from-from your uninvestigated thoughts.
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The world is as you perceive it to be. For me, clarity is a word for beauty. It’s what I am. And when I’m clear, I see only beauty. Nothing else is possible.
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Until you can see everything in the world as your friend, your work is not done.
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Stress is an alarm clock that lets you know you’re attached to something not true for you.
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The only thing you fear is the unreality that you yourself have invented.

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The only thing you fear is the unreality that you yourself have invented.

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