October 2012

TRUE SECURITY
     Here’s an exercise. You are from now on to know absolutely that your life is nothing but one or more forms of anxiety and suffering. Start with the simple fact of admitting, ‘Yes, I am afraid,’ which you are. That would be an elementary lesson in listening to the voice that is trying to correct you.
     Your pain is always your responsibility. Now stop accusing someone else. Feeling bad when persistently and honestly studied is the only thing that can lead you to feeling good. Feeling good is so foreign to you that you fear it. Anxiety has deceived you into thinking it is necessary for your survival. NO! NO! NO! You don’t have real life now! Your True Voice, the spirit instructor inside, can never lead you into feeling bad. Obeying the instruction of goodness makes you feel good, which is peaceful, quiet. Do you know what an enemy you make of silence? Silence and the true spiritual life are the same thing. You can take this one talk and listen over and over and go all the way from the fiery dry desert to the nice pleasant mountain top where the air is pure, where nothing can ever knock you off. Once you are really there, God is also there. Spiritual security is true security. Find that.

LET THE CRISIS SAVE YOU
     Point the finger at yourself and you’ll be pointing it at the person who always does it. We are striving for a nature that is pure. No longer want to be touchy. Rightness needs no defense. See the law! You and you alone are the originator of everything that hurts you. Everything! If you’re concerned you don’t have a lot of money, you can cancel it out. If you’re easily offended, you lead a frozen existence. You are sparing yourself the crisis that could save you. Welcome all the pains the world can give you.