Prophets and saints of all nations, regardless of their faith, are people who can share their love selflessly, holding nothing back for anything personal or special. Their love is no longer tied to specific things. Although they may still love someone or something deeply, their love is no longer on a personal level, but a full love of life, like rain water on everything. We all have this capacity for love. At the same time we are deeply intoxicated with the moment of love, but also touched the essence of all love. From the experience of love, I feel that everyone is actually connected to that omnipresent road, and that there is only a thin layer of paper between the individual and the universal. I am confined to a lonely place of nothingness when I focus on seeing what has been taken from me instead of noticing what has been opened. This makes it difficult for me to understand deeper love, and the journey of life is difficult. But when I was able to fully experience the emptiness that opened up, I was able to enter into the openness that carried me into existence, the openness that brought me so close to love. In this way, even 20 years after her death, the memory of my late grandmother still reminds me of a sense of empathy with all those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. I can also deeply feel the permanent presence of these people at my side. In the same way, when I love someone or something with all my heart, I have the privilege of experiencing the happiness of all the people I have ever loved. One winter afternoon, after returning from a walk with my Labrador, he fell asleep on my lap. I stroked him tenderly, and as his golden lashes twitched in his sleep, I felt that my love for this dog had brought me into the world of all dog lovers since the beginning of time, including the primitive hunter who watched the dog sleep at his feet tens of thousands of years ago. But even if we know all this, what does it have to do with our lives now? How can we approach the sweet pain of being alive and the whole new space it opens up? The journey of life is full of hardships, and at the heart of each challenge lies the miracle of deep connection. All we have to do is to love life completely and utterly. Just quietly immerse ourselves in the ocean of life until we feel the universe tugging gently at our skirts. There is nothing more central and fundamental than knowing you are alive. Even so, who can live without reservation? It's all relative. To me, being unreserved means bringing aspects of your true self into every life experience. It's not so much about strength or willpower as it is about submission to the flow of life that we are all in all the time. It allows us to be free and unapologetic about who we are. In essence, to be unreserved means to live completely, a state of presence necessary to experience oneness. At such moments we can penetrate our troubles and reach the "empty" place of life. In the moment when we are deeply intoxicated with love, we touch the whole experience of love. I believe in the infinity of the heart. I have no doubt of that. Can I prove it? No, but from my own experience and experience, I can unswervingly trust in the infinite heart. I have been hit so many times that my life has broken apart and then reassembled, and even when I thought all was lost, there is always one thing that is most solid and fundamental that never wavers, that never breaks down or becomes extinct.

It seems that being open without reservation awakens all the kinetic energy we need to be alive. Although we may feel tempted to retreat or seek refuge from the various blows of life, the deepest lesson is often that we should do the opposite -- that we should open our hearts and minds with all our hearts, and boldly take a step forward into the door that life offers us. My own experience tells me that there is an undercurrent of life deep in every moment, and we must find that undercurrent and follow it. When the fish follow the current, they can float down the river effortlessly. The eagle spirals up through the clouds, and when it finds a current, it can soar with ease. The fish and the sea, the birds and the sky, the human and the cosmic spirit -- this is the combination of the part and the whole. It is only when we are fully committed that we can pass through clouds or whirlpools and find relief in the vastness of space, for then we have begun to learn to fly downstream or with the wind. Total commitment takes many forms. The quiet introvert can throw himself in without reservation, and the cheerful can throw himself in without reservation. It's not introverted or extroverted, it's whether we open up and dive into the experience.

Going all in means that we are unguarded and giving it our all. In our culture, we tend to think that being aloof and unfazed is a sign of maturity, when in fact our integrity is reflected in openness and frankness. In my recovery from cancer, I was caught between life and death and had no choice but to throw myself into it. It turned out, to my surprise, to be a necessity for me to be able to reach true knowledge and to be alive. Advancing into the challenges I face without hesitation, I unexpectedly felt the pulse of life. When we have scruples; When we hide our true selves; When we are self-centered... We live our lives absent-minded. Of course, people inevitably oscillate between total commitment and half-commitment. I myself have trouble being fully engaged in life all the time, and sometimes I go from being fully engaged to being half-hearted, from being awake to being exhausted. The point is that I make total devotion the goal of my practice, and that makes a difference. Then I can detect and tolerate a temporary slide into a state of half-mindedness. When you are fully engaged -- at that moment when you are present as you are, when you can touch the vast essence within -- you are inevitably involved in the sweet pain of being alive.

To hold nothing back means to live completely. It is a state of presence necessary to experience oneness. In such moments we can reach through our troubles to the vastness of life. Our current culture is emotionally unbalanced. The Declaration of Independence says that we have unalienable rights, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It was the most important social statement in human history. Making happiness an inalienable right is sacred from a secular point of view. But over the past 240 years, people have felt entitled to happiness, and as a result the pursuit of happiness has been polarised into thinking that we all have a right to happiness. The result is that the dream of happiness becomes a refuge from life's journey. In other words, happiness is overrated. I like happiness too, but happiness can't be considered a moral standard, it can only be an emotional state. Happiness is just one of the thousands of feelings we have. Above it, and below it, are the deep experience of being alive. As I recovered from cancer, I began to realize that my desire for happiness and my griping about my unhappiness were preventing me from being fully involved in the human experience. Then slowly, I began to reach into the depths of all emotions, both bitter and happy, and found there an experience that was common to all feelings, an experience that made me taste the sweet pain of being alive. The sweet thing is that we are excited to find that we are still alive and feeling life, especially when we become numb or locked up. I also realize that this sweet and painful feeling is the interaction between the universe and me, and that I will feel my close connection with all life on Earth, including those that have come before, and those that have not come, and will come soon. When this sweet pain comes, I can feel a deep reminder: this life is good to be human! However, as human beings, we often want to escape the pain, so we can't taste the sweet taste that comes with labor pain. Consider your own experience of this sweet, painful existence. When was the last time you felt it? When did you first feel it? Think about your own feelings of sadness and emptiness. What insights does the deep experience of being human open up for you? Of course, there are also people who are Mired in grief and pain. So, it's all risky, but if we can go ahead and commit ourselves, we can get a glimpse of that eternal existence. Integrity is shown in openness and frankness.

Prophets and saints of all nations, regardless of their faith, are people who can share their love selflessly, holding nothing back for anything personal or special. Their love is no longer tied to specific things. Although they may still love someone or something deeply, their love is no longer on a personal level, but a full love of life, like rain water on everything. We all have this capacity for love. At the same time we are deeply intoxicated with the moment of love, but also touched the essence of all love. From the experience of love, I feel that everyone is actually connected to that omnipresent road, and that there is only a thin layer of paper between the individual and the universal. I am confined to a lonely place of nothingness when I focus on seeing what has been taken from me instead of noticing what has been opened. This makes it difficult for me to understand deeper love, and the journey of life is difficult. But when I was able to fully experience the emptiness that opened up, I was able to enter into the openness that carried me into existence, the openness that brought me so close to love. In this way, even 20 years after her death, the memory of my late grandmother still reminds me of a sense of empathy with all those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. I can also deeply feel the permanent presence of these people at my side. In the same way, when I love someone or something with all my heart, I have the privilege of experiencing the happiness of all the people I have ever loved. One winter afternoon, after returning from a walk with my Labrador, he fell asleep on my lap. I stroked him tenderly, and as his golden lashes twitched in his sleep, I felt that my love for this dog had brought me into the world of all dog lovers since the beginning of time, including the primitive hunter who watched the dog sleep at his feet tens of thousands of years ago. But even if we know all this, what does it have to do with our lives now? How can we approach the sweet pain of being alive and the whole new space it opens up? The journey of life is full of hardships, and at the heart of each challenge lies the miracle of deep connection. All we have to do is to love life completely and utterly. Just quietly immerse ourselves in the ocean of life until we feel the universe tugging gently at our skirts. There is nothing more central and fundamental than knowing you are alive. Even so, who can live without reservation? It's all relative. To me, being unreserved means bringing aspects of your true self into every life experience. It's not so much about strength or willpower as it is about submission to the flow of life that we are all in all the time. It allows us to be free and unapologetic about who we are. In essence, to be unreserved means to live completely, a state of presence necessary to experience oneness. At such moments we can penetrate our troubles and reach the "empty" place of life. In the moment when we are deeply intoxicated with love, we touch the whole experience of love. I believe in the infinity of the heart. I have no doubt of that. Can I prove it? No, but from my own experience and experience, I can unswervingly trust in the infinite heart. I have been hit so many times that my life has broken apart and then reassembled, and even when I thought all was lost, there is always one thing that is most solid and fundamental that never wavers, that never breaks down or becomes extinct.

It seems that being open without reservation awakens all the kinetic energy we need to be alive. Although we may feel tempted to retreat or seek refuge from the various blows of life, the deepest lesson is often that we should do the opposite -- that we should open our hearts and minds with all our hearts, and boldly take a step forward into the door that life offers us. My own experience tells me that there is an undercurrent of life deep in every moment, and we must find that undercurrent and follow it. When the fish follow the current, they can float down the river effortlessly. The eagle spirals up through the clouds, and when it finds a current, it can soar with ease. The fish and the sea, the birds and the sky, the human and the cosmic spirit -- this is the combination of the part and the whole. It is only when we are fully committed that we can pass through clouds or whirlpools and find relief in the vastness of space, for then we have begun to learn to fly downstream or with the wind. Total commitment takes many forms. The quiet introvert can throw himself in without reservation, and the cheerful can throw himself in without reservation. It's not introverted or extroverted, it's whether we open up and dive into the experience.

Going all in means that we are unguarded and giving it our all. In our culture, we tend to think that being aloof and unfazed is a sign of maturity, when in fact our integrity is reflected in openness and frankness. In my recovery from cancer, I was caught between life and death and had no choice but to throw myself into it. It turned out, to my surprise, to be a necessity for me to be able to reach true knowledge and to be alive. Advancing into the challenges I face without hesitation, I unexpectedly felt the pulse of life. When we have scruples; When we hide our true selves; When we are self-centered... We live our lives absent-minded. Of course, people inevitably oscillate between total commitment and half-commitment. I myself have trouble being fully engaged in life all the time, and sometimes I go from being fully engaged to being half-hearted, from being awake to being exhausted. The point is that I make total devotion the goal of my practice, and that makes a difference. Then I can detect and tolerate a temporary slide into a state of half-mindedness. When you are fully engaged -- at that moment when you are present as you are, when you can touch the vast essence within -- you are inevitably involved in the sweet pain of being alive.

To hold nothing back means to live completely. It is a state of presence necessary to experience oneness. In such moments we can reach through our troubles to the vastness of life. Our current culture is emotionally unbalanced. The Declaration of Independence says that we have unalienable rights, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It was the most important social statement in human history. Making happiness an inalienable right is sacred from a secular point of view. But over the past 240 years, people have felt entitled to happiness, and as a result the pursuit of happiness has been polarised into thinking that we all have a right to happiness. The result is that the dream of happiness becomes a refuge from life's journey. In other words, happiness is overrated. I like happiness too, but happiness can't be considered a moral standard, it can only be an emotional state. Happiness is just one of the thousands of feelings we have. Above it, and below it, are the deep experience of being alive. As I recovered from cancer, I began to realize that my desire for happiness and my griping about my unhappiness were preventing me from being fully involved in the human experience. Then slowly, I began to reach into the depths of all emotions, both bitter and happy, and found there an experience that was common to all feelings, an experience that made me taste the sweet pain of being alive. The sweet thing is that we are excited to find that we are still alive and feeling life, especially when we become numb or locked up. I also realize that this sweet and painful feeling is the interaction between the universe and me, and that I will feel my close connection with all life on Earth, including those that have come before, and those that have not come, and will come soon. When this sweet pain comes, I can feel a deep reminder: this life is good to be human! However, as human beings, we often want to escape the pain, so we can't taste the sweet taste that comes with labor pain. Consider your own experience of this sweet, painful existence. When was the last time you felt it? When did you first feel it? Think about your own feelings of sadness and emptiness. What insights does the deep experience of being human open up for you? Of course, there are also people who are Mired in grief and pain. So, it's all risky, but if we can go ahead and commit ourselves, we can get a glimpse of that eternal existence. Integrity is shown in openness and frankness.