On the journey of the warrior-bodhisattva, the path goes down, not up, as if the mountain pointed toward the earth instead of the sky. Instead of transcending the suffering of all creatures, we move toward turbulence and doubt however we can. We explore the reality and unpredictability of insecurity and pain, and we try not to push it away. If it t

“Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it’s a mountain.

“whoever makes good progress in the beginning has all the more difficulties later on.”

Our existence is based solely on the ever-fleeting present. Essentially, therefore, it has to take the form of continual motion without there ever being any possibility of our finding the rest after which we are always striving. It is the same as a man running downhill, who falls if he tries to stop, and it is only by his continuing to run on that

We can say either that we make progress little by little, or that we do not even expect to make progress. Just to be sincere and make our full effort in each

“The journey goes down, not up.” She is saying that spiritual awakening is not like climbing up a mountain on our own and leaving others behind. We are letting go of our attachments, even to climbing the mountain.

What people forget is a journey to nowhere starts with a single step, too.