Desire is the need to add something to yourself in order to be yourself more fully.
All fear is the fear of losing something and thereby becoming diminished and being less.
The habitual and reactive "no" strengthens the ego. "Yes" weakens it.
Your form identity, the ego, cannot survive surrender.
"Doing one thing at a time" is how one Zen Master defined the essence of Zen.
Doing one thing at a time means to be total in what you do, to give it your complete attention.
This is surrendered action — empowered action.
Surrender becomes so much easier when you realize the fleeting nature of all experiences and that the world cannot give you anything of lasting value.
And the miracle is that when you are no longer placing an impossible demand on it, every situation, person, place, or event becomes not only satisfying but also more harmonious, more peaceful.
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