Do you imagine the universe is agitated? Go into the desert at night and look at the stars. This practice should answer the question.

Play the music, not the instrument.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.

To tell someone not to be emotional is to tell them to be dead.