Only when self recedes – when I realise my absolute irrelevance – do I see the world as it really is. Otherwise I am constantly curling up in my own impressions and opinions. Emotional involvement and attachment are ways of convincing myself of my own importance, and are the opposite of real connexion.

Let your erect open posture project the heart, fearless and hopeful, out into the world.

Second thoughts weigh heavy on the heart and do untold damage to the spirit.

Be here now. But how to be? Obviously not just taking space as though you have a God given right to it, but softly – as listener and lover. On a planet already catastrophically polluted with the ugliness of human kind, this becomes increasingly important. Give graciously – make the world a better place – for others.

Weave a thread. Spin. This is the continuousness of Sun Lu-tang, and the mindfulness of Thich Nhat Hanh. The prana of yoga, the great river of Taiji. The skein of consciousness; the plotting of time. The work: to smoothly join the dots with a mind at peace.

wherever there is money there is unforgiveness

What a surprise: depression ends up being the result of assured survival. And we really thought it would be happiness? Have to work for that.

The mind can only see what it's wired up to see, so don't be fooled. Trust the heart instead.

Submerge yourself in your own heart if you seek the meaning of life.
If you don't care to belong to others, don't. At least belong to yourself.
Weave, weave, weave. Weave your own thread.

Work is any activity, or non-activity, that gets you out of mind and into energy. If this use of the word energy confuses or alienates then simply reword: out of thinking (worrying) and into the imagination. Any artist (or child) knows that the imagination does not belong to them. It is, they know, an intersection of their own ethereal being with reality at large, and only when they have the courage to leave the stifling safety of the known and gaze awestruck into the unknown do the images come alive. And this is heart, always forward, even over the precipice, whereas mind ever retreats into its own interpretations.

If you have the courage to work then it'll all slowly begin to make sense.

"Oh, is this your buried treasure? The light in the heart."

Yielding, simply put, is the fine art of turning the tables. Its skill lies in affecting the internal and external configuration – the moves – to make this at least appear to happen naturally. Obviously it must happen before thought, before observation even, which means it's all a matter of spirit and therefore of transformation: transforming myself to meet the situation but also transforming the situation to meet the limitations of my own abilities and desires: in other words, picking the fight. This is where yielding becomes seduction.

Allowing the superego, especially the collective one, to overrule heart and spirit may be a quick way to short term peace but it is also a sure way to long term hell.

Hop to it.

When the work starts to rock your foundations you'll feel pretty shitty. You won't know if it's a good thing or a bad. Just assume it's good. This is faith.

Be happy with what happens. This is softness.