Some people are good at taking love but not so good at returning it, giving it back. Why do people act the way they do, what does it take to recognize how we behave? We seem to have only a limited ability to recognize our own emotions, possibly because emotions limit consciousness, they overwhelm consciousness [...]
When people ask you, “Where do you live,” the response is usually something like “America” or “Turkey” or “Philadelphia” or “Istanbul” or “Canada” or “Toronto.” In other words, it’s a place. We all identify ourselves with living in a place. Some people might say, “I live on the planet Earth,” which would cover most of [...]
If we cannot see the truth in ourself we cannot see it in others, we are in a state which has veils covering our ability to see. Arrogance is one of those veils, a state blocking our ability to see the pure heart in another person. Not only does arrogance block our ability to see [...]
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