The body is physical. It is not the seer.

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In the reading

Sometimes sit quietly and only feel your breath. The breath comes in. You do nothing. The breath goes out. You do nothing. Who is breathing? You say, I am breathing. But look a little more deeply. Are you controlling every breath? Who breathes in sleep? Even after you have fallen asleep, the breath continues. The heart beats. The body does its work. Life keeps moving in its mystery.

You claim to be the owner of your body. But a very small part of the body is in your control. Still the ego says, I do. This feeling of I do is the cause of a great deal of restlessness. You think everything should be in your control. Results should come according to your wish. People should behave according to your wish. Relationships should run according to your wish. Life should run according to your plan. But life is larger than your plan. And when life does not run according to the plan, you become unhappy.

Perhaps you need understanding more than control. A river cannot be made to flow by grasping it. Its current has to be understood. Life is the same. This does not mean being inactive. It means: act, but do not rest your identity on the result. Make the effort, but do not make the result your existence. Love, but do not imprison the other. Earn, but do not make wealth your I. If success comes, enjoy it. If failure comes, learn from it. But do not let either become the final verdict on your existence. Because you are larger than success, and larger than failure too. You are larger than praise, and larger than criticism too. Within you there is something no outer event can touch. But to know it, you will have to descend within.

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If staying with what rises becomes distressing, stop. This is not therapy and not medical advice. If you are in trouble, find a person who can help you in the room you are in.