When we go into a state of humility and request the truth that will make us free, and we let go of everything that we have accumulated, offering an empty vessel, then truth comes.
We can see that which has always been present and has never changed. Everything is already in a state of wholeness and completion. (Michelle Longo O'Donnell)
"To remain unconscious of being is to be trapped within an ego-driven wasteland of conflict, strife, and fear that only seems customary because we have been brainwashed into a state of suspended disbelief where a shocking amount of hate, dishonesty, ignorance, and greed are viewed as normal and sane. But they are not the sane, not even close to being sane. In fact, nothing could be less sane and unreal than what we human beings call reality.
By clinging to what we know and believe, we are held captive by the movement of our conditioned thinking and imagination, all the while believing that we are perfectly rational and sane. We therefore continue to justify the reality of what causes us, as well as others, immeasurable amounts of pain and suffering." (The Way of Liberation, p. 10-11)
To obtain enlightenment, freedom, peace, or joy we must let go of what we know and believe...we must empty ourselves of everything in order to make room for truth.
It is so hard to stop clinging to my assumptions, beliefs, expectations, desires, identity, judgments. Yet I clearly see that they are what blocks me from truth. There is a higher Reality that is not based on my ego-driven conditioned thoughts and the way to connect with that Reality is to stop clinging to what I call reality.
It is so hard to stop clinging to my assumptions, beliefs, expectations, desires, identity, judgments. Yet I clearly see that they are what blocks me from truth. There is a higher Reality that is not based on my ego-driven conditioned thoughts and the way to connect with that Reality is to stop clinging to what I call reality.
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