What do you have to do? You must understand two truths about yourself. Here’s the first truth: your life is in a mess. Of course you might not like to hear that. It might insult you, which only proves it’s true. Say to someone your life is in a mess and they are likely to object with, “What do you mean? I’m doing pretty well. I have a career; I hav

When other people or outcomes don’t live up to your programmed expectations, you’re programmed to torment yourself with frustration, anger, or bitterness. As was stated before, people often do not realize how unhappy they have been until they experience a spontaneous moment of joy. If you wish to be happy, if you wish to be at peace, the first thin

To live like a king or queen spiritually means you know no anxiety at all, no inner conflict, no tensions, no pressures, no upset, no heartache. Until you can transcend these reactions, your life remains a mess.

Now, listening is not as easy as you might think. Why? Because we’re always listening from fixed concepts, fixed positions, fixed prejudices. The kind of listening I am referring to means being alert. So, as you read this book and reflect on it, be alert. Be watchful. Hold the intention to listen with a fresh mind, without prejudices, without judgi

The third step: Never identify with that feeling.

Hardly anyone has been told the following truth: in order to be genuinely happy, there is one and only one thing you need to do—get deprogrammed and get rid of those attachments. When people stumble upon this self-evident truth, they become terrified at the thought of the pain involved in dropping their attachments.

What decides what will finally make its way to your conscious mind from all the material that is pouring in from the world? Three decisive filters: First, your attachments. Second, your beliefs. Third, your fears.

Hardly anyone has been told the following truth: in order to be genuinely happy, there is one and only one thing you need to do—get deprogrammed and get rid of those attachments. When people stumble upon this self-evident truth, they become terrified at the thought of the pain involved in dropping their attachments.

People don’t want to get out of the mess. They don’t want happiness; they want money, they want fame, they want power, they want approval, they want their comforts. They want the little things that society has falsely taught them are essential for happiness. Those are the things that are creating the mess. It’s the source of conflicts, anxieties, t