Nothing To It: Ten Ways to Be at Home with Yourself

“The Seventh Realization is the awareness that the five categories of sensual desire—money, sex, fame, overeating, and oversleeping—lead to problems. Although you are in the world, try not to be caught in worldly matters. A monastic, for example, has in their possession only three robes and one bowl. They live simply in order to practice the Way. Their precepts keep them free of entanglement with worldly things, and they treat everyone equally and with compassion.”