Don't Cling To Anything And Don't Reject

You Can Learn Not To Want What You Want, To Recognize Desires But Not Be Controlled By Them.

Watch The Functioning Of Your Own Mind In A Calm And Detached Manner So You Can Gain Insight Into Your Own Behavior.

You Can't Make Radical Changes In The Pattern Of Your Life Until You See Yourself Exactly As You Are Now. As Soon As You Do That Changes Will Flow Naturally.

The Buddha's Message Was Simple But Profound. Neither A Life Of Self-indulgence Nor One Of Self-mortification Can Bring Happiness. Only A Middle Path, Avoiding These Two Extremes, Leads To Peace Of Mind, Wisdom, & Complete Liberation From The Dissatisfactions Of Life.

We Usually Do Not Look Into What Is Really There In Front Of Us. We See Life Through A Screen Of Thoughts And Concepts, And We Mistake Those Mental Objects For Reality. We Get So Caught Up In This Endless Thought-stream That Reality Flows By Unnoticed. We Spend Our Time Engrossed In Activity, Caught Up In An Eternal Flight From Pain And Unpleasantness. We Spend Our Energies Trying To Make Ourselves Feel Better, Trying To Bury Our Fears. We Are Endlessly Seeking Security. Meanwhile, The World Of Real Experience Flows By Untouched And Untasted.