• Spiritual evolution occurs as the result of removing obstacles and not actually acquiring anything new. Devotion enables surrender of the mind's vanities and cherished illusions so that it progressively becomes more free and more open to the light of Truth. Source unknown

• It is only the illusion of individuality that is the origin of all suffering. Power vs. Force, S. 297

• Once seen in its totality, everything is perfect at all times and nothing needs an external cause to change it in any way. From the viewpoint of the ego's positionality and limited scope, the world seems to need endless fixing and correction. This illusion collapses as a vanity. The Eye of the I, S. 107

• It [ego] seeks success by whatever yardstick it measures that illusory goal. Happiness is always around the next corner, so its strains harder to achieve its goals. The Eye of the I, S. 115

• At some point, the illusion breaks down and the opening for the start of the spiritual quest commences. The quest turns from without to within and the search for answers begins. With good fortune, one comes upon the teachings of true enlightenment and does not deviate from the core of those teachings. The Eye of the I, S. 115

• This life is the subjective adventure of that mysterious entity called 'I'. This current experience of the 'I' may consider itself physical, but that in itself is an illusion. The Eye of the I, S. 169

• In its broadest and most basic sense, renunciation means the discarding of illusion and the obstruction to the realization of truth and the Reality of God. Thus, all pathways to God renounce falsity and are devoted to that which radiates love, peace, holiness, compassion, forgiveness, mercy and charity. It also means the choice of renouncing ignorance for Truth, darkness for Light, and the temptations of the ego, such as hatred, anger, pride, malice, greed and selfishness. Renunciation also means freedom from the dualistic trap of denunciation, or from becoming polarized and trapped in the positionalities of the 'polarities of the opposites'. The simplest renunciation is simply refusal. I. Reality and Subjectivity, S. 121

• The mind of the aspirant has to bypass and refuse temptations. Later it will be seen that nothing was lost as that temptation was just another illusion. The aspirant gives up the vanities of opinionation and the duties of saving the world. I. Subjectivity and Reality, S. 301

• A naive student might hear, for example, that the ego is an illusion and then presume that 'I don't believe in the ego. It's just an illusion.' At this point, it is actually the student's ego that is making such a statement. I. Subjectivity and Reality, S. 329

• The ego, or more accurately, the belief that one is the ego, obscures the Realization of the Reality of the Self as the Oneness of All That Is. The dissolution of the ego results in liberation from the bondage of the illusions that create suffering. These illusions are susceptible to fearless scrutiny that reveals the underlying fallacies. The only tool needed is the willingness to unreservedly surrender all beliefs, opinions and attitudes to God. Reality and Subjectivity, S. 385

• Instead of trying to force change, it is merely necessary to allow divinity to do so by deeply surrendering all control, resistance, and illusions of gain or loss. It is not necessary to attack illusions but to merely allow them to fall away. It is not necessary, nor fruitful to use force by such mechanisms as guilt, nor is it necessary to try to persue or propel spiritual evolution because it automatically evolves of it's own accord when the obstacles and resistances of illusions are surrendered. Transcending Levels of Consciousness, chapter 21, S. ?

• Temptation, seduction, desirability, and allure are all projections having to do with appearance and presumptions. These are associated with programmed fantasies of gain.  Satisfaction of projected values constitutes the world of illusion. Happiness itself is directly correlated with the overall level of consciousness rather than with any external factors. Discovery of the Presence of God, S. 223

• Question: Today you called the physical world an illusion. [...]
  Answer: No, I don't call the physical world an illusion. How you perceive it is illusory but its existence is not illusory. How you perceive it as kind or cruel, disaster or blessing [...] is subjective. Sedona Seminar Experiential Reality. The Mystic, December 2007

Illusion of a personal "I"

• You have the presumption there is a personal "you" that is the initiator, the decider and the doer. To jump ahead of this illusion, has to be done faster that 1/10,000th of a second. The leading edge of the ego, the personal "I" jumps in in 1/10,000th of a second and claims to be the author the initiator and the experiencer. Through the spiritual styles […] it is possible to transcend that. And the mind becomes silent.
  People identify automatically and most importantly as the doer, […] the chooser, the one who feels, the one who wants, […] who makes decisions […]. There is no 'you', making any decision about anything at all. All that is 100% illusion. There is no personal 'you' deciding what to say. It is all happening autonomously and your rise to that observation as you move to identifying as a personal self and move to the witness-observer. The witness-observer notices that as soon as a decision is made or something happens a sense of personal 'I' jumps in and claims authorship. The hardest thing to get over, as a mind, is the claiming of authorship of a personal "I". There is no personal "I" making any decisions. All this is happening autonomously including the illusion that there is a personal "I". Therefore you don't have to feel guilty about considering yourself to be an independent decider or initiator of action and thoughts and feelings because even that is happening autonomously without asking your permission. Sedona Seminar The Mystic, 7. December 2007