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Another Illusion Is That External Events Have The Power To Hurt You, That Other People Have The Power To Hurt You. They Don't. It's You Who Give This Power To Them.

Any Time You Are With Anyone Or Think Of Anyone You Must Say To Yourself: I Am Dying And This Person Too Is Dying, Attempting The While To Experience The Truth Of The Words You Are Saying. If Every One Of You Agrees To Practice This, Bitterness Will Die Out, Harmony Will Arise.

To Those Who Seek To Protect Their Ego True Peace Brings Only Disturbance.

Negative Feelings Are In You, Not In Reality. Stop Trying To Change Reality. That's Crazy! Stop Trying To Change The Other Person. We Spend All Our Time And Energy Trying To Change External Circumstances, Trying To Change Our Spouses, Our Bosses, Our Friends, Our Enemies, And Everybody Else. We Don't Have To Change Anything. Negative Feelings Are In You.

You Are So Proud Of Your Intelligence," Said The Master. "you Are Like A Like A Condemned Man, Proud Of The Vastness Of His Prison Cell.