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As you identify less and less with the “me”, you will be more at ease with everybody and with everything. Do you know why? Because you are no longer afraid of being hurt or not liked. You no longer desire…

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The poor think they will be happy when they become rich. The rich think they will be happy when they are rid of their…

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You only change what you understand. What you do not understand and are not aware of, you repress. You dont change. But when you…

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A zealous disciple expressed a desire to teach others the Truth and asked the Master what he thought about this. The Master said, "Wait." Each year the disciple would return with the same request and each time the Master would give him the same reply: "Wait." One day he said to the Master, "When will I be ready to teach?"…

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As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.

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Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.

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Isn't there such a thing as social liberation?" "Of course there is," said the Master. "How would you describe it?" "Liberation from the need…

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The important thing is not to know who "I" is or what "I" is. You'll never succeed. There are no words for it. The…

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And increasingly - you know this and so do I we're losing the youth everywhere. They hate us; they are not interested in having more fears and guilt laid on them. They're not interested in more sermons and exhortations. But they are interested in learning about love. How can I be happy? How can I live? How can I taste…

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Spirituality practiced in the state of activity is incomparably superior to that practiced in a state of withdrawel.

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You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on one thing: that all is well, all is well. Though everything is a mess, all is well. Strange paradox, to be sure. But, tragically, most people never get to see that all is well because they are asleep.…

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