Because we are fixated on forms, we take the windswept surface of the water with all its waves and currents for our very lives. Just immerse yourself a little and discover silence and tranquillity. We are water.
"In my view, the realistic goal to be attained through spiritual practice is not some permanent state of enlightenment that admits of no further efforts but a capacity to be free in this moment, in the midst of whatever is happening. If you can do that, you have already solved most of the problems you will encounter in life."