
Call Me by My True Names

In short, the Awakening was a series of realizations that (1) I was not a me, (2) no one was a me, and (3) everything and everyone is an undivided expression of the wholeness of pure unconditioned love and innate goodness. These realizations were my true identity! This was the base reality of all life-forms.
Stephen Snyder • Demystifying Awakening: A Buddhist Path of Realization, Embodiment, and Freedom
We are all a configuration of attributes, qualities, aspirations, and conditions, and at the same time we are completely free of all that. We are our causes and conditions, and simultaneously we are free of them.
Katherine Thanas • The Truth of This Life: Zen Teachings on Loving the World as It Is
