had to learn to channel those energies upward instead of pushing them

aligning one’s will with the

What Three Pillars of Zen had to say was very clear and unequivocal. It said to stop reading, talking, and thinking about your mind, and just do the work necessary to quiet it down. The required work was equally unambiguous—meditate.

one can constantly live in that state of creative inspiration.

But surrender did give me clarity in one essential area: my personal preferences of like and dislike were not going to guide my life. By surrendering the hold those powerful forces had on me, I was allowing my life to be guided by a much more powerful force, life itself.

I read book after book, but I found no direct reference to the voice talking inside—not to mention any reference to the one who is aware that the voice is talking.

This entire process of “becoming aware” was practically instantaneous.

I knew where thoughts came from, but where did inspiration come from? It came from

It talked about freeing yourself from the hold of the mind. It talked about going beyond.