Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but temporalities, not only temporal things but temporal affections, not only temporal affections but the very taint and smell of time.


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It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll d...
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.
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I'm sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.
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I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.
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What you refer to as your
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The only thing you ever have is now.
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People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true...
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When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the ene...
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If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetua...
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As far as inner transformation is concerned, there is nothing you can do about it. You cannot transf...
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The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger. It come...
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Life is the dancer and you are the dance.
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Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How ...
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The past has no power over the present moment.
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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.
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Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
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Nobody
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The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and ...
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A beggar had been sitting by the side of the road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked b...
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I can sometimes sit for two hours in a room with almost no thought. Just complete stillness. Sometim...
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All inner resistance is experienced as negativity in one form or another. All negativity is resistan...
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You must have failed deeply on some level or experienced some deep loss or pain to be drawn to the s...
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Transcending the world does not mean to withdraw from the world, to no longer take action, or to sto...
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Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now.
Let...
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In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility aris...
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Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations - if you become aligned with it, something good will e...
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Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ul...
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It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacin...
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There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can ac...
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The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive....
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There is such a thing as old emotional pain living inside you. It is an accumulation of painful life...
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Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable ...
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Don't wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the presen...
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The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, becau...
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Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation...
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Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.
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Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, an...
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What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, the...
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Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next mom...
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I don't believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very str...
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I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhap...
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To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the...
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Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't...
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Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the h...
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