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I am water. I am the thorn that catches someone's clothing... There's nothing to believe. Only when I quit believing in myself did I come into this beauty... Day and night I guarded the pearl of my soul. Now in this ocean of pearling currents, I've lost track of which was mine. - Rumi

Well done, bodhisattva, well done. Walk on through all the fears and pain in this life. Walk on, following your heart and trusting in the power of awareness. Walk on, one step at a time, and you will know a freedom and peace beyond all imagining.

Poem by Lana Gendun Rinpoche (2/2)

As soon as you relax this grasping, space is there- open, inviting, and comfortable. So, make use of it. All is yours already. Don't search any further... Nothing to do. Nothing to force, nothing to want, and everything happens by itself.

Poem by Lana Gendun Rinpoche (1/2)

Happiness cannot be found through great effort and willpower, but is already there, in relaxation and letting go. Don't strain yourself, there is nothing to do... Only our search for happiness prevents us from seeing it.... Don't believe in the reality of good and bad experiences; they are like rainbows. Wanting to grasp the ungraspable, you exhaust yourself in vain.

The path of awakening is simply a process of wakeful, profound relaxing... Rather than climbing up a hill to get a view, we are learning the art of relaxing back and wakefully inhabiting the whole vista.

"I handle notes no better than many others, but the pauses - ah! That is where the art resides." pianist Arthur Rubenstein