The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

 In fact every belief is an obstacle.  It does not  even require you realization, since you are already who you are.  But without realization, who you are does not shine forth into this world.  It remains in the unmanifested which is, of course, your true home.  You are then like an apparently poor person who does not know he has a bank account with $100 million in it and so his wealth remains an unexpressed potential

Lavish [love] on others, receive it gratefully when it comes to you. Cultivate friendship like a garden. It is the best love of all.

So be true to life by being true to your inner purpose. As you become present and thereby total in what you do, your actions become charged with spiritual power. P 269

As you gain awareness of the many threads of reality that exist within your field of possibilities, you can consciously choose the thread you wish to energize. Even if a thread of reality does not seem very "probable" at the moment, you can begin to bring your focus and attention to that time-line. As long as you are willing to take action, and keep on taking action to create a reality shift, you will eventually make the shift.  

"Prayer is not an act of worship merely, the bending of the knee on set occasions, and offering petitions in need. It is an attitude of soul, opening the life on the Godward side, and keeping free communication with the world of spirit."

Allowing the truth of who you are--your spiritual self--to rule your life means you stop the struggle and learn to move with the flow of your life.

...that I alone hold the definition of what I am.

"Then, if action is possible or necessary, you take action or rather right action happens through you.  Right action is action that is appropriate to the whole.  When the action is accomplished, the alert, spacious stillness remains." 

"Flint has the potential to produce fire, and gems have intrinsic value.  We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance.  Likewise, we do not see that the Buddha exists in our own hearts."