Steps

  

Three baby steps to immediate liberation.

One. Give up your hate. Drop it right now. The only reason you hold onto your hate is, it is delicious. You love it, even though it makes you miserable and obsessed. So you pretend that your hate has great moral justification. But justice never arises from hate. So just drop it, right now. You can do this. It is a choice.

Two. Drop your opinion. You think the world won't survive without your opinion? Really? See how small and frantic your opinion makes you. Now just let it go. Vast consciousness has no opinion. Peace has no opinion.

Three. Drop your mind. Let your attention sink into the heart. Rest in this beating organ of humble service. Feel it, don’t think it. There is no thinking with the heart. Just let it be a silent open wound.

 

Now you can breathe. Breathe through the heart, as you were meant to. You did this when you were a baby. Breathe the whole sad tender world into your heart. Like a flower, like a fragrance. Then breathe out love. This is your work. Before you do any other work, do this.