Index of Themes

Key Points

1. The world works all right, but we humans do not. There is a systemic error in our thinking that can be corrected by seeing it. The world is one movement; separateness is an illusion created by the mind.

2. Life is a miracle. If we don't see it so, we don't see it right. The problem is not in the world; it is in the mind.

3. A miracle is something that cannot be put in words. We can see and do miracles, but we can also experience being part of the miracle of life. A miracle connects us with a reality where our ego has no place. Everyone can tune into the frequency of miracles, but only in the here and now.

4. Living with what is means living with facts: it is seeing miracles in the world, in others  — and in ourselves.

5. Direct perception is experiencing the world without the ego. It is connecting to the miracle of life without intermediaries or the distortions of thought. When the boundary between the self and the world disappears, we are the world.

6. The ego is a creation of the mind, of thinking. It lives in a world of concepts and images, which prevents direct perception. The ego thinks it is the master of the mind, but it is merely its servant.

7. The mind connects us to the world, but it also separates us from it because it is now governed by thinking that arbitrarily fragments the world into parts. The mind creates our problems, but it could also solve them if it functioned correctly. The mind is a process; it cannot be localised. It has three basic functions, and it succeeds only partially in each. Connecting with the world changes the function of the mind.

8. Thinking is a conditioned reflex that interprets and creates the world we live in, in our perceptions and in determining their meaning. It takes place in the brain and controls the mind. This creates problems. Thinking constructs a simplified model of the world, and this model prevents us from perceiving the world as it truly is.

9. Time is thought; it is an illusion. Without thought, there is no time. When thought manifesting in time ends, all time is now. There is no time in the present moment. The past consists of memories; the future is merely imagination. Time cannot help us in transforming our consciousness.

Links to Key Themes

If we don't see life as a miracle, we don't see it right.
Seeing the world correctly begins with seeing ourselves correctly.
To see the world as it is, we must connect to the miracle of life.
Seeing right is doing right. Then we correct mistakes immediately, not tomorrow.
Thinking prevents direct perception.

Doing Right
Doing right is an intrinsic value, because as a result, life is good for everyone.
There are two routes to change: in time or immediately.
The best way is to start from where you are.
Clarity is necessary to see things as they are.

Ego
The episode we call life is an endless ego adjusting.
We react to what is happening with ego or without it.
Our mistake is to think the ego is the master and thinking is its servant.
The self is a prison that we have locked ourselves in.
The ego rejects facts, doing everything in its power to reject doubts about its existence.
The me is a mine, a mixture of myths and ideas created in our minds.
The self is a cunning trick of the mind, a self-deception that is hard to detect.
The truth silences the self, makes the mind quiet.
Ego acts like a terrorist, who believes it has the right to act as it feels is right.
The search creates the seeker; the experiencer is a self-centred movement of the mind.
When the thinker ends while we are alive, reality continues without the self.
The self is fiction.
We took the wrong turn when ego became dominant.
Do nothing! See the full meaning of the centre, and the immense danger of it.
We are merely modifying selfishness, which is irrational.
A better 'me' is a lie; there is no becoming of the self.
What comes in when you come in? Can we check our ego at the door?
Identity is a trap set by our thoughts.
To eliminate egotism, we must change the foundations of our mechanistic worldview.
The 'me' makes many mistakes in interpreting the world.
Self is only a show; we think it is real, but it is not.
Identity is incoherent. It is very temporal.

Facts & Reality
Living with facts means seeing a miracle in the world, in others – and in yourself.
The world works all right, but we humans don't.
In facing the facts, the ego gives way to something greater than itself.
Our assumptions about the world are wrong.
When we focus on the whole, we are attentive to everything.
The world is indivisible; we literally are the world. 
There is only one world; our common home.
What we are, the world is. Society is in the individual, and fuses the individual into itself.
Reality is not a reward; the false must go, not to gain what's true but because it is false.
The world is not an opinion; there is something that is not made by thought.
Let's make the world whole! My mission is to make the world whole and one.
Everything is enfolded into everything. We can sense a world hidden from our senses.
Facts are facts, not good or bad.
You may deny it, but we are connected to the cosmos anyway.
The world is one whole; divisions are made by thinking.
The observer and the observed are one movement, separated by our conditioning.
Let the facts act and speak for themselves.

Life
If we don't see life as a miracle, we don't see it right.
Life is on, never still, surprising us all the time. 
We tend to look at life through a screen of resistance.
Don't waste your life; look at it, give your life to understand it.
Life is a live broadcast; it happens in the now.
We live on three levels: individual, collective and cosmic.
Living right now means seeing and being the world.

Mind
The mind creates the content of consciousness by giving meaning to things.
There is an error in our mindset, but it can perhaps be corrected.
A good life means tuning into the frequency of miracles.
Passive awareness changes the way the mind functions. It works not in time.
Start from the other end, from the unknown. There are no problems then.
Analysis is paralysis; it is the cessation of instant action.
We need a new mental map to correct the mistakes in our current ego-system.
Mind is a mystery; nobody knows what it is and where to find it.
Mind is our link to the world, connecting us with everything under the sun.
There are five fights in our mind. To win them, we must stop living on concepts.

Miracles
We live in a world of miracles, but it's easy to miss them.
There are three ways to encounter a miracle: seeing, doing or being one. 
When there is no sense of the self, life is a miracle. 
A flower is the greatest miracle in the world, and you are the greatest mystery.
The mystery is available for everyone.
We can meet one million miracles in our lifetime.
To meet a mystery, one must have a sensitive body and clarity.

Purpose
The purpose of living is to see and do miracles.
Salary is only one of the seven reasons to work.  
Meaning is being: to change the world, we must change our meanings.
Cultures are based on shared meaning.

Thinking
The thinker is a concept created by thought – and it is only thoughts.
Thought builds its own prison, either golden or plain.
Looking with thought keeps the brain in the groove of habit and recognition.
Thought is the breeder of duality, contradiction, and violence.
Thoughts have a right place, but they don't stay there.
We are lost in concepts, and they cause conflict and suffering.
We need a thought sense to correct mistakes before we make them.
Dialogue is an excellent tool to communicate our meanings.
Thought cannot solve the mystery of the mind.
Thinking is the cause of human disorder.
Terminate the tyranny of thought.

Time
Time is an illusion created by the mind.
When you react immediately, there is no tomorrow needed.
When the cycle of time is broken, brain cells behave differently.
No time is needed for human transformation.

Working Together
Two types of groups: strong and weak.
There is a force by which people lift each other up.