When I Am Perfectly Clear, What Is

Until You Can Love What Is - Everything, Including The Apparent Violence And Craziness - You're Separate From The World, And You'll See It As Dangerous And Frightening.

The Most Important Relationship Is The Mind's Relationship With Itself. In Other Words, The Ultimate - And, Really, The Only - Relationship You Have Is The Relationship With Your Own Thoughts.

It's Not Easy To Find Your Own Way When You Believe That You Need Love, Approval, Appreciation, Or Anything From Your Family. It's Particularly Hard When You Want Them To See Things Your Way.

To Exclude Anything That Appears In Your Universe Is Not Love. Love Joins With Everything. It Doesn't Exclude The Monster. It Doesn't Avoid The Nightmare - It Looks Forward To It.

A Lover Of What Is Looks Forward To Everything: Life, Death, Disease, Loss, Earthquakes, Bombs, Anything The Mind Might Be Tempted To Call 'bad.' Life Will Bring Us Everything We Need, To Show Us What We Haven't Undone Yet. Nothing Outside Ourselves Can Make Us Suffer. Except For Our Unquestioned Thoughts, Every Place Is Paradise.