Yearning for a new way will not produce it. Only ending the old way can do that. You cannot hold onto the old, all the while declaring that you want something new. The old will defy the new; The old will deny the new; The old will decry the new. There is only one way to bring in the new. You must make room for it.

The Gift of Understanding occurs as we let go of our mind’s many tricks of trying to understand and control our life and the daily decisions we make. Our mind can’t give us the answers we’re seeking. It can’t tell us what to eat, where to live, whom to love, what to do, anything. It can only see and play with the polarities of mind itself. It can’t

WHOSE HEART ISN’T prodigal? One of the gifts Augustine offers is a spirituality for realists. Conversion is not a “solution.” Conversion is not a magical transport home, some kind of Floo powder to heaven. Conversion doesn’t pluck you off the road; it just changes how you travel.