Why do you need worldly things to define you? Why do you need a rank or a status to tell others who you are? Why concern yourself with the capricious opinions of others who are less impressed with who you really are and more impressed by the carefully crafted image you present to them - an image that is entirely surface with no inherent value? Take away the things and the status and see who notices you.
I ache for the opportunity to be better; I am waiting for the perfect moment. Maybe it'll be a sunny day or perhaps I'll feel it in the wind. I itch for motivation to reach my bones and give me the strength to fulfill every promise I made. If the stars would just align, if I could just get rid of this headache, I know I could use all this potential to be a girl who doesn't flinch at the big world.
You will purify yourself from all the connections giving rise to your conditioning, all the habits and addictions which are obstacles preventing you from seeing the truth and realising your reality and that all the worldly desires are making you a slave.
One doesn’t have to be a Buddhist to meditate, in fact the truly powerful experiences are beyond Buddhist or non-Buddhist — they are honest and silent.
Sitting with yourself, eyes closed, ask — “what is the Truth?”
'In present-day humans, conciousness is completely identified with its disguise. It only knows itself as form and therefore lives in fear of the annihilation of its physical or psychological form.'