When you say, "I am," then add anything after it, you are already trying
to stand somewhere. There's nowhere to stand in this whole dance. You
can't stand somewhere when you say, "I am good." There is stuff in you
that isn't so good. You say, "I am young," yet get old. "I am alive,"
you will be dead. Every definition of yourself is a prison you put
yourself in, seemingly to protect yourself. But it ends up creating
anxiety and fear. Most of the behavior that our society performs is
motivated by fear. And it is the fear of what is.
- Ram Dass -
