The capacity to become aware of the givens of our existence - such as change - and to actually welcome those as just part of our human experience releases the struggle. Roger Housden More Quotes by Roger Housden More Quotes From Roger Housden The ego, as our familiar sense of self, seems predicated on fear. The fear that we might not make it, that we might not get where we want to go. But deep down there is also a grain of fear that we have nothing to give or nothing to offer. I think that's the ego's justifiable anxiety about its substantiality and existence. Roger Housden self giving thinking The American culture especially, and Western culture in general, urges us to not only become the best that we can be, but also win against the competition. Roger Housden western-culture competition winning The natural wish and impetus to feel oneself to be an individual, to be special, includes standing out more than anyone else. Roger Housden individual special wish If you want to know your purpose, look at the unfolding of your life, because that is your gift to the world. It may not look spectacular, but nobody else has the precise life that you do. It's a gift no one else can offer. Roger Housden purpose looks world I've come to see that the way my life shows up is actually my purpose. Roger Housden purpose shows way When we're fully engaged in the present moment, no matter what we're doing, the question of meaning never seems to arise. It's because we feel fulfilled and that is inherently meaningful. Roger Housden moments matter meaningful I had a classic case of what people call "seeker's disease." That was part of my journey, but now, meaning is like a secret that's revealing itself moment by moment, day by day. Roger Housden journey secret people I certainly spent many years in my early life chasing all over the globe for meaning and purpose. I'd feel like I'd found it, then it would fade away again. Roger Housden purpose found years If we're trying to get the perfect house, the perfect relationship or the perfect job, it's likely there's some kind of fear driving us beyond the natural wish to improve. It's really the refusal to acknowledge that life - including ourselves - is simply not perfect. Roger Housden perfect house jobs Most of us make an effort to do and be the best we can be, which leads to a distinction we need to make between the notion of struggle and the notion of effort. Roger Housden effort struggle needs There is a stillness in all of us that is really the essence of who we are. A stillness and a silence that doesn't move, that doesn't go anywhere and our task is to experience that while being in time. Roger Housden silence essence moving We have to be on time every day for one thing or another, so how can we be on time and yet not in time at the same time? Roger Housden one-thing I live in California, where there's a lot of driving entailed. I'm usually going somewhere to be on time to meet someone so I'm necessarily engaged in time. And yet, how can I in that moment of driving my car, be aware of that which is not going anywhere? Roger Housden california driving car
