Good morning everyone,

Here is today's quote:

Just be aware; that is all you have to do, without condemning, without forcing, without trying to change what you are aware of. Then you will see that it is like a tide that is coming in. You cannot prevent the tide from coming in; build a wall, or do what you will, it will come with tremendous energy. In the same way, if you are aware choicelessly, the whole field of consciousness begins to unfold. And as it unfolds, you have to follow; and the following becomes extraordinarily difficult—following in the sense to follow the movement of every thought, of every feeling, of every secret desire. It becomes difficult the moment you resist, the moment you say, “That is ugly”, “This is good”, “That is bad”, “This I will keep”, “That I will not keep.”

The Collected Works vol XV, p 85.

Here is my reflection.

As long as there is the "me" there, who chooses, who has an image, and has desire around that image, there will be resistance. The resistance does stop the following, the observing without judgement, the movement of intelligence. It is the ego defending itself. It is the ego that says I will not listen to this, I will not take part, I am not interested, I have my plan and my desire. To be other than this, which is to be alive, the mind must be extraordinarily alert, sensitive, innocent, and passionate. As soon as you make a choice, you are basically dead. This is not the same as indecision. It's much bigger than that. It is watching the place of chosing in the mind. It is living without resolving duality, without the way of the ego and certainty.