January 28, 2011

Understand that you need not, indeed should not, gain or obtain anything. It seems paradoxical because we have been conditioned to strive, but to our true self we must strive only to discriminate the permanent from the impermanent, and to maintain an attitude of acceptance and surrender. That is all. The ripening will happen of its own. We are like a submerged boat, buoyant by nature but sunken by a cargo of attachments, memories, fears, desires. As discrimination gradually tosses these burdens overboard, the boat begins to ascend to the surface. This will happen of your own true buoyant nature. Make jnana yoga a daily part of your life. Learn to discriminate real from unreal. Be very attentive to the wild goose chases of your mind. Forgive yourself, love and accept yourself. Surrender to the moment, every moment. I swear that there is a still, silent core of your being, boundless and radiating peace, and ever gently pressing upward if we would only allow it to ascend to freedom.