It happens through a constant revisitation of the ideal that you wish to Know. A constant revisitation allows it to seep into one’s bones. A constant revisitation allows one to Understand it from all angles. And that which was once Intellectual, in time becomes Experiential. And the space within oneself that was once occupied by The Mind, slowly becomes replaced by the Knowing. And the human being begins to Become the ideal that he so eagerly has revisited. (Location 83)
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the human being who is not swimming in Sincerity cannot ever be given a Way that is sufficiently practical for him. First he must dive into the depths, and Then learn the practicality of swimming. (Location 101)
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Impossibility simply has no power in the face of Genuine Desire. None whatsoever. Every single man will have what he Insists upon having. And if he insists upon nothing in particular, he will live in the default and wayward musings of The Mind. (Location 109)
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Not through fame and accomplishment. But through Uncompromising Sincerity. Be not a pretender, my dear student. Be Uncompromising. For the man who refuses to compromise holds The Universe in his hands. (Location 114)
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if one has given the whole of himself to becoming a Master, he will do what is necessary to become it. And it will be a joy for him. It will be an intense journey. And peaceful the entire way. Hard work and practice are for those who try to become that which they secretly believe that it is difficult for them to become. (Location 223)
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Many things will seem fantastical to you, student. They will seem a thousand miles away. There are things that a man was meant to experience that most would relegate to the realm of magic and fantasy. But, in fact, magic and fantasy are at the heart of man’s existence. (Location 246)
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A psychologist never truly sees the human being who walks into her office. She sees only a Patient. She sees herself as a psychologist, and thus the only thing in the world that she is able to see the other person as is a Patient. This destroys all possibility of human connection. She is playing a role. And thus she has no choice but to place the person who comes to her into a role. It is the same with a parent. A parent sees the child as His Child. He does not see the child as a human being. And thus it is doomed from the beginning. (Location 280)
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When you place yourself into a role, you can only see the other through the eyes of that role. (Location 300)
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When you have no role, you begin to see the flesh and blood human being. Where I once parented my children, I now revere them. Where I once taught them, I now learn from them. And is it not the height of irony, that they now listen to my every word, when I no longer need them to listen. (Location 301)
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The Way is only possible as an alchemy. And it takes birth the moment that a student gives the whole of his heart to the One Who Knows. (Location 340)
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A willingness to learn is rare among men. Men are predisposed to “do.” Few among them are willing and ready to Learn. (Location 433)
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One must understand what it is he wishes to achieve. He must understand precisely why it is that he fights. And his vision must be greater than the greatest who have come before him. In order to take himself and his craft to a level it would not have reached without him. (Location 444)
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Do not roam among the haggard and the meek. Do not fight for scraps of food that are moist with stagnant rains. Do not enter the crucible of egoistic men who compete over dime and dollar. Rise, my student. And insist First upon the glory of Freedom. So that no arena can contain you. And no man can equal you. For your journey is unlike any other man in the field. (Location 455)
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Nature sees directly into our hearts. And it places us in circumstances and situations which serve to fulfill our True desire. It serendipitously sends people to us who have what we seek. It appears “coincidental” but I have lived long enough to know that coincidence is myth. All things are by design, my dear student. All things are by design. (Location 540)
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The Seeker Of Truth cannot help but to explore, my student. For him there is no choice. And because he has no choice but to find it, nature has no choice but to grant it. (Location 559)
Man feels inferior because he lives from the standpoint of his personality. (Location 575)
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The false game is to give legitimacy to the notion that there is a hierarchy of importance among human beings. (Location 658)
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If you place yourself at the top, you will suffer the desperation of attempting to validate that position. And if you put yourself anywhere but the top, you will suffer the turmoil of having to reach a higher position. There is anxiety in both directions. For you are playing a game that you cannot win. (Location 676)
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M: Confidence, my student, is not a product of comparison. It is a product of indifference. S: How so, Master? M: If you are indifferent to what others think or believe about you, confidence will be with you. (Location 681)
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The indifference would be the product of you having learned that nothing really matters in this life. When a man understands this, indifference is the natural byproduct. S: If nothing matters, then why should a man do anything at all, Master? M: He doesn’t need to do anything. But if he chooses to do something, let it be for the purpose of Truly Experiencing It, rather than doing it for “meaning” and “purpose.” (Location 704)
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Intelligence is not Knowledge. Intelligence is not the accumulation of facts. Intelligence is not following instructions. Intelligence is not procuring a degree or becoming certified or passing an exam. (Location 768)
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Live with the knowledge that your eyes are closed. And when that knowledge makes its way from your head to your heart, your eyes will slowly begin to open. (Location 910)
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Understand that the chances of you encountering A Rare Gem Human Being amidst the common pebbles are akin to you being struck by lightning four times in the same afternoon. If you Understand this, you will drop all hope. And be Free to be as you are. (Location 1112)
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The only one who can truly Play is the one who is indifferent to winning and losing. He who plays to win suffers the wrath of the mind. (Location 1140)
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Only the fool trains in order to win. The wise man trains in order to forge his Spirit. He trains in order to perfect his skill. For his craft is his life. And its refinement is his Journey. A Journey toward perfecting himself. (Location 1156)
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Sport and craft are a vehicle for perfecting oneself. The Legend is not the one who prevails in battle. For any fool can secure a win. The Legend is the one who fights without an ounce of Fear. For he has nothing to lose. The Legend is the one whose heart does not increase its tempo. The Legend is the one who trains his skill in order to forge his spirit, so that neither nature nor misfortune can so much as lay a hand upon him. (Location 1158)
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Each and every man who lives under the weight of the mind suffers an ongoing and incessant undercurrent of turmoil. His daily life consists of worry, fear, irritability, and concern. He lives in uncertainty. He lives with an unstable mood. He suffers conflicts. He succumbs to anger. His heart races with the subtlest thing that does not go his way. Such is the poison of depression. (Location 1194)
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Every problem in your life exists because you fail to see it for what it truly is. All that you have ascribed it to is incorrect. If you were, for a single moment, able to see these problems for what they Truly were, every one of them would vanish before your next breath. (Location 1376)
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Life is designed in a particular way. The Mind is designed in a particular way. You must take it all. Or leave it all. But selectivity is to introduce duality. And duality is the lifeblood of the mind that torments you. (Location 1466)
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The man of wisdom has seen that all joys are followed by misery. All pleasures are followed by pain. He has seen the undeniable reproducibility of this fact. And thus he has grown tired of seeking pleasure. And in so doing he has become immune to the pain that follows. (Location 1473)
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S: But what about practices, skills, work, art, and so forth? M: Certainly, I continue to refine those things. But the refinement is the joy. Not the hope that something “good” will come from it. (Location 1487)
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A quality of observation, keen discrimination, and interior examination. If you Wait, you will be a beggar who deserves nothing. If you Work, you will be a mule who attains nothing. You must seek to Understand, student. Understand the patterns of your life that have repeated themselves over and over again. And this understanding is borne of astute and incisive observation. And this astute and incisive observation is borne of the Genuine Desire to be immune to all things that life has to offer. Most especially the “good” things. (Location 1503)
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It seems to me that the only reason human beings wish to know about God is because they want something from him. If it was believed that God did not have the power to give, I do not believe any human being on earth would ever utter his name. (Location 1541)
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