Being emotionally independent doesn’t mean you don’t care about others or don’t need them, just that you don’t rely on them to give you things you can only give yourself.

Inferiority is the basic spiritual condition of man. Even members of the most elite groups feel inferior. In Western culture, this is called the Fall of Man. In a mythological sense, it means we have fallen out of an immortal state, paradise, into the frail, temporary, messy condition of living in a physical body. We are living inside instruments t

world. The definition of love is that it accepts everything. If you can send love to someone you hate then you can embrace anything in life. You have experienced real love. Not until then can you activate the higher world.

Faith is a deeply held conviction that there is a higher meaning in life that cannot be proved by outer events.

To the ancients, time was a gift of the gods, to be treated with awe and reverence. Elders were respected precisely because they had aged in the stream of time. Time was something higher than the individual, something not to be controlled but to be appreciated. In the sacred view of time, all good things come as part of a rhythmic process, whether

Why are we so afraid of conflict that we’re willing to live limited lives? Because of an illusion.

You feel truly connected to the world and to a sense of home. New ideas come from being in this place. On the deepest level, this zone is a spiritual place. We meet the spiritual world most immediately through our relationships to others.

Speed Once you have determined to do something, the less time you allow to elapse until you act, the better. A failed action, done quickly, will improve your confidence more than one done after great procrastination, even if it

and lost connection with higher forces—which are only found inside. Finally, you need to have expansive discipline. This refers to action steps you must force yourself to take to expand your life. In business this means reaching out to broaden your base of customers or connections. It also includes taking steps to develop new ideas and undertake cr