Reality Unveiled

by Ziad Masri

Goethe, one of the great thinkers in history so astutely pointed out, “The best slave is the one who thinks he is free.”

It was the 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer who said that all truth passes through three distinct stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” – RUMI

Words are symbols that can help point the way to the truth, but the truth can really only ever be experienced directly to be truly understood.

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” – CARL JUNG

“Ego says, ‘Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace.’ Spirit says, ‘Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place.’” – MARIANNE WILLIAMSON

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – ROBERT FROST