Frustration should not be lightly dismissed. It is a powerful ally. Frustration paves the road to Resignation. Resignation is the paradoxical home of an open, receptive mind - the base of enlightenment. Resignation is the back door to the results sought through Meditation.
A man who would fight externally and die for his family, although noble, has chosen the easy option. It is far more courageous for a man to fight inwardly and live for his family.
A man threatens to remove a dying woman's wig....and laughs as she cringes. He has now gained her respect and her silence, but only through fear. Whose wig do you threaten?
Love given to you will evaporate like a puddle, unless you are open to absorb it.
Embrace the negative, for within its crusty shell lies a pearl waiting to be discovered.
If you cannot stop your ""Identity-Impression Dynamic"", you sure as hell better understand it.
Our external experiences are what make us different. Our internal systems are what make us the same.
The Comfort Zone is like an addictive drug. The pain of addiction will paralyse you within its boundaries.
Slowly, surely, the trash can of life fills within, leaving us feeling empty. Yet once emptied, we feel fulfilled.
A swimmer's mastery of breathing is the equivalent to one's understanding of their "Identity-Impression State