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“I can rest in Love at any moment without even solving my problems first. If I let myself dissolve into the Love that I am in the deepest part of my Self, everything will fall into place.”
― J. Matthews, Inexpressible: Reflections on the Heart of Enlightenment

“The flow can’t separate itself from itself.”
― J. Matthews, All is Well: the unending blessing of what is

“My return home is certain because I never left.”
― J. Matthews, Truth Is

“The personal emotions are reactions to my thoughts about an apparent external world, so they fluctuate all the time.”
― J. Matthews, Inexpressible: Reflections on the Heart of Enlightenment

“Is your intention to stand up for the victims of oppression? Your intention is good, but remember: when we hold anger in our hearts, the downtrodden of today become tomorrow's oppressors.”
― J. Matthews, Universal Radiance: Illuminating the Sayings of Jesus of Nazareth

“All seeking, searching, trying and striving are done with the fear-based mind, and this mind cannot find Love because its very search prevents it.”
― J. Matthews, Inexpressible: Reflections on the Heart of Enlightenment

“Thinking can’t bring me to Love because thinking represents the idea that I am separate from Love.”
― J. Matthews, Truth Is

“I can drop the ten thousand pound weight of subjectivity I’m carrying. I can stop “doing things” and let things happen instead.”
― J. Matthews, Inexpressible: Reflections on the Heart of Enlightenment

“There will always be well-meaning but misguided people who will tell me to postpone Love a little longer so I can work on my fear. Fear always promises one thing:  that I will be free to live in the total trust of Love just as soon as I’ve done this one last thing.”
― J. Matthews, Inexpressible: Reflections on the Heart of Enlightenment

“Sometimes, it may seem that bliss “goes away.” Bliss doesn’t go anywhere, but the mind gets distracted and an apparent universe arises. This is called “thinking.”
― J. Matthews, All is Well: the unending blessing of what is

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― J. Matthews, Inexpressible: Reflections on the Heart of Enlightenment

“I Am what “I” have sought. I Am the changeless, unfathomable One. I Am Love - infinite and undying. I Am that which alone exists. I Am the brilliant darkness, and I Am the untroubled depths. I Am the dreamer of the world-dream, and I Am the unfathomable which exists beyond dreams. I Am pure freedom - how wonderful! It’s all Me, but I Am never lonely. Infinite Love, Infinite Peace and Infinite Bliss always shine in my Heart.”
― J. Matthews, All is Well: the unending blessing of what is

“When I realize that the temporal mind is the cause of my troubles, I’m tempted to try to transcend it. When I try to transcend it, though, I acknowledge it and then I get stuck in its feedback loop. When a child starts to outgrow her imaginary friend, she doesn’t argue with the friend about it. The temporal mind is not real, so it can’t be transcended.”
― J. Matthews, Truth Is

“Believe in the truth you know in your heart: nothing can ever go wrong.”
― J. Matthews, All is Well: the unending blessing of what is

“I Am what “I” have sought. I Am the changeless, unfathomable One. I Am Love - infinite and undying. I Am that which alone exists. I Am the brilliant darkness, and I Am the untroubled depths. I Am the dreamer of the world-dream, and I Am the unfathomable which exists beyond dreams.”
― J. Matthews, All is Well: the unending blessing of what is

“I can put my faith in infinite love - I am always in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing. There is nothing else I can ever do. If change is indicated, change will happen. Letting go and trusting completely is my only goal in this moment.”
― J. Matthews, Inexpressible: Reflections on the Heart of Enlightenment

“Change where you are placing your attention and your circumstances will change.”
― J. Matthews, Truth Is

“I Am pure freedom - how wonderful! It’s all Me, but I Am never lonely. Infinite Love, Infinite Peace and Infinite Bliss always shine in my Heart.”
― J. Matthews, All is Well: the unending blessing of what is

“When your program of conflict is running, even when you win, you lose. When you shut it down you always win, even if you lose.”
― J. Matthews, Universal Radiance: Illuminating the Sayings of Jesus of Nazareth

“The “mind” is only a bundle of thoughts. Cease to identify with thinking and it will go away by itself. Thinking likes to paint itself into corners of apparent constriction.”
― J. Matthews, All is Well: the unending blessing of what is