A sense of self is created from comparison to the past or future; Awakening is the continual discovery that something acts in your stead if you're not there; Awakening doesn't glorify the self awakening; Illumination is not the enlargement of 'I'; 'I am' is a setup for self-protection; No sense of 'I' exists without relationship; Desire has a proper function in supporting creation; The work is exploration that leads to the revelation of what can't work; You don't know that you love what is punishing you.