- Misery
Misery is not so hard to bear as the desire to push it away!
When a motor-car stops for lack of fuel, the man in it is not affected so much - but the man who wants to push it, feels its weight.
When you try to push misery away, you feel its weight all the more!
Leave it alone and let is pass.
- Rebirth
The individual subconscious is that part of the universal Mahar (intellect), which is illuminated by the individuality or ego.
The top layer is the conscious.
At death, there is submarine activity.
The ego dives into the unconscious and comes up elsewhere - so is unaware at the conscious level of either the previous incarnation's subconsciousness or conscious levels.
- A four-fold attitude
To help us attain peace and happiness there is a four-fold attitude towards the world which we should try to cultivate:
1. Develop friendliness towards people on our own level.
2. To those who are at a little lower level in any way, have compassion, not contempt. Serve, help and try to teach them.
3. Those who are superior to us in any way we must look upon with joy. Do not be jealous and envious. Do not try to bring them down but be happy that they have that position and always rejoice at the prosperity and good fortune of others.
4. There are those who are wicked or those who regard themselves as our enemies. In spite of all your efforts of goodwill, you will still have enemies who are jealous, frightened and envious of you. Be completely indifferent to them. Bless them and forget them. If the person who has unkind feelings towards you is someone close to you and it is not possible to forget him, then love him. Do not try to "forgive" someone as that forms a feeling of superiority and hurts them and provokes them all the more. Do not even refer to the thing which the person has done to you, and if you can ignore the whole man, do so, or ignore that aspect of his relationship with you.
- Senses
The senses cannot perceive Reality; but accept it, on faith.
- Species
Who said gold is incorruptible?
See how many hearts it has corrupted!
Mother and offspring are of different species?