“Life is about learning to live with death. When death hits you, you understand that.”

Barry Long.

The truth is not about being clever. The truth is in being intelligent. The whole world is extremely clever, but not very intelligent. It can't be intelligent when all the people in it worry and make themselves unhappy. That's hardly intelligent, is it.. each time you listen without thinking you become more intelligent. - Barry Long

Barry Long, “How to stop thinking”

“Unless you intend to act, there’s no excuse whatsoever for thinking, and certainly not brooding.”

Barry Long

"Stop feeding the mind all the time. There's enough for the mind to do what it needs to do.. and just sit with yourself and allow 'boredom' to arise.. and suddenly before you know it, you've gone deeper into your self." - Eckhart Tolle (talk, March 2024)

All of humanity's problems, stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. - Blaise Pascal

“Generally speaking, there are two ways: external and internal. Either you live with somebody who knows the Truth and submit yourself entirely to his guiding and moulding influence, or you seek the inner guide and follow the inner light wherever it takes you.” - Nisargadatta

“The state that we want to attain is that of equanimity.. where we are always happy and not depending on things outside ourselves.. all joy that we feel in this world is only the Self more or less.”

- Lester Levenson

“This is a do-it-yourself path. You did this to yourself .. only you can undo it. The masters can only point the way, we must do it for ourself.”

- Lester Levenson

Keep releasing. Release trying to control things. You’re quiet, you’re present. That’s a good sign.

Some advice on forgiveness and ACIM.. question was raised about where to go next after forgiveness on main issues has been “done”..

“Rats are considered to be one of the smartest species on earth. Yet rats are easily lured into a death trap with a sweet promise of a good meal. There is no wisdom in being smart.” - Yuri Spilney

T-1.I.11. Prayer is the medium of miracles. It is a means of communication of the created with the Creator. Through prayer love is received, and through miracles love is expressed.