“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.” - Sheryl Sandberg (Location 71)
Sydney Banks once said, “Thought is not reality; yet it is through thought that our realities are created.” (Location 147)
The meaning (or thinking) we give an event is what determines how we ultimately feel about it. That meaning or thinking is the filter through which we see life from then on — because of this, we live through a perception of reality, not in reality itself. Reality is that the event happened, with no meaning, thinking, or interpretation of it. (Location 160)
Any meaning or thinking we give the event is on us and that is how our perception of reality is created. This is how our experience of life is created from the inside out. (Location 163)
Our feelings do not come from external events, but from our own thinking about the events. Therefore, we can only ever feel what we are thinking. (Location 167)
The root cause of our suffering is our own thinking. (Location 189)
If we know that we can only ever feel what we are thinking, then we know that we can change our feelings by changing our thinking. Thus, we can change our experience of life by knowing that it comes from our own thinking. And if that is true, then we are ever only one thought away from experiencing something different and transforming our entire lives at any moment — through a state of no thought. (Location 192)
“It’s not other people, situations, or circumstances. It’s not the empty boat, but my reaction to it that causes my anger. All the people or situations that make me upset and angry are just like the empty boat. They don’t have the power to make me angry without my own reaction.” (Location 228)
Thinking, on the other hand, is the act of thinking about our thoughts. This takes a significant amount of energy, effort, and willpower (which is a finite resource). Thinking is actively engaging with the thoughts in your mind. You don’t have to engage with each thought in your mind, but when you do, that is thinking. Thinking is the root cause of all our psychological suffering. (Location 258)
The moment we think about our thoughts is when we begin to get taken on an emotional rollercoaster. When we think about our thoughts, we begin to judge and criticize the thoughts and experience all sorts of internal emotional turmoil. (Location 282)
Thoughts create. Thinking destroys. The reason thinking destroys is because as soon as we begin to think about the thoughts, we cast our own limiting beliefs, judgements, criticisms, programming, and conditioning onto the thought, thinking of infinite reasons as to why we can’t do it and why we can’t have it. (Location 293)
You can only ever feel what you’re thinking, so feelings and emotions are like an intuitive internal dashboard which tells me if I’m thinking too much or not. If I’m having a lot of negative emotions, I know that I’m thinking too much. This is another example of how we’re naturally built for success. (Location 303)
Our natural state of being IS joy, love, ecstasy, freedom, and gratitude. (Location 354)
Therefore, it's not WHAT we're thinking about that is causing us suffering, but THAT we are thinking. (Location 374)
We are ever really one moment away from remembering that we always have that infinite well of clarity, love, joy, peace, and fulfillment. We (Location 459)
“Mushin is achieved when [the] mind is free of random thoughts, free of anger, free of fear, and particularly free of ego. It applies during combat, and or other facets of life. When mushin is achieved during combat there is an absence of loose or rambling thoughts. It leaves the practitioner free to act and react without hesitation. He reacts according to all of the study and training that has brought the karateka to this point. Relying on, not what you think should be your next move, but on what your trained, instinctive, subconscious reaction directs you to do.” (Location 485)
There are two sources of goals: goals created out of inspiration and goals created out of desperation. (Location 520)
A question that greatly helps me to settle the thinking and tap into the limitless well of possibilities of what I could create is: "If I had infinite money, already traveled the world, had no fear, and didn't receive any recognition for what I do, what would I do or what would I create?" (Location 616)
To a mind without the limits of thinking, anything is possible. (Location 625)
What's paradoxical (like everything in the duality of life), is that when we create something without conditions or reasons, we actually immediately feel all of the positive feelings we want. (Location 673)
Instead of trying to prove we are right and they are wrong, or how they're better and we're worse, look for the truth in what's in front of you. (Location 739)
Look for what is universally true for every single conscious human being on the planet, no matter who they are, where they're from, and what their background is. (Location 744)
When we make decisions, we want to rely on non-thinking. When we try to think, analyze, create pros and cons lists, and ask everyone (including our pets) for advice, it causes anxiety and frustration until we make the decision. Most of the time, we already know deep down what to do in any specific situation. This is often referred to as your gut feeling, intuition, or inner wisdom. What we do is try to confirm our intuition with the external world and this is where most of the negative emotions begin to surface, wreaking havoc on our mental state because of everyone’s opinions. (Location 763)
For anything in life, you most likely already know deep down what to do, but are afraid of doing it or don’t believe that you are good enough to do it. (Location 787)
In short, know that you already know and if you don’t know, know that you can know what you need to know. (Location 796)
When we realize that we don’t have to control and try to force everything to happen our way, we become free from suffering, pain, and frustration and begin to fall into this state of non-thinking where things just all happen for us instead of to us. (Location 838)
We only suffer when we try to figure it all out, but we don’t have to. This is when we want to rely on our intuition and inner wisdom to help show us exactly what we need to do in real time to manifest what we want. There’s no need to try to figure it all out in advance. (Location 856)
We can always get what we desire in life, it just may not be on our timeline or in the way we want it to manifest. (Location 863)
Your intuition will almost always go against your logical, rational mind, so be prepared for that. (Location 874)
“We can't solve problems by using the same level of consciousness we were at when we created them.” — Albert Einstein (Location 928)
Here’s the process for receiving divine downloads when you’re confronted with a challenge: Become aware that your thinking is the root cause of all negative emotions. Create space by surrendering any manual thinking from the personal mind and have complete faith that your inner wisdom (God/Universe/Infinite Intelligence) will give you the answer. Also surrender the how and when the answer will come to you. Become aware of any feelings that arise as you surrender and magnify those feelings of love, peace, and joy. Meet what you’re facing with love and the answer will come to you. (Location 936)
Know that the Universe is working for you, not against you. That everything happens for a reason and that there are no failures in life, just lessons and opportunities for us to grow. (Location 961)
You are only ever one thought away from peace, love, and joy — which come from a state of non-thinking. (Location 977)
The truth is not something you think, but something that you know and feel deep in your soul. Listen to that still inner wisdom inside of you that knows all of this. Let it guide you through your life. (Location 986)