Whenever you feel uncomfortable and don’t know what to do, find some place to look at the openness of the sky and experience the freshness; free of hope and fear, just completely open. This open space permeates everything and is available to us every moment of our lives.
In the beginning of training, we compare ourselves to our teachers and others and may despair at ever reaching their levels. If you are diligent, it is inevitable that you will become just as competent. Once you reach that plateau you will have increased well being, and something no one can take from you.
Life is a competition with everybody and everything. In competition, we want our opponents to be at their best. It’s not that you don’t want to compete, but you want to do it in the spirit of play. In this way you are like a child at play, in harmony with life.
When change and improvements are called for, steps must be taken with a firm correct attitude, then they succeed. Such changes must be given careful consideration, but not for too long. After the change is made, note for some time how the improvements bear the test of actuality.
Quote: One extends one’s limits only by exceeding them.