You can't drop concepts. You can only shine a little flashlight on them as you do inquiry, an you see that what you thought was true wasn't. And when the truth is seen, there's nothing you can do to make the lie true for you again.

When you say or do anything to please, get, keep, influence, or control anyone or anything, fear is the cause and pain is the result.

Who would you be if you didn't believe this lie?

Nothing outside you can ever give you what you're looking for.

When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.

You can't have an up without a down. You can't have a left without a right. This is duality. If you have a problem, you must already have the solution. The question is, do you really want the solution, or do you want to perpetuate the problem?

It's very benign, it seems, to think, "There's a tree." In fact, it's a very beautiful thought. If someone chops down all the trees, then we think, "Oh, my goodness, something is out of order in my world." We begin to think, "Who am I in a world without trees?"