I feel vulnerable because my mind - because of the stroke, my mind doesn't focus. And then I feel vulnerable because I don't understand the world around me.
Faith, consciousness, and awareness all exist beyond the thinking mind.
Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.
Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.
We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not.
The universe is made up of experiences that are designed to burn out your attachment, your clinging, to pleasure, to pain, to fear, to all of it. And as long as there is a place where youโre vulnerable, the universe will find a way to confront you with it.