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Loving what is (2002)
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I realized that it's insane to oppose it. When I argue with reality, I lose-but only 100% of the time. How do I know that the wind should blow? It's blowing!
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Happiness is a clear mind. A clear and sane mind knows how to live, how to work, what emails to send, what phone calls to make, and what to do do to create what it wants without fear.
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We're all looking for love, in our confusion, until we find our way back to the realization that love is what we already are.
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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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There is no peace in the world until you find peace within yourself in this moment.
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Stories are the untested, uninvestigated theories that tell us what all these things mean. We don't even realize that they're just theories.
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It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That's your job.
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The only time we suffer is when we believe a thought that argues with what is. When the mind is perfectly clear, what is is what we want.
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Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: God spare me from the desire for love, approval, and appreciation. Amen.
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You might believe that it's only for their own good, but how does it feel when you try to manipulate the people you love? Are you teaching them that your love is conditional? Maybe through inquiry we can find another way.
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No one has ever been angry at another human being—we're only angry at our story of them.
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I could find only three kinds of business in the world—mine, yours, and God's. Whose business are you in?
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Do you know anyone who hasn't changed his mind? This door was a tree, then it will be firewood for someone, then it will return to air and earth. We're all like that, constantly changing. It's simply honest to report that you've changed your mind when you have. When you're afraid of what people will think if you speak honestly, that's where you become confused.
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I'm a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality.
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Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it.
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Forgiveness is realizing that what you thought happened, didn't.
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When I argue with reality, I lose—but only 100% of the time.
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How do I know that I don't need what I want? I don't have it.
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When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you're mentally out of your business.
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We never make a decision. When the time is right, the decision makes itself.
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I came to see that there was nothing to forgive, that I was the one who caused my own problems.
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You are what exists before all stories. You are what remains when the story is understood.
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I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They're all recycled. The same stressful thoughts arise in each mind one way or another, sooner or later.
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When I walk into a room, I know that everyone in it loves me. I just don't expect them to realize it yet.
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