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There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind—you are the one who hears it.
The truth is that most of life will unfold in accordance with forces far outside your control, regardless of what your mind says about it. It’s like sitting down at night and deciding whether you want the sun to come up in the morning.
Eventually you will see that the real cause of problems is not life itself. It’s the commotion the mind makes about life that really causes problems.
Come to know the one who watches the voice, and you will come to know one of the great mysteries of creation.
So there are two ways you can live: you can devote your life to staying in your comfort zone, or you can work on your freedom. In other words, you can devote your whole life to the process of making sure everything fits within your limited model, or you can devote your life to freeing yourself from the limits of your model.
Your bars are the outer boundary of your comfort zone.
And remember, decorating your cage with beautiful experiences, fond memories, and great dreams is not the same as going beyond. A cage by any other name is still a cage. You must be willing to go beyond.
Why should anything that anyone says or does cause you to get disturbed? You’re just on a planet spinning around the middle of absolutely nowhere. You came here to visit for a handful of years and then you’re going to leave. How can you live all stressed-out over everything? Don’t do it.
Life exists with or without you. It has been going on for billions of years. You simply get the honor of seeing a tiny slice of it.
