After doing much practice of the new awareness you suggest, I have found that it's me who is first thinking painful thoughts and then resisting them (or feeling embarrassed over them). Yet, sometimes these images (mostly from my past) come automatically and I find myself bound to look at them, consider them, even when they're painful! It's here I am confused; am I intentionally creating these...

I have been confused with the idea of health, particularly the element of luck that manifests itself in it. It's something that frightens me because of the seemingly thin line that separates the individuals with physical limits and the ones that are limitless. The explanation solely used to explain this is the concept of luck. I find this explanation far too superficial to accept as true. And...

My sister's husband abandoned her, and she is left angry and hurt. She has asked me how to get past this. How can I help her? (From student correspondence)...

Part 1: There is nothing you can possess in this world of passing time that will not eventually prove itself worthless... And yet, as unwanted as this indisputable fact of life may be, that's its value! So then, why wait to see the truth of this when, by embracing it, you might just be set free. Part 2: Powers, possessions, all forms of worldly knowledge (regardless how full, or clever...

Question: How can somebody put an end to the seeking? All the questions about life and death seem to bring new questions and more anxiety, and no resolution. I do not want to follow any spiritual recipe or practice but want to live and just be without fearing the unknown answers to all these increasing questions.

My suffering is looking for permanence in a world that isn't meant to be permanent, while at the same time hating the permanence I seek. What I truly want is the impermanence of newness -- of a flowing that is bound by neither opposite.

I have become extremely aware of the violence, the depth of hate, fear, judgment and all darkness within. I feel helpless to change and can see the self-destructive nature alive in me. What can I do? Is there hope?...

I have so many thoughts and ideas about what lies ahead, spiritually speaking, and whether or not I will achieve what I imagine for myself. Do you have any suggestions that might help me sort through all of these questions I have about myself?...

I suffer over being unable to change painful moments. I fear they will become worse and I won't have the "power" to make things right even though I recognize that I have never been able to do so!...

The Christian blueprint for the life everlasting makes the most sense to me, but I have been amazed to learn recently of the similarities in understanding the universe -- the powers of light and dark, good and evil, heaven and earth -- between the Bible and the science of Yin and Yang. Both seem so compatible.

Following the path you speak of gives me only temporary freedom from pain. This is actually my fault because after getting freedom, I forget to continue meditation, which gives past pain some time to regain strength to attack me at other times. How do I get permanent freedom?...