Obstacles Are Our Friends: They

Fear Is A Natural Reaction To Moving Closer To The Truth

Once You Create A Self-justifying Storyline, Your Emotional Entrapment Within It Quadruples.

Buddhism Itself Is All About Empowering Yourself, Not About Getting What You Want.

We Already Have Everything We Need. There Is No Need For Self-improvement. All These Trips That We Lay On Ourselves—the Heavy-duty Fearing That We’re Bad And Hoping That We’re Good, The Identities That We So Dearly Cling To, The Rage, The Jealousy And The Addictions Of All Kinds—never Touch Our Basic Wealth. They Are Like Clouds That Temporarily Block The Sun. But All The Time Our Warmth And Brilliance Are Right Here. This Is Who We Really Are. We Are One Blink Of An Eye Away From Being Fully Awake.

Pain Is Not A Punishment; Pleasure Is Not A Reward.