nomore problems. Althoughit isa simple choice,it is also
very radical. You won’t make that choice unless you are
trulyfedupwithsuffering,unlessyouhavetrulyhadenough.
And you won't be able to go through with it unless you
accessthepoweroftheNow.If youcreatenomorepainfor
yourself, thenyou create nomore pain for others. You also
nolongercontaminate the beautiful Earth, your innerspace,
and the collective human psyche with the negativity of
problem-making.

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If you have ever been in a life-or-death emergency
situation, you will knowthat it wasn't a problem. The mind
didn'thavetimetofoolaroundandmakeitintoaproblem.In
atrueemergency,themindstops;youbecometotallypresent
in the Now, and something infinitely more powerful takes
over. Thisiswhythere aremanyreports of ordinarypeople
suddenlybecoming capable of incrediblycourageousdeeds.
In any emergency, either you survive or you don't. Either
way,itisnotaproblem.
Some people get angry when they hear me say that
problems are illusions. I am threatening to take away their
sense of who they are. They have invested much time in a
falsesenseofself.Formanyyears,theyhaveunconsciously
defined their whole identity in terms of their problems or
theirsuffering.Whowouldtheybewithoutit?
Agreatdealofwhatpeoplesay,think,ordoisactually
motivated by fear, which of course is always linked with
havingyour focusonthe futureandbeingoutof touchwith
the Now. As there areno problems inthe Now, there is no
feareither.
Shouldasituationarisethatyouneedtodealwithnow,
your action will be clear and incisive if it arises out of