You look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is.

At the moment when there's nothing more to lose, the Ego breaks open - and then we see who we are behind who we thought we were.

Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.

Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.

When humans come together with a true spirit of dealing with the mystery collaboratively, it's incredibly beautiful.

Watch how your mind judges. Judgment comes, in part, out of your own fear. You judge other people because you're not comfortable in your own being. By judging, you find out where you stand in relation to other people. The judging mind is very divisive. It separates. Separation closes your heart. If you close your heart to someone, you are perpetuating your suffering and theirs. Shifting out of judgment means learning to appreciate your predicament and their predicament with an open heart instead of judging. Then you can allow yourself and others to just be, without separation.

It's very hard to grow, because it's difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we've invested so heavily.