The facade is the ego. It is ...

The facade is the ego. It is motivated by our seeking love. The only reward is frustration, as it is only by loving that one finds love.
 Lester Levenson

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Until we become fully free, we put up a false front, a facade, to others for the purpose of winning the acceptance and approval of others. We behave in accordance with what we think the other one wants rather than by expressing our own real feelings.
 Lester Levenson
Peace is non-resistance, complete acceptance, identification with all, everyone, everything.
 Lester Levenson
A mental picturing of that which we want, with the complete acceptance and the conviction that it is ours now, will bring it quickly.
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There's no such thing as a mistake--we do it! There's no such thing as an accident--we do it!.
 Lester Levenson
We are all Gods acting like goddamned fools.
 Lester Levenson