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Barry Long Quotes (1926-2003)
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Barry Long (August 1, 1926 β December 6, 2003) was an Australian spiritual teacher and writer.
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βThe truth every man and woman seeks is in themselves.β
βIf God exists, God can be experienced; but only by you.β
βTruth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognized by the person ready to discover it.β
βNothing is true unless it is true in your own experience. This is your protection against being duped or misled.β
βReasonable acceptance, our way of living, is imperfect. But God, if God exists, must be perfect and beyond reason.β
βAt the top of the ladder is awareness, or pure experience - the edge of yourself, and possibly the beginning of God.β
βKnowing Yourself - The true in the false, gradually strips away all self-delusion until all that remains is pure being.β
βThe only way we can ever get through to the truth is by finding out what we are not. We do that by looking, by observation.β
βIt is the conscious man or woman who finds the secret of happiness and contentment; and that, surely, is the ultimate success.β
βYou are either ready to discover yourself or you are not. Ready means you have been knowingly or unknowingly practicing self-observation.β
βThe man-machine will crucify any conscious man who tries to help him; and convert his wisdom into an empty, mechanical dogma that suits his own understanding.β
βSex is excitement, seeks satisfaction and soon loses interest - selfishness. Making love is passionate, fulfilling and does not look for an end - selflessness.β
βOne of the greatest steps in self-discovery is to see that you are a machine. Only the few who have real knowledge will admit to being machines.β
βAbsorb what is said as you read but endeavor not to hold on to it or think about it. Read in the moment and each step will take you closer to complete self-knowledge.β
βYou must not believe me. You must realize it in yourself know it, for it is beyond words and thinking. And it has to be experienced without recourse to drugs or insanity.β
β'''Truth does not need argument, agreement, theories or beliefs. There is only one test for it and that is to ask yourself 'Is the statement true or false in my experience?''''β
βReason is a mighty faculty but it is still below the state of awareness, of pure experiencing, which is the state you are in when you know 'I exist' or 'I am'.β
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Barry Long on Love 9 quotes
βHuman love is not love. Love is natural to every body but it becomes human love as the person learns from society to confuse love with sex.β
Barry Long on Truth 7 quotes
βTruth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognized by the person ready to discover it.β
Barry Long on Time 2 quotes
βThe more you observe life in relation to yourself the more you will see the fact that you are hardly ever correct when you think about something in the future. The future exists only in imagination; and that is why, no matter how hard you try to imagine it, you will not be able to predict the future with total certainty.β
Barry Long on Future
βThe more you observe life in relation to yourself the more you will see the fact that you are hardly ever correct when you think about something in the future. The future exists only in imagination; and that is why, no matter how hard you try to imagine it, you will not be able to predict the future with total certainty.β
Barry Long on Death
βYou are a player in the rigorous game of living. You canβt blame the game if you donβt believe the rules or bother to remember them. The first rule is: every player dies; none knows when itβs coming; the youngest and best often go first. Everyone has to play. The game goes on forever β or until you win. You win by finding death before it finds you. The prize β is life.β
About Barry Long
Barry Long (August 1, 1926 β December 6, 2003) was an Australian spiritual teacher and writer.