Barry Long
Barry Long
Barry Longwas an Australian spiritual teacher and writer...
chain facts fixed linking notice observe plan proposed reason
Reason does not need thinking. If you observe yourself making a plan you will notice that having fixed the object, the facts just keep coming, linking up into a chain of proposed action.
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You will become more conscious if you use the moment of being rebuked or blamed to observe your reaction. You will observe yourself making an excuse, giving a reason.
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It is always fresh, always new, always there for the still, innocent mind that has experienced life without needing to hold on to what has gone before.
discover either knowingly means practicing ready
You are either ready to discover yourself or you are not. Ready means you have been knowingly or unknowingly practicing self-observation.
discovered moment truth
Truth has to be discovered now, from moment to moment.
cannot discover quickly ready recognized taught truth
Truth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognized by the person ready to discover it.
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The experiment is to ask the question; the observation is to look at yourself and see what happens. Being a science the law cannot vary. Any apparent variation is in you, you will have stepped off the way of facts into conclusions.
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To go beyond reason we have to climb up the ladder of reason and go to the top of it. This will not upset reason as it is interested only in assembling the facts, whatever they might be. Reason is an ever-loyal tool; imagination an ever-failing fool.
beyond love mind
Love is beyond the mind because it is always new.
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Love is beyond description; but not beyond demonstrating.
answers beyond discovery looks self-knowledge
Self-knowledge is the discovery of the new, it looks beyond the world that has all the answers and no solutions.
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The sun is either shining or it is not. You do not have to conclude; you just look.
challenge game moment provides
Each moment provides a challenge to you to become conscious. The game is to be waiting, and aware.
exactly object
Your object is to see yourself exactly as you are.