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You can't have your daughter as long as you have a concept of her. When you get rid of the concept, you meet your daughter for the first time. That's the way this works.
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Nothing can cost you someone you love. The only thing that can cost you your husband is if you believe a thought. That's how you move away from him. That's how the marriage ends. You are one with your husband until you believe the thought that he should look a certain way, he should give you something, he should be something other than what he is. That's how you divorce him. Right then and there you have lost your marriage.
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The voice within is what I'm married to. All marriage is a metaphor for that marriage. My lover is the place inside me where an honest yes and no come from. That's my true partner. It's always there.
And to tell you yes when my integrity says no is to divorce that partner.
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So, how do you get back to heaven?
To begin with, just notice the thoughts that take you away from it.
You don't have to believe everything your thoughts tell you.
Just become familiar with the particular thoughts you use
to deprive yourself of happiness.
It may seem strange at first to get to know yourself in this way,
but becoming familiar with your stressful thoughts
will show you the way home to everything you need.
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You either believe what you think or you question it. There's no other choice.
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Nothing outside you can ever give you what you're looking for.
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But when you think you're supposed to do something with it and imagine that you're the doer, that's pure delusion. Just follow your passion. Do what you love. Inquire, and have a happy life while you're doing it.
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You are what exists before all stories. You are what remains when the story is understood.
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Here's how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That's what he hears. No one has ever heard you.
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You are your only hope, because we're not changing until you do. Our job is to keep coming at you, as hard as we can, with everything that angers, upsets, or repulses you, until you understand. We love you that much, whether we're aware of it or not. The whole world is about you.
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The greatest stock market you can invest in is yourself. Finding this truth is better than finding a gold mine.
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Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.
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That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to do The Work.
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There is no story that is you or that leads to you. Every story leads away from you.
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So what is it with your mother that you haven't worked out yet?
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What is is. You don't get a vote. Haven't you noticed?
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Any story that you tell about yourself causes suffering. There is no authentic story.
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You move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.
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Your most intimate relationship is the one you have with your thoughts.
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There is no thought or situation that you can't put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here for the sake of your freedom.
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Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you're telling the story of a future
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Once we begin to question our thoughts, our partners-alive, dead or divorced-are always our greatest teachers. There's no mistake about the person you're with; he or she is the perfect teacher for you, whether or not the relationship works out, and once you enter inquiry, you come to see that clearly.
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Forgiveness is realizing that what you thought happened, didn't.
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It's important to realize that inquiry is about noticing, not about dropping the thought... Inquiry is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about realizing what's true for you, through awareness and unconditional self-love. Once you see the truth, the thought lets go of you, not the other way around.
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Your nature is truth, and when you oppose it, you don't feel like yourself. Stress never feels as natural as peace does.
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