“The most important thing is to be able to enjoy your life without being fooled by things.”
-Shunryu Suzuki
Left to right… Bending Time, by Rodgell; The I of Light, by JJ Horner; and Shunryu Suzuki, dispensing silent wisdom.
“Without being fooled by things” is to not be confused or troubled by any thought or experience.
When you have a problem, rather than remaining personally involved, step out—become the impersonal witness of the experience. Let go of your personality, and all its preferences, for a moment.
As the impersonal witness, thoughts shed their deceptive significance.
The fewer things you take personally the happier you naturally are.
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