Forget for now the new beginning. Focus instead on what awaits its end. Endings are essential. High-quality endings are gem-like in their simplicity and clarity. Until something old dies, nothing new is born. “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat, having fallen to the ground, should die, it abides alone; but if it should die, it bears much fruit.”
Simplify, reduce, subtract, detach. As Arsenio Hall used to say, “Let’s get busy!”
Man is pure when desireless, simple when fearless.
Meditation is a full-time job. Of course, we meet our basic responsibilities, but these are simple and few. We meditate when we observe without comment every act we perform and every thought we think. Like standing outside of ourselves until it’s time for bed.
Facts are simple, essential and indifferent. Opinions are clamorous, contradictory and attention-seeking.
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