Use whatever challenge comes into your life as a kind of fuel for the flame of consciousness. That is done through surrender to what is. Some people may need more of that than others. If you choose presence in your daily life you may not need the drastic challenges.

If you are not taking responsibility for your state of consciousness, you are not taking responsibility for life.

If people believe the world is here to satisfy them, whenever they begin to encounter their limitations, they become unhappy.

How’ is always more important that ‘what.’ See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it.

Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry

Some people get attached to their practice. They get good at it, but even becoming a good meditator can become a hindrance.

Authentic human interactions become impossible when you lose yourself in a role.