Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within.
ECKHART TOLLEWhat a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.
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The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.
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Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
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What a caterpillar calls the end of the world we call a butterfly.
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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.
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Living up to an image that you have of yourself or that other people have of you is inauthentic living.
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Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.
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Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.
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Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to “die before you die” and find that there is no death.
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It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.
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This, too, will pass.
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Give up defining yourself – to yourself or to others. You won’t die. You will come to life. And don’t be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it’s their problem.
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Whenever you interact with people, don’t be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.
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Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.
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Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.
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If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without.
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