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Q: You said I can change the entire world. How?
A: Change your reactions to the world and the whole world changes for you.
Q: Why can’t I get help from friends?
A: Why can’t a carrot get help from rabbits?
Q: Give us a liberating message.
A: You need never pretend to be unafraid.
Q: What must I understand about heartache?
A: It’s a condition but not a necessity.
Q: How can I see myself as I really am?
A: Ask whether other people might see you different from the way you see yourself.
Q: I feel tied down by invisible ropes.
A: The ropes are your own wrong thoughts which higher insight can break.
Q: Give us the first step for ending suffering.
A: Stop denying that you suffer from being you.
Q: It’s hard to even ask intelligent questions.
A: I’m just waiting for someone to ask if they’ll be tap dancing in heaven.
Q: Please summarize these teachings.
A: You suffer from being who you now are. We will show you how to end suffering by becoming someone else.
Q: I want to find this new world you speak about.
A: Then don’t be like a duck who thinks that his private pond is a great ocean.
Q: Why do riches and fame fail to satisfy?
A: Because a decorated dungeon is still a dungeon.
Q: Are my thoughts eternal?
A: No, but you are.
Q: Tell us one of the wonders we will see.
A: While still in this life you can discover what is beyond this life.
Q: I don’t understand what it means to be receptive.
A: It means to suspend your pride so that your deep confusion can be explained to you.
Q: How does knowledge of the mind conquer pain?
A: By seeing that thoughts must be allowed to come and go naturally, you give pain no den in which to breed itself.”
Q: Give us an example of how we misunderstand life.
A: Anything that forces you to examine your present beliefs is a friend.
Q: What makes me feel in danger?
A: Trying to force life to conform to your personal notions of safety.
Q: Help us get rid of self-defeating ways.
A: See that your habits and impulses have been acquired, for that supplies power for dismissal.
Q: How can I tell whether or not I have a false position?
A: You have a false position if the opposite position makes you nervous.
Q: Tormenting thoughts scream for my attention.
A: We’ll teach you how to refuse to talk with them.
Q: What is profitable seeking?
A: Seeking without a cunning wish to find yourself in everything you find.
Q: How does awareness bring relief?
A: When you’re aware of playing a role you no longer play it, which ends self-division.
Q: How can I replace false confidence with real confidence?
A: You may wish to write down the following: cosmic confidence is constant confidence.
Q: Why can’t I hear the rescuing voice?
A: The voice is calling down into the cave but you must climb up within hearing.
Q: How can we tell the difference between fact and fantasy?
A: By not having an ego-investment in fantasy.
Q: What happens when I give up pretense?
A: Release and relief.
Q: When will I be right?
A: When you need no other person to confirm your rightness.
Q: I think I’m nice but others don’t.
A: I wonder who’s right?
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