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This book is really good, it actually made me feel something. I almost cried reading it & if you know me, ‘almost crying’ is basically the same as crying since I never do

“We elicit from the world what we project into the world; but what you project is based upon what happened to you as a child.”

“Every moment builds upon all the moments that came before.

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This is why asking “What happened to you?” is so important in understanding what’s going on with you now.”

“Intelligence alone in him strives to stifle the underlying demands of the human heart.”

“Intelligence alone in him strives to stifle the underlying demands of the human heart.”

“As the psychologist Carl Jung said, "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will all it fate.”

“Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity. What you do is an indication of the type of person you believe that you are—either consciously or non-consciously.”

“Thinking is learning all over again to see, to be attentive, to focus consciousness; it is turning every idea and every image, in the manner of Proust, into a privileged moment.”

“The body and mind are only the outer dress of the eternal self. If we wish to end suffering, we must care not just for the body and mind, but also for the inner eternal self.”

Great book and a perfect timing

“Things hurry and soon come to an end.
Only what knows every noon welcomes us in.”

In the state of desire, we speak of being “in love,” as the source of happiness & love is thought to be outside of ourselves. When we are in the lower energy level of desire, we are looking to be loved. It seems to be something we “get.” On the level of acceptance, however, our lovingness radiates out naturally from the essence of our being, because many of the blocks to its awareness have been surrendered.

“We can learn another one of the laws of consciousness: Fear is healed by love.”

“We can begin to look at our own inner areas of immaturity. Specifically, we need to examine: “Where am I looking to get love rather than to give it?” The more loving we are, the less vulnerable we are to grief and loss, and the less we need to seek attachments.”

“All the Great Masters point us within.”

“The alternative is to enjoy life instead of clinging to it or pushing it away. If you can live like that, each moment will change you. If you are willing to experience the gift of life instead of fighting with it, you will be moved to the depth of your being.”

“when we go inward, we realize how much society has conditioned us, created subtle shifts in our preferences, and slowly formed our unconscious biases. we think we are unbiased, but the record of our past—meaning all interactions we have experienced and all media we have consumed—is always impacting our thoughts and actions….”

“I am so small”, said the Mole
“Yes”, said the boy
“But you make a huge difference.”

“I know we often lose, and that the death or destruction of another is infinitely more real and unbearable than one’s own. I think I know how many times one has to start again, and how often one feels that one cannot start again. And yet, on pain of death, one can never remain where one is. The light. The light. One will perish without the light.”