Observe the difficulty of changing even a single word of your daily lexicon, an accent, a way of interspersing; observe the impossibility of changing an attitude, a reaction, of interrupting a routine, of breaking out of a mechanical repetitiveness of gestures and sounds. Just imagine what it might mean to transform a thought, to…

Like a piano, which compared to other instruments has such a vastness of octaves that it uses two staves, so there are men who have a greater expressive breadth than others. …

The world is all in your head. Observe one of your days.... Take it as the epitome of your life. Observe the words you say... Classify them... Identify the words you say most often... Observe the feelings you have... Classify them... Identify the ones that recur most often... Observe the thoughts of…

But be careful: lying doesn’t mean deceiving others or hiding the truth. Lying is an act of self-forgetfulness. It means losing oneself; becoming trapped in the belief that the outer world, the people you encounter, the universe, and everything perceived as “external” exist as realities separate from yourself. …

Man, as he is, divided within himself, cannot apply the principles of the dream to his life. Yet each one of you is here because of an ancient promise once made to yourselves: that one day you would leave the ghetto of your own mediocrity behind. There must be a synchrony between sincere request…

Stillness is the vessel that allows us to cross the troubled waters of the unconscious. In silence, being present to oneself becomes a kind of lifeboat that enables us to pass through the difficult moments of nocturnal abandonment, where, like a pilotless aircraft, we remain suspended in a limbo where anything can happen. Presence traces…

If we wished to give a name to the adventure we are living, we should call it a journey within the instant in which the universe unfolds and folds back into itself, perfectly formed; while the countless inner births and deaths we unknowingly pass through each day refract its light like colored prisms, projecting fragmented,…

It does not suggest passivity, submission, lack of courage, surrender or weakness. It points to something far more radical. It is a U-turn toward yourself, where you recognize yourself as the author, creator, projector, and dreamer - the root cause of all things. …

The coming era of joblessness is not a crisis, nor a threat but a blessing - an initiation through which humanity is released from compelling necessity and invited to remember its genius, creative nature - a quiet, graceful advent that breaks the ancient spell binding life to labor. For many, “joblessness” still evokes instability,…

Q. : And what of others? Should we not care for a humanity that is precariously adrift and lost, and ultimately forgive the world for its injustices, crimes, and misfortunes? Should we not forgive those who betray, harm, or hate us, and seek forgiveness in return? A.: And forgiveness, toward whom? Toward what? When…