INTRODUCTION

ajoyfulcelebrationoflifeenergythattakesyoumoredeeply into the Now. Through nonresistance, the quality of your consciousnessand,t ...

resistance. Thenlookatthespecificsofthesituation.Askyourself, "IsthereanythingIcandotochangethesituation,improveit, orremovemyse ...

Lettinggoofresistanceiseasiersaidthandone.Istilldon't seeclearlyhowtoletgo.Ifyousayitisbysurrendering,the questionremains:"How?" ...

casemaybe.It makesnodifference.Notuntilyousurrender doesitbecomealivingrealityinyourlife.Whenyoudo,the energythatyouemanateandwh ...

What about people who want to use me, manipulate or controlme?AmItosurrendertothem? Theyarecut offfrom Being,sotheyunconsciously ...

Isnonresistancealsotobepracticedintheexternalconduct of our lives, such as nonresistance to violence, or is it somethingthatjust ...

resistancetoanotherlevel,withtheegoicmindstillincharge, claiming superiority. I am speaking of letting go of the entire mental-e ...

conceptofnonviolence.Sowhocanpredictwhatyouwilldo? The ego believes that in your resistance lies your strength,whereasintruthres ...

conscious presence. As you know, underneath the various conditions that make up your life situation, which exists in time, there ...

whathappens. Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal intogold, sufferingintoconsciousness,disasterintoenlightenment. Areyouser ...

stateandthedeepjoyandpeacethatcomewithit.Theinner resistance to thesituationthey found themselves in became sointense astoproduc ...

I read about a stoic philosopher in ancient Greece who, when he was told that his son had died in an accident, replied, "Iknewhe ...

I do not see how one can surrender to suffering. As you yourself pointed out, suffering is non-surrender.Howcould yousurrenderto ...

seem like a dark andterrifyingplace, and when the urge to turnawayfromit comes,observeit butdon'tactonit.Keep puttingyourattenti ...

Therearemanyaccountsofpeoplewhosaytheyhavefound Godthroughtheirdeepsuffering,andthereis theChristian expression"thewayofthecross ...

best thing that ever happened to you, by forcing you into surrender,into"death,"forcingyoutobecomeasnothing,to becomeasGod—becau ...

TTTTHHHHEEEEPPPPOOOOWWWWEEEERRRRTTTTOOOOCCCCHHHHOOOOOOOOSSSSEEEE What about all thosepeoplewho,it seems,actuallywantto suffer? I ...

Theunknownisdangerousbecauseithasnocontrol overit. That’s why the mind dislikes and ignores the present moment. Present-moment a ...

aboutsomethingtheydidordidnotdo,thenyoustillbelieve that they had a choice — that they could have acted differently.Italwayslook ...

thenbecomesunnecessary. AndhowdoIgettothatpointofrealization? Whenyousurrendertowhatisandsobecomefullypresent, the past ceases t ...