Stress...

All things are stressed.

By imagining yourself to be one of those things, you take on its stresses. But seeing that in fact you are empty for that thing, you 'let go' of its stresses. To deny what you are is to suffer stress.

To get to Heaven, let life floor you. Life is guaranteed to do just that, to let you down -- all the way into the Safety Net that will never let you down. Expect 'nothing' of the Nothing that underscores life, and it cannot disappoint. Also expect everything of it, and again it cannot disappoint.

It's being so mock-modest in our demands on life, expecting something of it -- this or that particular rose, and with no thorns attached -- which is the stress-maker and prevents our enjoyment of the rose garden.


~ From: Open to the Source, by Douglas Harding