## Highlights - What manifests in front of us at any given moment is actually something truly extraordinary—it is the end result of all the forces that have been interacting together for billions of years. We are not responsible for even the tiniest fraction of what is manifesting around us. Nonetheless, we walk around constantly trying to control and determine what will happen in our lives. No wonder there’s so much tension, anxiety, and fear. ([Location 98](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00XVJBKHE&location=98)) - If the natural unfolding of the process of life can create and take care of the entire universe, is it really reasonable for us to assume that nothing good will happen unless we force it to? ([Location 117](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00XVJBKHE&location=117)) - Am I better off making up an alternate reality in my mind and then fighting with reality to make it be my way, or am I better off letting go of what I want and serving the same forces of reality that managed to create the entire perfection of the universe around me? ([Location 125](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00XVJBKHE&location=125)) - assertion of will. ([Location 133](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00XVJBKHE&location=133))  ## Highlights - What manifests in front of us at any given moment is actually something truly extraordinary—it is the end result of all the forces that have been interacting together for billions of years. We are not responsible for even the tiniest fraction of what is manifesting around us. Nonetheless, we walk around constantly trying to control and determine what will happen in our lives. No wonder there’s so much tension, anxiety, and fear. ([Location 98](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00XVJBKHE&location=98)) - If the natural unfolding of the process of life can create and take care of the entire universe, is it really reasonable for us to assume that nothing good will happen unless we force it to? ([Location 117](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00XVJBKHE&location=117)) - Am I better off making up an alternate reality in my mind and then fighting with reality to make it be my way, or am I better off letting go of what I want and serving the same forces of reality that managed to create the entire perfection of the universe around me? ([Location 125](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00XVJBKHE&location=125)) - assertion of will. ([Location 133](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00XVJBKHE&location=133))