Useful Questions for Living

"Pain, like pleasure, is a natural by-product of having a body and a mind - but suffering only arises from self-absorption. Remove your self (note the two separate words) and remain present yourself (one word) and you may find that there's a joyful awareness - what one of my Zen students calls "a humming" - that pervades everything that happens, everything you like and everything you don't like. "

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