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"All those things, of course, will still pass away, cycles will come and go, but with the dependency gone there is no fear of loss anymore. Life flows with ease."
"The happiness that is derived from some secondary source is never very deep. It is only a pale reflection of the joy of Being, the vibrant peace that you find within as you enter the state of nonresistance."
Enlightenment, then, is resting within instead of depending on what happens outside of you, what happens in the world. What happens in the world is only a secondary source.
It is only a pale reflection of the happiness, peace, and lightness within your very own being.
When you can accept that giving up your attachment and aversion to the experiences of life is a choice, then you will see that you have another choice--to witness things without lust, without fear. You can live your life without resistance to its inevitable changes. When you give up your resistance, when you learn to accept change, then you have learned how to dance with lightness.
A child or an animal or a Zen master can show you how to live without concern, without worry and struggle, without trying to bend everything to the power of your willful expectations.
When you accept what is, you let go, and when you let go, you enter the moment, and experience it fully.
We can't control all the circumstances of our lives. And we don't need to control them.
All we have to do is live from the center of the magnificent beings that we are inside.
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