The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment

We cannot be true as long as we are expecting or wanting others to agree with us. That will cause us to contract—maybe they won’t like what I say; maybe they won’t agree; maybe they won’t like me. When we are protecting ourselves, we are also withholding freedom from everybody else. When we realize that we are the one and only Spirit that manifests

It would be wonderful if we could have a moment of awakening and then never be caught by the illusion of thought again, but as I’ve said, this isn’t usually how it works. We can have a deep realization of our true nature, seeing that the mind itself is a dream and that the person we thought we were is a dream, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we w

If you do try to hide from something—if you are in a relationship that is dysfunctional or a job that is tremendously unsatisfying, and you choose not to deal with it—the consequence of that denial is that you will not truly be liberated. You won’t ever be capable of being fully free, because any area where we choose to remain unconscious will ulti

The irony is that most human beings spend their lives avoiding painful situations. Not that we are successful, but we are always trying to avoid pain. We have an unconscious belief that our greatest growth in consciousness and awareness comes through beautiful moments. We may, indeed, make great leaps in consciousness through beautiful moments, but

It is amazing what happens when we let go of the thought patterns that say, “I should get more sleep,” when we realize that it’s just a thought. When we let go of the mind’s interpretation about what is happening, there is a much deeper relaxation in the system. This relaxation itself promotes a quickening of the physical transformation.

But the gravitational force of the dream state can still be very strong. Even as we know the truth of our being, we can still find ourselves believing in ego. While we may know that a thought has no validity, is absolutely untrue, we may find ourselves believing in it anyway.

Once again, what is required is a certain sense of honesty. Everything is already inherently complete, already fully Spirit. We are already as much as we will ever be. But the question is—do we know it? Have we realized it? If we have not, what is it that’s causing us to perceive otherwise? And if we have realized it, are we living it? Is it becomi

I would say that my experience is that I no longer believe the next thought that I have. I’m not capable of actually believing a thought that happens. I have no control over what thoughts appear, but I can’t believe that the thought is real or true or significant. And because no thought can be grasped as real, true, or significant, that itself has

Awakening can be the ground from which we meet every person and situation. It can be the ground from which we relate to all the circumstances of life. But this takes a lot of courage and a lot of fearlessness. It also takes something I continue to emphasize: a very simple sincerity. This kind of sincerity arises from that which loves the truth and