"The truth is that most of life will unfold in accordance with forces far outside your control, regardless of what your mind says about it."
- Michael Singer
"You said to your mind, "I want everyone to like me. I don't want anyone to speak badly of me. I want everything I say and do to be acceptable and pleasing to everyone. I don't want anyone to hurt me. ..."
"Everything will be okay as soon as you are okay with everything. And that is the only time everything will be okay."
"What you end up experiencing is really a personal presentation of the world according to you, rather than the stark, unfiltered experience of what is really out there. This mental manipulation of the ..."
"Eventually it will become quiet enough so that you can simply watch the heart begin to react, and let go before the mind starts. At some point in the journey it all becomes heart, not mind. ... The mi..."
"Everything will be okay as soon as youare okay with everything. And that’s theonly time everything will be okay."
"Most people can hardly imagine what it would be like to be at peace with inner disturbance. But if you do not learn to be comfortable with it, you will devote your life to avoiding it. If you feel ins..."
"Acceptance means events can make it through you without resistance"
"The only permanent solution to your problems is to go inside and let go of the part of you that seems to have so many problems with reality. Once you do that, you'll be clear enough to deal with what'..."
"Eventually you will see that the real cause of problem is not life itself. It's the commotion the mind makes about life that really causes the problems."