New Direction Basic Material Highlights
What You See
What you see is because of what you do not see.
What You Know
What you know is because of what you do not know.
A Flower
When you see a flower, you can find the flower within you and vice versa.
Information, Not Event
It is the information that you know, not the actual event itself, when you read, for example, a book that says the earth was formed four billion years ago.
Three Kinds of Knowledge
Knowledge about nonself. Knowledge about self. Knowledge that can only be gained by knowing both self and nonself.
Something Better Than What You Want
Get something better than what you want.
Inner Growth
Inner growth transforms you and the world around you.
Inner Transformation
Inner transformation brings outer transformation.
Consuming Desire
Consume desire if you do not want to be consumed by it.
Your Core
If you are important, so is your core.
Living Without Awareness of Being Alive 4
If you live without the awareness that you are alive, even with all the wealth and power in the world, you can not live as the owner of your life but live as a servant.
Ignorance and Foolishness 2
When we are ignorant, we don’t know we are ignorant. When we are foolish, we believe we are not foolish. When we are wise, we know our ignorance and our susceptibility to the foolishness.
Self-Imprisonment
We are both guards and prisoners of the prison we create.
A Brakeless Car
A person who can not stop thinking is like a car without brakes.
The Biggest Obstacle
The biggest obstacle is the one that you create for yourself.
What Looks Attractive
What looks attractive to you reveals your inside.
What You Truly Want 7
To chase what you think you truly want is to miss what you truly want.
Higher Than Truth
Something that can break truth is higher than the truth.
Deeper Than Truth
The cause of truth is deeper than the truth itself.
Beyond Truth
Regardless of whether it’s true or false, you can learn and benefit from it.
Who Is Right?
You are right. So are others who you believe are wrong.
I Overdose
A preoccupation with I-my-me-mine is harmful.
An Invisible Enemy
Foolishness is an invisible enemy to its owner.
Living Truth
You are made of truth. Truth is inside of you and outside of you. You are a living truth.
Great Intelligence
Looking at a cup and knowing that it is just a cup is ordinary intelligence. Knowing yourself and the world by looking at a cup is great intelligence.
A Higher Intelligence 3
Knowing one’s own ignorance is a sign of a higher intelligence.
A Thought and Reality
What you think it is is a thought. What it is is reality.
No One Wrong
No one is wrong but there are people who are at different stages of their growth.
True Victory
True victory is a victory without losers but all win.
Rediscovering Eating
Unlike animals, humans can benefit more from learning through eating than eating itself.
The Biggest Obstacle
The biggest obstacle is the one that you create for yourself.
Blaming Others
Blaming others is like blaming the weather for an inaccurate forecast.
Contradictory
One who is thinking he knows does not know that he is thinking.
Life Lessons
Learn from life or repeat its lessons.
Learn or Be a Lesson
Learn from life or become a lesson.
Knowing Self and Nonself
Knowing nonself is gaining knowledge. Knowing self is changing life.
Knowing Your Mind 2
You can be successful without knowing your mind if you live as a resource. But it is hard to live as a human if you do not know your mind.
Not Knowing Your Mind
Not knowing your mind prevents you from knowing what you truly want and your deep value, and further prevents you from living the life you truly want.
Not Knowing Your Mind 3
Not knowing your mind prevents you from knowing your inner cause that hinder your life, and further prevents you from solving the inner cause. As a result, your life is trapped in hindrances.
The Worst Ignorance
The worst ignorance is not knowing one’s own ignorance.
Rediscovering Your Body
If you look deeply into your body, you will realize that it is not your body, but at the same time it is your body.
Getting Out of Unhappiness
No one can get you out of your unhappiness unless you stop doing what will bring you unhappiness.
A Role of Unhappiness
Unhappiness brings ingredients of happiness. If you are unhappy, you probably already have what it takes to be happy.
The Best and Even Better
What you have right now is the best you can have at the moment. If you appreciate and make the most of it, you will have better things.
Rediscovering Humans
From ones who work and consume to ones who are respected.
Human Happiness
Humans can not truly be happy if they live as a resource.
Rediscovering Work
Work is a school of life where you learn to live. Salary is a scholarship.
Earning Money 3
You can benefit more from the lessons you learn through earning money than the money you earn.
Human Flourishing
Humans can truly flourish when they live as humans, not resources.
Power of Watching
Watching your breath changes your breath. The same goes for your body, mind and life.
What You Truly Want 7
To chase what you think you truly want is to miss what you truly want.
Wise and Wiser
If you grow wise, the people who you considered not beneficial to you become beneficial to you. If you grow wiser, even your enemy becomes beneficial to you. However, if you are unwise, even beneficial people become not beneficial to you.
Wise and Wiser 2
If you grows wise, you benefit from both what you have including adversity and what you do not have. If you grow wiser, you benefit others and the world.
Silencing a Fire Alarm
Eliminating only the symptoms of life problems while ignoring the cause is like silencing the fire alarm and letting the fire continue to burn.
Ignorance and Foolishness
When we are ignorant, we just don’t know. When we are foolish, we believe we know what we do not.
From Ignorance to Wisdom
Ignorance leads to foolishness. Foolishness leads to pain. Pain leads to wisdom.
Transformation Through Benefiting Others
By benefiting others, we honor the sacrifices and contributions of all living beings that made our lives possible, and transform ourselves and the world for the better.
Transformation Through Inner Growth
By growing your inner self for the benefit of all, you have the power to transform yourself and the world for the better.
Transformation Through Solving Inner Causes
By solving your inner causes of hindrances for the benefit of all, you have the power to transform yourself and the world for the better.
Your Power and Privilege
Acting with genuine motivation and intention to benefit others is your power and privilege that transforms yourself and the world.
source: New Direction Archive