We need to look deep inside.
Intellectually we may realize that we need to look deeply inside,
yet we don’t really know it. There are people we laugh at because they
can’t see the most obvious things about themselves. Well, those people
are us! We have to acknowledge that we often simply don’t want to see
the aspects of ourselves that cause us distress. We basically want life
to please us—to feel comfortable and secure. Our last priority is to
expose our own shaky (and 'sharky') supports, the tenuous beliefs that stand between
us and unknown territory. Why? Because investigating ourselves at this
level doesn’t necessarily feel good. But until we become aware of all
the ways in which we keep ourselves oblivious to what lies under the
ice, we will continue to simply glide along with no direction.
–Ezra Bayda, from Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life (Shambhala Publications)
