"Being conscious is cutting through your own melodrama and being right
here. Exist in no mind, be empty, here now, and trust that as a
situation arises, out of you will come what is necessary to deal with
that situation including the use of your intellect when appropriate.
Your intellect need not be constantly held on to keep reassuring you
that you know where you’re at, out of fear of loss of control.
Ultimately, when you stop identifying so much with your physical body
and with your psychological entity, that anxiety starts to disintegrate.
And you start to define yourself as in flow with the universe; and
whatever comes along—death, life joy, sadness—is grist for the mill of
awakening."
- Ram Dass -
