When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently.

There *are* no problems. Only situations - to be dealt with now, or to be left alone and accepted as part of the 'isness' of the present moment until they change or can be dealt with.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within. Even when the sky is heavily overcast, the sun hasn't disappeared. It's still there on the other side of the clouds.

What you refer to as your 'life' should more accurately be called your 'life situation'. Your life situation exists in time. Your life is now. Your life situation is mind stuff. Your life is real.

The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you're taking this moment.

Satisfaction through gratification will always be short-lived, therefore it will always be projected again.You see time as the means to salvation, whereas in truth it is the greatest obstacle to salvation. You "get" there by realizing you *are* there already.

Stress is caused by being "here" but wanting to be "there", or being in the present moment but wanting to be in the future. You can move fast, work fast, or run without projecting yourself into the future and without resisting the present. As you move, do it totally, enjoying the flow of energy at that moment. Or when you do nothing and the mind says "you should be working. You are wasting time" - observe the mind. Smile at it!

To complain is always nonacceptance to what *is*.

Judgment is either to confuse someone's unconscious behaviour with who they are or to project your own unconsciousness onto another person and mistake *that* for who they are.If you are alert and present, you can point out behaviour without ego involvement (making the other person wrong).