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“the essence of life is that its challenging. sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter… from an awakened perspective, trying to tie up all the loose ends and get it together is death, because it involves rejecting a lot of our basic experience. to be fully alive, fully human, is to be continually thrown out of the nest. running away from the immediacy of our experience is like preferring death to life”

ch 11

“hope and fear come from a feeling that we lack something; it comes from a sense of poverty. we hold onto hope, and it robs us of the present moment.

if we’re willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be exterminated, then we have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of our situation.

death and hopelessness provide proper motivation for living an insightful, compassionate life”

(ch.7)

“hope and fear come from a feeling that we lack something; it comes from a sense of poverty. we hold onto hope, and it robs us of the present moment…

if were willing to give up hope that insecurity and pain can be exterminated, then we have the courage to relax with the groundlessness of our situation

death and motivation provide proper motivation for living an insightful, compassionate life”

(ch.7)