When we sit, we open our own treasure house. Rather than do this, however, most of us first seek to find the treasures another person can provide. We calculate their value to us. When we approach relationships in this manner, we are coming as beggars, seeing the other as a source of supply. When we can enter a relationship with our treasure house already open, there is no end to the wonders we can find, both within and between ourselves and another.

Who you are is always enough. If your partner wants something different, it does not reflect upon you, but upon their needs and fantasies.

It is a mistake to expect all of our needs to be met by one person or in one relationship. Honor and be grateful for that which you receive. Don't become bitter and spend all your time focusing on that which the person is not able to provide.

Fear of the future and longing for the past are major factors which impede appropriate action.

We turn pain into suffering by adding on all kinds of beliefs, interpretations and judgments to it.

Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to find your true home.

This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.