“Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills:— He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking-glass.” ~ James Allen
“The way to happiness is: Keep your heart free from hate, Your mind free from worry. Live simple, give much. Fill your life with love, Do as you would be done by.” ~ Buddha
I do not perceive my own best interests. In no situation that arises do you realize the outcome that would make you happy. Therefore, you have no guide to appropriate action, and no way of judging the result. What you do is determined by your perception of the situation, and that perception is wrong. It is inevitable, then, that you will not serve your own best interests. Yet they are your only goal in any situation which is correctly perceived…
“Outside ideas of right doing and wrong doing there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” “Become the sky. Take an axe to the prison wall. Escape.” “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” “Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.” “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find…
