The only way to relate with the present situation of spirituality or the neurotic state of the moment is by meditation. I don’t mean sitting meditation only, but relating with the emotional situations of daily life in a meditative way, by working with them, being aware of them as they come up. Every situation then becomes a learning process. These situations are the books; they are the scriptures.

Chögyam Trungpa

from the book The Sanity We Are Born With: A Buddhist Approach to Psychology

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• Giving up goal, aim, and object
• Just open space
• The importance of patience
• Glimpse of Enlightenment
• The freshness of not rebuilding
• Path
• Working with the present situation
• Sanity on the spot
• Ego is a filter
• Emotions are part of you