What is it that            

holds us back?

 

When we are about to try

what is it that stops us?

 

When we see the good

what is it that hides it?

 

When we sense another’s pain

what is it that lets us walk by?

 

When we pray

what is it that scatters our mind?

 

When we surrender

what gives us second thoughts?

 

When we find what it is

we have begun.

If you see evil in another, what you’re really seeing is the evil in yourself.

Think about it. That person is a mirror, reflecting your own faults back to you .

You are seeing yourself.

Whatever you are feeling towards that person is something that’s in you. Whatever you think about him is something that’s in you. You’re exposing something that’s in you in everything you do.

In any judgement you make about someone, you’re actually judging what’s within you.

The enmity or differences you feel towards someone come from the enmity and differences that are in you.

But it’s also true that the love you have for someone else comes from the love that’s in you.

One who keenly feels his own hunger
And labors to satisfy it,
Will never realize the hunger
And the suffering of others.

My son, this paltry life lasts for only a few days. Do not think of it as real.

There is an eternal life within you and a resplendent body of light for that life, which is the body you brought with you when you came. The body you see now is just a schoolhouse, and you have come to study in it. It is a rented room.

God, who created you, has sent you here to use your inner wisdom, to study His artistic creations, and through this, to know yourself, know Him, and understand all of everything.

Having studied and passed your examinations, you must return to the beautiful body of light in which you came to the world. The moment you change, your lessons and your research in this school will end and you will receive your position in the kingdom of God, the permanent position for your eternal life.