A self - a me - exists in every thought and every emotion. Suffering arises through complete identification with thinking and emotions.

You simply have to surrender to the present moment. Be alert. Watch something in a state of alertness. Always, continuously, bring that into everyday life, not spirituality here and getting on with your life there.

Whatever you think people are withholding from you-praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on-give it to them.

Fear arises through identification with form, whether it be a material possession, a physical body, a social role, a self-image, a thought, or an emotion. It arises through unawareness of the formless inner dimension of consciousness or spirit, which is the essence of who you are. You are trapped in object consciousness, unaware of the dimension of inner space which alone is true freedom.

Acceptance of what is immediately frees you from mind identification and thus reconnects you with Being. Resistance is the mind.

When you look upon another human being and feel great love toward them, or when you contemplate beauty in nature and something within you responds deeply to it, close your eyes for a moment and feel the essence of that love or that beauty within you, inseparable from who you are, your true nature. The outer form is a temporary reflection of what you are within, in your essence. That is why love and beauty can never leave you, although all outer forms will.

So the single most vital step on your journey towards enlightenment is this: learn to disidentify from your mind.