Don’t let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries.
The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is. The guru can give you words; he can give you an explanation, the symbols of the mind, but the symbol is not the real, and if you are caught in the symbol, you will never find the way.
“Make your offering,” said the Master. “As you make it be pleased in mind. Make your mind completely calm and contented. Focus and fill the offering-mind with the giving. From this secure position you can be free from ill will.”
To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
