Tricycle Daily DharmaApril 23, 2013

Becoming Intimate with your Neurosis The teacher serves as a mirror but also encourages your ability to trust in yourself. You begin to trust in your basic goodness instead of identifying with your neurosis. There’s a shift of allegiance. Then the obstacles begin to seem temporary, and what’s permanent is the wisdom. To the degree that you become intimate with your neurosis—not acting-out and not repressing—to that degree you discover your wisdom.   - Pema Chödrön, “Unconditionally Steadfast”