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.

When we are in a truly loving relationship, we receive the gift of being known and accepted. We become more, not less, of who we are. We receive the space in which to bloom. This is how we know we are in a loving relationship. We are blooming, and the one we love is blooming as well.

Another simple and powerful way to dissolve problems is not to dwell upon the outcome of your actions. Instead, learn to value each action (no matter how small or large), to do it with complete attention. Your joy and satisfaction comes from doing each action with a whole heart and mind. Results and consequences then take care of themselves. When you are not absorbed by concern for outcomes, how much anxiety can you ever have?

All the insight we will ever need to live well will come from fully being who and where we are.

Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness.

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

In the Zen Way we focus upon each breath, each day, each moment and experience it totally. One complete breath brings the next.