“Strugglers are often very social animals. They believe in a social reality, and they accept the opinions of others as truth. This forces them to live up to what are often the unreal expectations of others. They worry about what others think of them because they are not sure of themselves.

To go past this trap, all you have to do is to realize that your evolution through life is sacrosanct. You are the only one who can decide what is best for you. Only you have the answers. What society thinks of you is totally irrelevant, for others do not have all the facts. Remember, people will always try to manipulate you into their way of thinking. They will want you to act in a way that supports them. When you no longer feel the need to win their approval – because basically you have won your own approval – their manipulations of you become meaningless.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Life Was Never Meant to be a Struggle”

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“Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this, it seems to have remained a secret. It is certainly not taught in churches and temples. If you go to a church, you may hear readings from the Gospels such as “Take no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself,” or “Nobody who puts his hands to the plow and looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God.”

Or you might hear the passage about the beautiful flowers that are not anxious about tomorrow but live with ease in the timeless Now and are provided for abundantly by God. The depth and radical nature of these teachings are not recognized. No one seems to realize that they are meant to be lived and so bring about a profound inner transformation.”

Eckhart Tolle, in “The Power of Now”

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“Whenever anyone dies, no matter who they were or what they did, they go back to Spirit. Get over the eternal heaven or hell thing right now; it is all a fairy tale designed by people who want to control you by scaring you into doing what they want. Or to lead life as boring as theirs, so they are not jealous of the fun you might have because you are not afraid. Heaven and hell are experiences you generate with your thoughts and attitude, right here, right now. In any given moment you can shift from hell to heaven (or back). Behold your power to shape your destiny!”

Alan Cohen, in “Why Your Life Sucks…And What You Can Do About It”

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“To become all that you can be, you must welcome into you life people who ask more of you than you can ask of yourself. It is not healthy to surround yourself with people who always agree with you or play a game of littleness with you. A real friend values truth more than the charades that hold us back from shining as brightly as we can.

If you shelter yourself from challenge, your spirit will wither and you will grow weak of will. Your creativity will be reduced to a trickle. You will become bored and wonder what you are doing here. Learn to recognize boredom as a sign that you must escape the shell in which you have become entombed. Let restlessness spur you to reach out and stretch to your next creative adventure. As Helen Keller said, ‘Life is a daring adventure – or nothing.”

Alan Cohen, in “Dare to Be Yourself”

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“Generally speaking, a person can’t really become a noticer of life until he or she stops being obsessed with self. Our modern societies train people to become unreasonably self-indulgent and self-centered. Now it’s good to look after yourself and honor yourself and to concentrate on your life, but there’s a fine line between what is reasonable and the way some people operate. If the only thoughts going off in your head star with “I this” and “I that,” then the ego has you in its grip. It will gradually shrink your world to where its whims and neuroses and its focus are all you ever see. It’’s much like a small child who will make a huge fuss and create a scene so that its mother will attend to it – putting aside whatever she’s doing to care for the child.”

Stuart Wilde, in “Sixth Sense”

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