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“THE EASIEST PATH” For a person, the “easiest path”—or the easiest way of living—contrary to what the mind (“I,” or thought) imagines, consists of criticizing and blaming others and the world based on value judgments one holds to be “correct,” while clinging to the belief that “‘I’ am living rightly.”…

“THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEEING AND THINKING” There is a significant difference between observing oneself as awareness and having “the ‘I’” think about oneself. Yet, many of us remain unaware of this distinction, laboring under the illusion that “‘I’ am looking at myself.” ࿓࿓࿓࿓࿓ When we observe ourselves as awareness—seeing things…

“NOT BEING SWAYED BY PHENOMENA” When we direct attention outward, we all unavoidably remain clinging to the mistaken belief that we must identify mistakes and problems of others (including “I” and “mine”) and correct or improve them, in order to protect the “I”—a symbol of separation—and the people dear to…

“REALIZING THE ILLUSION” There is no such thing as “death,” and “life,” too, is merely an illusion. Know this truth—not as intellectual or conceptual knowledge, nor through the thinking of the “I,” but directly and immediacy knowing by seeing through the living experience of the present moment through the clarity…

“WHAT IS NEEDED” What is needed is not to look “how the world and other people are faring right now,” nor—even less so—to think about or propose “how to solve” the problems perceived to exist there. What is needed is to realize “what I am doing right now”—asking “Why?” or…