Reflection for March 2001
"If we expect someone or something outside ourselves to make us happy, we
lose our power. The truth is we can't count on anything except our ability to
choose how to respond to what happens to us. One way to counteract the tendency to look outside ourselves for happiness is to practice NO MATTER
WHAT.
 | What is it that I can learn, accomplish, or experience here, NO MATTER WHAT happens? |
When we practice NO MATTER WHAT, we are no longer hooked by expectations to
externals -- other people, other events -- but are free to choose what we will focus on to make us happy. Like Ram
Dass, this is the Way of the
Spiritual Warrior."
--Excerpt from speech given by Angeles Arrien at Ram Dass Library, Omega Center
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