More excerpts from Jim’s new book
“If what you’re hearing in church is producing a fear of God or a diminishing view of yourself, RUN!
God is unconditional Love and unconditional Grace. I added the qualifier of “unconditional” to both because religion has managed to successfully convince you of the absurd notion that there is something in the fine print that says there are actually a condition or two or three (depending on the religion or denomination) to God’s Love and Grace.
There isn’t.
God’s unconditional Love means that in every moment all things are conspiring together for your freedom and well-being. God’s unconditional Grace means that in every moment you are deemed complete and whole. This isn’t a smoke and mirrors wholeness. The truth is that you were born complete and whole. You just don’t see this yet. In EVERY MOMENT, you can count on two things: God is for you, and God is pleased with who and what you are.”
“God’s unconditional Love means that there is a seed of liberation in every moment. God’s unconditional Grace means that there is never anything to achieve or attain because you are complete and whole as you are.”
“I’m not sure which will kill me first – the beauty of this life or the sadness of it. There’s this feeling I sometimes come upon that’s one part joy, one part freedom, and one part peace. It’s like they all happen at once mingled together, and saturates every molecule of my being with bliss. But there’s also a sorrow that sometimes pierces and pounds my heart so deeply that it feels as though I might die from the sheer magnitude of the pain and ache of it.
There is a bliss that no amount of ache can steal away. And there’s an ache that no amount of bliss can rescue you from. Enlightenment doesn’t spare you from being human. You are supposed to be here. You are supposed to be human. You signed up for it. You chose it. You are supposed to feel both the bliss and the ache.”
“Your true Self already knows the way things really are and that will become increasingly clear as you read this book. I’m not the least bit concerned that you won’t know the Truth or somehow miss it or mess it up. That’s not even possible. You already know the Truth and have always known the way things really are.
What this is about is removing the self-imposed obstacles that are in your way. You have developed a Titanic-sized mass of habit energy that blinds you to the perception and wisdom of your true Self.”
- Jim Palmer, Notes from (Over) the Edge
