“Examining & working on the rest of the issues is a lifetime journey, but at least I’m not alone and am on the right path.”

“Empty your mind of all that limits. Whatever is beautiful you can have. Leave more and more the choice to Me. You will have no regrets.”

“The Heart Sutra is a summary of Buddhist teaching. Buddhism also uses the word ‘Empty.’ It takes a shock to encourage the ego to let go of the passing self, the false self, the self-created self by circumstance, memory, and choice.\n\nConsider:\n\n· All our superiority, self-assuredness, and expertise:\n Gone, gone, entirely gone!\n\n· All human rights, ambitions, and fairness:\n Gone, gone, entirely gone!\n\n· All personal power, self-will, and self-control:\n Gone, gone, entirely gone!\n\nThis is the spiritual art of detachment. In our world, detachment itself can become a kind of EXODUS, an abandoning—whether forced or chosen—of the very things that give us status, make us feel secure or moral.\n\nToday, I offer myself to You, to empty my being and be free.”

“Feelings bubble up when we let go of deeply entrenched expectations and beliefs, and renunciation asks us to let them be. How? By allowing them to come, go, and change. By letting go and letting be, renunciation creates an internal environment where we can be content without depending on circumstances that are outside our control.\n\nA lovely by-product of inner renunciation is we develop greater discernment around what to let go of, and a greater appreciation of what we keep.”