To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time: the compulsion to live almost exclusively through memory and anticipation. This creates an endless preoccupation with past and future and an unwillingness to honor and acknowledge the present moment and allow it to be. The compulsion arises because the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whatever form. Both are illusions.

There is nothing that strengthens the ego more than being right !

A huge number of people are going through the process of awakening, some in the early stages, some in later stages, and it's wonderful to see.

Humanity as a whole has already gone through unimaginable suffering, mostly self-inflicted, the culmination of which was the 20th century with its unspeakable horrors. This collective suffering has brought upon a readiness in many human beings for the evolutionary leap that is spiritual awakening.

Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment.

Pain is inevitable as long as you are identified with your mind.

Even running to catch a train or a taxi, you can enjoy the high energy of the moment.