The Open Secret Quotes

“The way in which I relate to others is a most powerful reflection in the most fundamental relationship of all, and that is with myself.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“The story of me is always about what will be, never what is. It is the search for a treasure within life, never seeing that life is the treasure.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“The story of me is always about what will be, never what is. It is the search for a treasure within life, never seeing that life is the treasure.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“I am not . . . . . . my life story, the mind, the body, feelings, experiences of pain or pleasure, struggle, success or failure. I am not loneliness, stillness, frustration or compassion. I am not even what I think is my purpose, the seeking, the finding, or anything which is called a spiritual experience.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“In being, there is no becoming, no attachment to a goal. I see that I no longer have to achieve any standard or behave in a certain way in order to become worthy.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“If the story that engenders the fear is dropped, I discover that all I am left with is a physical sensation which is raw and alive. Now it ceases to overrun me and quietly takes its place in existence. It is the same with physical or emotional pain. When I cease to own it I liberate myself from its bondage and see it simply as it is. If I cease to label suffering as bad, and mine, it is possible to allow it simply as energy in a certain form, and it can then begin to have its own flavour.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“In our rush to find a better situation in time, we trample over the flower of beingness that presents itself in every moment.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“Life is not a task.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“...la creencia reside dentro de la sombra de la duda. Sólo funciona efectivamente en proporción directa a la supresión de la duda que busca echarla abajo.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“If I cease to label suffering as bad, and mine, it is possible to allow it simply as energy in a certain form, and it can then begin to have its own flavour.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“Life is not a task.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“For life is its own purpose and doesn’t need a reason to be. That is its beauty.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“It seems to me that our attachment to purpose is born from our need to prove something to ourselves. But life is simply life, and is not trying to prove anything at all. This springtime will not try to be better than last springtime, and neither will an ash tree try to become an oak.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret

“But belief resides within the shadow of doubt. It only functions effectively in direct proportion to the suppression of the doubt that it seeks to override.”
― Tony Parsons, The Open Secret