In the day
Remain in the marketplace.
The practice is not a weekend away from your life. It is the center, remembered while the life goes on.
In the reading
So when I say that without knowing yourself all is in vain, I do not mean that you should do nothing in the world. No. Work. Love. Remain in the family. Earn. Dream. Travel. Build. But while doing all this, do not forget the center within you.
The problem is not the world. The problem is forgetfulness. Remain in the marketplace, but do not let the marketplace settle within you. Keep wealth, but do not let wealth become the price of your existence. Keep relationships, but do not make a relationship the identity of your soul. Attain success, but do not let success decide who you are.
Because if your identity rests on achievements, failure will break you. If your identity rests on other people's opinions, criticism will burn you. If your identity rests on the body, age will frighten you. If your identity rests on property, loss will empty you. But if your identity is in that witness who sees all of these, then changes will keep coming in life, and a center within you can remain unmoved.
Do this today
Today, do one honest piece of work and once, in it, remember the one who is doing it.
Sit for the time you chose