We Have Self-centered Minds Which Get Us

Life Always Gives Us Exactly The Teacher We Need At Every Moment. This Includes Every Mosquito, Every Misfortune, Every Red Light, Every Traffic Jam, Every Obnoxious Supervisor (or Employee), Every Illness, Every Loss, Every Moment Of Joy Or Depression, Every Addiction, Every Piece Of Garbage, Every Breath. Every Moment Is The Guru.

Trust In Things Being As They Are Is The Secret Of Life. But We Don't Want To Hear That. I Can Absolutely Trust That In The Next Year My Life Is Going To Be Changed, Different, Yet Always Just The Way It Is.

We Are Caught In The Contradiction Of Finding Life A Rather Perplexing Puzzle Which Causes Us A Lot Of Misery, And At The Same Time Being Dimly Aware Of The Boundless, Limitless Nature Of Life. So We Begin Looking For An Answer To The Puzzle.

Practice Can Be Stated Very Simply. It Is Moving From A Life Of Hurting Myself And Others To A Life Of Not Hurting Myself And Others. That Seems So Simple-except When We Substitute For Real Practice Some Idea That We Should Be Different Or Better Than We Are, Or That Our Lives Should Be Different From The Way They Are. When We Substitute Our Ideas About What Should Be (such Notions As "i Should Not Be Angry Or Confused Or Unwilling") For Our Life As It Truly Is, Then We're Off Base And Our Practice Is Barren.

All I Can Be Is Who I Am Right Now; I Can Experience That And Work With It. That's All I Can Do. The Rest Is The Dream Of The Ego.