When you are tense, mentally, physically or emotionally, you can’t learn, no matter how hard you try. But when you are open and light-hearted, you can absorb almost everything. So light-hearted buoyancy is what we require, to allow these things to arise from within – and some from without. You have a door that is always open, in both directions. It is all balanced. You can’t do it when you are deliberate. That just closes the doors to any kind of learning. Just be open and enjoy. It is a very simple way of looking at it, but it’s absolutely true. You can do so much in a jocular fashion that
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