Change...

It is utterly simple. In a moment, you gain a life free of negotiation and
bargaining.

This is what the Fire of Truth removes: your negotiation and your bargaining
with what is, the desire for anyone or anything to change. You realize that no changes,
not even changes in yourself, will make you happier.

To receive this gift fully, it must be
given to everything and everybody everywhere.

This that is awake doesn't want anybody
to change or improve at all. That's the fire. That's the ash of the fire.

You realize, ''A
minute ago I wanted you to change, but now I don't. You're fine. Everybody's fine, and
everything's fine."

What happened? Nobody changed and nobody conformed to your
pattern, yet a happiness is there, made more beautiful because they didn't change. It is
more beautiful because of the diversity of beings and life. This that's awake is the same
for each of us. And everything else is a beautiful, wonderful expression of diversity.


-Adyashanti