Open Mind, Open Heart discussion

Verse 19:

Give up sainthood, renounce wisdom, and it will be a hundred times better for everyone.
Throw away morality and justice
and people will do the right thing.
Throw away industry and profit
and there will be no thieves.

All of these are outward forms alone;
they are not sufficient in themselves.

Is it more important
to see the simplicity,
to realize one's true nature,
to cast off selfishness
and temper desire.

If we're striving for something, even something good, we're not in the present. And the present is the only place where life happens.

"What I want is what I've not got, and what I need is all around me." - Dave Matthews

OH if only I had your eloquence, Emily! Yeah, being in the present moment is so important, you can't worry about acheivements...things always unfold as they're meant to.

Well, thanks, Peni. I have lots of practice communicating in writing. I rarely speak half as clearly! But I think you get your thoughts across quite well too.

"...to realize one's true nature..."

something I'm discovering only when I get really quiet.