Mastery Does Not Come From Dabbling. We

The Sufis Advise Us To Speak Only After Our Words Have Managed To Pass Through Three Gates. At The First Gate, We Ask Ourselves, 'are These Words True?' If So, We Let Them Pass On; If Not, Back They Go. At The Second Gate, We Ask, 'are The Necessary?' At The Last Gate, We Ask, 'are They Kind?'

We Become In Part What Our Senses Take In.

We Can All Learn To Conquer Hatred Through Love -drawing On The Power Released Through The Practice Of Meditation To Throw All Our Weight, All Our Energy, And All Our Will On The Side Of What Is Patient, Forgiving, And Selfless In Ourselves And Others.

To Be Secure Everywhere Is The Mark Of Sophistication, To Be Unshakable Is The Mark Of Courage, To Be Permanently In Love With Every Person Is The Mark Of Masculinity Or Femininity, To Forgive Is The Mark Of Strength, To Govern Our Senses And Passions Is The Mark Of Freedom.

Do Not Feed Your Ego And Your Problems With Your Attention. ...slowly, Surely, The Ego Will Lose Weight, Until One Fine Day It Will Be Nothing But A Thin Ghost Of Its Former Self. You Will Be Able To See Right Through It, To The Divine Presence That Shines In Each Of Us.