Who would you be if you didn’t believe this thought?

Stories are the untested, uninvestigated theories that tell us what all these things mean. We don’t even realize that they’re just theories.

When you realize that suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry, you may actually begin to look forward to uncomfortable feelings. You may even experience them as friends coming to show you what you have not yet investigated thoroughly enough.

When you’re operating on uninvestigated theories of what’s going on and you aren’t even aware of it, you’re in what I call “the dream.” Often the dream becomes troubling; sometimes it even turns into a nightmare. At times like these, you may want to test the truth of your theories by doing The Work on them. The Work always leaves you with less of your uncomfortable story. Who would you be without it? How much of your world is made up of unexamined stories? You’ll never know until you inquire.

If our thinking is clear, how could work or money be the problem? Our thinking is all we need to change.

Some of us are returning to sanity, because we’re tired of the pain. We’re in a hurry. No time to mess around.

Every story is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn’t be happening. I shouldn’t be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn’t fair.

I saw that we’re all doing the best we can. This is how a lifetime of humility begins.

That’s what I love about integrity. Each time we go inside, that’s where it is.

Lack of understanding is always painful.

God, as I use the word, is another name for what is. I always know God’s intention: It’s exactly what is in every moment.

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