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21 " It is important to understand that sense perceptions, bodily sensations, practical thoughts, creative thoughts, and thoughts about the truth are impersonal. They are not a problem. "
― , The Perfume of Silence
22 " If you had been born in a civilization in which the rising sun was called 'my sun,' you would consider it your sun. "
23 " Our most precious treasure is freedom, and that means the freedom to be miserable if we so choose. We are free to identify with the body-mind organism if we want to. We are free to carry the baggage of the past with us or to drop it. It is very easy, but we choose not to. That’s our freedom. "
24 " Sometimes as a result of our residual desire to go somewhere, to achieve, there is a tendency to artificially create this mass of sensations in order to remain busy getting rid of it. However, the more we want to get rid of them, the more we create them. It is a “loop” of residual activity. Don’t try to get rid of something that you have created, just stop creating it and understand that it is your very desire to get rid of it that perpetuates it. "
25 " It is not challenging to be happy. It is challenging to be unhappy. When you say that it is challenging to be happy, it suggests that happiness involves effort, constant vigilance, struggle. If we believe that happiness requires effort and struggle, it only perpetuates misery. Happiness is when we let go and let God. Liberate yourself from the belief that happiness is challenging. Think instead, “Misery is challenging. It requires a constant struggle to fulfill an ego that can never be fulfilled. "
26 " Expectation is a subtle rejection of the now. "
27 " When we have reached the outposts of the mind, we are ready for the journey to the heart. "
28 " If you are not happy reading books, don’t read them. If you are not happy doing anything, don’t do it. Nobody forces you. This “follow your bliss” attitude will lead you towards bliss. Read the book as long as it makes you happy. When the book no longer makes you happy, put it aside. Don’t keep reading out of habit. Happiness is the highest good. It is sacred. "
29 " Know that your happiness is not in the next situation, in the next object, but that the next situation or object is simply a celebration of this happiness that we already are. Stick to happiness throughout all situations. Don’t stick to the situations. "
30 " When we are in not knowing, we are at the threshold of the Absolute. From there, we receive everything we need at any given moment. If we need knowledge or intelligence, we receive it. The same is true if we need love or beauty. If we need nothing, we receive nothing. We are connected with the root of everything, so we are in total harmony. "