Barry Long
Barry Long
Barry Longwas an Australian spiritual teacher and writer...
discovery self mind
Nothing is true in self-discovery unless it is true in your own experience. This is the only protection against the robot levels of the mind.
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.
gone hold innocent life mind needing
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.
change fact false observing truth
You do not have to find what is true, when the false is discarded truth is there. It always was. Just keep observing the fact and the change will come automatically and will he lasting.
beyond climb imagination interested ladder might reason top upset whatever
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.
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.
apparent ask cannot experiment facts law science stepped variation
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.
either shining sun
The sun is either shining or it is not. You do not have to conclude; you just look.
appearing man unhappy untruth
Nothing makes man more unhappy than the untruth appearing as the truth.
accept cannot judge
The judge cannot be the judged, and even to accept is to judge.
exists living notice totality
IF YOU LOOK at life's totality you will notice that every living thing exists for something else.
challenge game moment provides
Each moment provides a challenge to you to become conscious. The game is to be waiting, and aware.
absorb endeavor hold
Absorb what is said as you read but endeavor not to hold on to it or think about it.
exactly object
Your object is to see yourself exactly as you are.