Surrendering, letting go of possessiveness, and complete nonattachment-all are synonyms for accumulating merit.
If at last thou attain the desire of thy life, Cast the world aside, yea, abandon it!
Maybe primitive people have less bullshit to let go of, to give up. A person has to be willing to give up everything—not just wealth. All the bullshit he's been taught—all society's brainwashing. You have to let go of all that to get to the other side. Most people aren't willing to do that.
I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling.
The important thing in life is not what you get, but what you throw out.
I can only sign over everything, the house, the dog, the ladders, the jewels, the soul, the family tree, the mailbox. Then I can sleep. Maybe.
Some people thought I was crazy to have let go of all the worldly things I had "achieved." They didn't understand that I didn't want or need any of that anymore.
Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.
How simple life becomes when things like mirrors are forgotten.
