When we turn our gaze to the inside, it becomes difficult to locate this familiar sense of self. To overcome that fear we need to feel special in some way.

The heart, like the grape, is prone to delivering its harvest in the same moment it appears to be crushed.

When we turn our gaze to the inside, it becomes difficult to locate this familiar sense of self. To overcome that fear we need to feel special in some way.

Practice remembrance of the present moment, again and again.

The natural wish and impetus to feel oneself to be an individual, to be special, includes standing out more than anyone else.

I live in California, where there's a lot of driving entailed. I'm usually going somewhere to be on time to meet someone so I'm necessarily engaged in time. And yet, how can I in that moment of driving my car, be aware of that which is not going anywhere?

We live in an age of knowledge, with the great god Google, that we can refer to at any time on any subject.