Fear...

Fear is caused...not by the fact of being outwardly or inwardly alone...but by the anticipation of the feeling of being alone. We are afraid...not of the fact...but of the anticipated effect of the fact. The mind foresees and is afraid of what MIGHT be. 
~ Jk

The Guest House

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door, laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

- Rumi

Your mind is occupied with itself

As long as the mind thinks in terms of changing through time, of bringing about a revolution in the future, there is no transformation in the present. This is a fact, isn't it?

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Your mind is occupied with itself, and is therefore incapable of being simply aware of the fact. You are operating upon the fact, and not allowing the fact to operate upon your mind. The fact that change within the field of time is no change at all, that there can only be total not partial or gradual freedom - the very truth of this fact will operate on the mind, setting it free.


JK