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Conviction by feeling is not always so vague as it seems. Some of the things to which man clings, calling them felt truths, are so called only because he is not able to adduce tangible proofs to their reality. But frequently, if he applies himself to a thorough examination of all the concrete and theoretical testimonies by which he has persuaded himself to believe certain things, he finds that subconsciously he has really accumulated quite solid structures of logical justification. Intelligence often later supplies proofs of what intuition has long since suspected and proposed
Creative Vision in Artist and Audience
Richard Guggenheimer
When you ask: “Who am I?” you are trying to read yourself as if you were a simple sentence already written. Instead, you write yourself as you go along. The sentence that you recognize is only one of many probable variations. You and no other choose which experiences you want to actualize. You do this as spontaneously as you speak words. You take it for granted that a sentence begun will be finished. You are in the midst of speaking yourself.
The Nature of the Psyche
Jane Roberts
By meditating, one realizes the ever-changing nature of one's thoughts, which in turn leads one to contemplate the impermanence of all things. For the Buddhist the continuity of human life is an illusion, whereas the self is a succession of ideas and experiences. One can obtain inner peace only by letting go of the illusion of continuity and accepting the ceaseless pace of change.
Time Journeys
Paul Halpern
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