To break free from such a tangle involves first of all letting go of the following illusions: 1. I am a solid identity separate from everything else around me. This duality is visible only to ego. As I progress in consciousness, I enjoy another perspective (that of my spiritual Self) which sees only unity and the marriage of apparent opposites. The

The royal road to mysticism and to Reality does not pass through the world of people. It passes through the world of actions that are engaged in for themselves without an eye to success or to gain—or profit actions.

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