When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.

All experiences are welcomed and fully digested, not judged good or bad.

What seems good turns bad, what seems bad turns good. It is an endless cycle.

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

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.

All conflict we experience in the world, is a conflict within our own selves.

Now today, moment by moment, realize that each person and event that happens is life for you. Life is not somewhere else. See how fully you can accept the life that presents itself to you now.