Barry Michels

But you’re not really free until all hope for magic is crushed.

Lasting peace of mind can only come from a connection to the Source.

I began to understand what faith really meant: faith is the confidence that higher forces are always there to help when you need them.

Instead of seeing problems as an expression of a 'condition' whose cause was in the past, we needed to see them as catalysts for developing forces that were already present, lying dormant inside us.

Human beings are only happy when they are reaching toward their highest potential. Paracelsus, a Renaissance physician and mystic, put it this way: 'Happiness does not consist in laziness... In labour and in sweat must each man use the gifts that God conferred upon him on earth.'

Real happiness is the constant presence of higher forces in our lives.

To reiterate: as human beings we are given access to the infinite, but we have to work for it; it doesn’t come for free.

Demoralization is like a boulder beginning to roll down a steep hill. The secret is to stop it the moment it starts to roll, so you prevent it from picking up speed. By the time it’s halfway down the hill, it has so much momentum you will struggle to stop it. Get into the habit of using... the tool the moment the negative thoughts and feelings start.

Your Life Force gets stronger as you conquer each obstacle, and the overall trajectory of your life is one of ascension.

The reason you can’t commit to anything is because it hurts you too much if it fails. Success means putting everything on the line and, if it doesn’t work out, doing it again. And again. No blaming. No excuses.

It’s your actions, more than your thoughts, that dictates who wins.

Your primary emotional responsibility is to keep yourself in a positive state, no matter what’s happening around you. ... We all have the ability to do this—to generate an enthusiastic, inspired sense of life no matter what circumstances we’re in.

The more persistently you fight Part X, the more you feel the bracing wind of life’s limitless potential. Your problems no longer stop you—they energize you to work even harder for your aspirations.