The old worldview was characterized by struggle and conflict. I choose the Buddhist discipline of acceptance rather than struggle. This is not martyrdom; this is a voluntary decision to flow with circumstances. While doing everything in one’s power to better the situation, one does not focus on escape strategies. Eventually with lots of practice one enters into the difficulties with a relaxed attitude, a quaint oneness with the situation and one comes out definitely wiser than before.

     I used to agonize because with management principles learned in school along with the many five-year development plans I have in one way or the other been involved with I got into the fix-it state of mind.

     “Any suffering is caused by misdirected energy which we must learn to use more positively.” This is the teaching of Seth as quoted by Gill Edwards. “True spirituality is a sense of joy that makes all creativity probable”