Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

Each time you stay present with fear and uncertainty, you're letting go of a habitual way of finding security and comfort.

The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart.

Lower your standards and relax as it is.

Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully.

It's not a terrible thing that we feel fear when faced with the unknown. It is a part of being alive, something we all share. We react against the possibility of loneliness, of death, of not having anything to hold on to. Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

The essence of practice is always the same: instead of falling prey to a chain reaction of revenge or self-hatred, we gradually learn to catch the emotional reaction and drop the story lines.