When You Get Rid Of Your Fear

Think Of A Flabby Person Covered With Layers Of Fat. That Is What Your Mind Can Become - Flabby, Covered With Layers Of Fat Till It Becomes Too Dull And Lazy To Think, To Observe, To Explore, To Discover ... Not Wanting To Be Disturbed Or Questioned Into Wakefulness.

My Life Is Like Shattered Glass." Said The Visitor. "my Soul Is Tainted With Evil. Is There Any Hope For Me? "yes," Said The Master. "there Is Something Whereby Each Broken Thing Is Bound Again And Every Stain Made Clean." "what?" "forgiveness" "whom Do I Forgive?" "everyone: Life, God, Your Neighbor Especially Yourself." "how Is That Done?" "by Understanding That No One Is To Blame," Said The Master. "no One.

You're So Ashamed Of Your Past; Drop It! You're So Proud Of Your Past; Drop It!

Name One Practical, Down-to-earth Effect Of Spirituality," Said The Skeptic Who Was Ready For An Argument. "here's One," Said The Master. "when Someone Offends You, You Can Raise Your Spirits To Heights Where Offenses Cannot Reach.

A Religious Belief Is Not A Statement About Reality, But A Hint, A Clue About Something That Is A Mystery, Beyond The Grasp Of Human Thought. In Short, A Religious Belief Is Only A Finger Pointing To The Moon. Some Religious People Never Get Beyond The Study Of The Finger. Others Are Engaged In Sucking It. Others Yet Use The Finger To Gouge Their Eyes Out. These Are The Bigots Whom Religion Has Made Blind. Rare Indeed Is The Religionist Who Is Sufficiently Detached From The Finger To See What It Is Indicating - These Are Those Who, Having Gone Beyond Belief, Are Taken For Blasphemers.