What we regard as obstacles are not really our enemies but could be considered our teachers and friends. What we call obstacles is the way our experiences teach us where we are stuck. How we experience obstacles depends mostly on our relationship with ourselves.
The diversity and contradictions of existence confuse us, and appearances can deceive us. Once you unite all elements within yourself, uniting the female and male, the light that dispels darkness appears. This light is your inner master and brings clarity and awareness.
Hope and fear are both phantoms that arise from thinking about yourself. When we don’t see the self as self what do we have to fear? See the world as yourself, treat the world as yourself, love the world as yourself, have faith in the way things are, then you can care for all things.
True joy comes from within, but we are tempted by diversions that come streaming in from without. Build your inner stability and strength, then amusements and outside indulgences will not be tempting. Do not depend on external influences to control your life.
Quote : The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.