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

The meaning of life, with all its pain, becomes comprehensible when you realize that you go out into the world to develop a relationship with yourself.

There’s a name for the correct relationship to the Father. It’s called discipline. Every time you submit to the discipline of committing

Preparing yourself with a philosophy enables you to change the meaning of a negative event.

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.

The first step is to realize that life is a process. Our culture leads us to forget this fact and makes the destructive suggestion that we can perfect life and then get it to stand still.

The only real way to accept life is to accept the events that comprise it. And the flow of events never stops. The driving force of the universe reveals itself via the events of our lives.

Once you give up hope that the outer world can regulate your mood, the only alternative is to maintain it yourself, regardless of outer conditions.

Life is a struggle. It’s human nature to want a reward for our pain and effort. Most of the time we are rewarded, but there is no certainty about when the reward will come or what it will be. This is the law of the universe, and it requires us to have faith in the future. But X tells us we’re special, and we needn’t be subject to the law. We have a