Whatever we are doing, believing, thinking, desiring, understanding, feeling – if we are not aware of them while aware of ourselves in the present – we are asleep, and all are but embers of a dream.
Rituals that are performed with the desire of attaining salvation also help a man to achieve growth and progress in this world.
The fundamental desire of life is the desire to exist.
Of all longings and desires, there is none stronger than sex. Sex as a desire has no equal. Rely on the Oneness. No one under heaven is able to become a follower of the Way if he accepts dualism.
Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore, one should learn contentment.
For which of you desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
