How to Be It Without Becoming It
“Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.” – Dogen Zenji I was speaking with a practitioner recently who confided in me that they were going through a really challenging situation, and that there was a tremendous amount of fear coming up for them. She told me that she was doing her best to observe the fear, without being it. Sensing a slight separation in how she was describing her strategy, I sort of re-framed the question to her, “How can you be it without becoming it?” This question is radically different. As the observer we are disconnected, ever so slightly, from what we experience. There is a “me” ...






