...the relationship is here to make you conscious instead of happy.

The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.

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.

The Now is as it is because it cannot be otherwise. What Buddhists have always known, physicists now confirm: there are no isolated things or events. Underneath the surface appearance, all things are interconnected, are part of the totality of the cosmos that has brought about the form that this moment takes.

My mind cannot know you, only labels, judgments, facts, and opinions about you. Being alone knows directly.

The purpose of the world is for youto be lost in it, ultimately. The purpose of the world is for you to suffer, to create the suffering that seems to be what is needed for the awakening to happen.

It wasn't through the mind, through thinking, that the miracle that is life on earth or your body were created and are being sustained.