Key Lesson Part 1
The divided, sleeping mind meets and then measures each new moment by recollecting what it remembers about it. In this way, it never meets a moment it hasn’t already decided is good or bad, wanted or not.
Part 2
Trying not to react is a second reaction that has judged the first one. Now the false self has simply changed costumes and calls itself spiritual.
Part 3
At first, remembering ourselves requires intentional effort. We must remember our suffering does not prove the cause our negative reactions points to, so we agree to pause before accepting the identity it offers. But with practice, the pain of identification itself begins to awaken us.
Part 4
The (second) reaction includes the painful thought, “Remember what happened to you.” But Wisdom says, “Remember what happens to you when you become the reaction.” One form of memory strengthens the suffering identity. The other restores the awareness in which that false sense of “I" can be seen and released.
