If you cannot accept an external event immediately, then some kind of resistance will come up. And there may be some external events you cannot accept at all.

Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego.

Humanity as a whole has already gone through unimaginable suffering, mostly self-inflicted, the culmination of which was the 20th century with its unspeakable horrors. This collective suffering has brought upon a readiness in many human beings for the evolutionary leap that is spiritual awakening.

The stream of thinking has enormous momentum that can easily drag you along with it. Every thought pretends that it matters so much.

When you can no longer feel the life that you are, you are likely to try to fill up your life with things.

Whenever you are able, have a "look" inside yourself to see whether you are unconsciously creating conflict between the inner and the outer, between your external circumstances at that moment - where you are, who you are with, or what you are doing - and your thoughts and feelings. Can you feel how painful it is to internally stand in opposition to what is? When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war.

The power of movies lies in the fact that it enables the viewer to enter the reality, to some extent, of the characters.