Barry Long
Barry Long
Barry Longwas an Australian spiritual teacher and writer...
thinking mind robots
When the robot mind is mastered, undisciplined thinking ceases and is replaced by awareness. Awareness can know love.
truth agreement doe
Truth does not need argument, agreement, theories or beliefs. There is only one test for it and that is to ask yourself 'Is the statement true or false in my experience?.
energy higher no-energy
All is energy and there is no energy higher than right love, which has no object
truth way observation
The only way we can ever get through to the truth is by finding out what we are not. We do that by looking, by observation.
truth believe helping
You must not believe anyone in the search for truth; you have to find out for yourself. But although you are on your own, help will come when it is really needed.
said statements
Anything that is said is not the truth. It is a statement of truth, and no statement is the truth.
effort waiting preparation
You can only get next to God through the effort of preparation. To experience the uncreated, the state of awareness will have to be held for several minutes. You are then between time and the time-less - waiting for the unknown, which will come but cannot be willed.
taught ready persons
Truth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognised by the person ready to discover it.
life lying drinking
Love is not a feeling; it's a sensation. Drinking water when you're thirsty is a sensation, not a feeling. Being in nature or swimming in the sea is a sensation, not a feeling. Lying down when you're tired is sensational, not a feeling, although you may say it feels good. Feeling is an emotional interpretation of experience and these sensations don't need interpretation; they are just good or right. Making physical love rightly is a sensation, not a feeling. So is the love of God. The same goes for joy and beauty; both are sensational.'
time thinking imagination
The more you observe life in relation to yourself the more you will see the fact that you are hardly ever correct when you think about something in the future. The future exists only in imagination; and that is why, no matter how hard you try to imagine it, you will not be able to predict the future with total certainty.
past mind synthesis
Any product of the mind is a reaction of the past, a synthesis of what is old.
lying self judging
When you observe yourself you must not condemn or approve what you see. If you tell a lie there is no need to judge your-self.
facts consciousness conscious
You can experience consciousness now by experiencing the fact that you exist.
men discovery self
No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery - the source of truth.