We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.

I have all the support I need to simply relax and be with the transitional, in-process quality of my life. I have all I need to engage in the process of awakening.

Simply be present with your own shifting energies and with the unpredictabilit y of life as it unfolds.

Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality.

Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear?

The Buddha taught that flexibility and openness bring strength and that running from groundlessness weakens us and brings pain. But do we understand that becoming familiar with the running away is the key? Openness doesn't come from resisting our fears but from getting to know them well

Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.