Wisdom from The Dark Side of the Light Chasers p. 112

The cage is our self-imposed limitations our Self Doubt and our fear. We were taught that it's hard work to go after our dreams. We may not have understood that it's even more difficult living day in and day out with the knowledge that we don't pursue them. We are left without desire, which is the key to fulfilling our full spiritual potential. We are left with desperation, which builds up slowly and expresses itself in our bodies as disease and in our psyche as rage. When we lose touch with ourselves we lose touch with our divinity, and because we don't trust ourselves we come to believe other people can't be trusted. For some people the pain of the past it's so great they believe the only way they can cope with it is to blame and deny. You must embrace your past if you want to change your present if you want to manifest your desires you must be accountable for everything that takes place in your world.

Page 117 the world is a teacher to the wise man and an enemy to the fool. No event it's painful in and of itself. It's all a matter of perspective. It's important I understand that everything happening in the world is as it should be every moment. There are no mistakes. There are no accidents. The world is a Heavenly sky and a bottomless pit. We understand that we cannot have one without the other, it becomes easier to accept the world as it is.

Page 121 our pain can be our greatest teacher. The positive and negative got me where I am today. What I choose to to go through all the pain again to have what I have now? The answer is yes. I bless my past and my pain. But before I am braced my darkness I hated it. I resented pain, and I resented others who seem to live without it.