For whatever reason, I am moved to give props now to the book that began the raising of my consciousness. Originally published in 1972, The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment by Thaddeus Golas (now out of print) just fell into my hands one day in 1980 when I was looking for "something" to read.
It is 80 pages of Truth, and it changed my way of thinking...of living...of being.
One of the truths that spoke to me immediately is: What did you think it was that needed to be loved?
This question asked itself of me as I was mentally hating on my boss at the time. Here was a book that taught about loving (accepting) instead of hating (resisting)...loving not just as feeling good about something or someone but as spiritually thinking, feeling, doing, being love as we breathe and without our ego looking for its piece of the action.
I "saw" my hated boss and me as persons in need of a love we knew naught of...my consciousness took a turn upward in that instant, and my life continues to change. Which I am still learning by doing.
One more, this one unexplainable until it becomes self-explanatory: It is our resistance to negative thought that births negative thought. Also known as: Resist not evil. (Matthew 5:39)
Thank you.
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