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Enjoy all things that come to you in life. But remember always to bring your sword of discrimination with you. In the midst of success, while everyone at the party is celebrating you, is having a wonderful time, don't celebrate. Observe. Enjoy the party, don't hate it. Don't feel badly about those who are in illusion. Don't feel that you are superior, because I assure you, you are not. But observe quietly and remain empty, empty in the sense that you are filled with light and knowledge and empty and void of attachment. In the midst of failure, do not be upset. When people say terrible things about you, when your body ages and doesn't work the way it used to, do not be upset. In illness, in fatigue, when your spirits are down, remember: observe. Do not attach yourself to these conditions. Simply observe the turn the movie is taking as it's being projected on the screen, but know that these events and these experiences that you call life are but phantoms, and will one day pass away and you will remain because you are That. You are immortal consciousness. You are free and perfect. And even though at this time you are not fully aware of that, if you remember these words at the time of your death, at the time of your birth, in the midst of any experience of success, failure, pleasure, pain, depression, elation -- if you remember this, you will be free. - "The Truth", Talks on the Nature of Existence, Insights |
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