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“The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

~Yasutani Roshi

our suffering can be traced back to the misunderstanding that we are separate from other life, rather than intricately & interdependently connected. this misunderstanding leads to an underlying unease that brings about a grasping of things we think will make us feel safe & whole, & an aggression – pushing things away – of anything or anyone that appears to threaten this sense of separate self we think we have. anything uncomfortable is pushed away. so we end up ping-ponging back & forth between these two in how we relate to each other & our world. it leads to a kind of neurosis, a paranoia & desperation. but it doesn’t have to be this way. we can become aware once again of our intrinsic nature which is one of union & wholeness, of open-heartedness & ease. then we can live from such spaciousness, reminding the world of its beauty, its true nature & origin in love.

~j

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