Controlling the Egoic Self

There are two major modalities that we can think of from which we younot really meet the changes that come our way. The first one is really from the sense of an egoic self, and it goes right into a controlling mode to defend against what's happening. Chokan trana described it that we become a bunch of tense muscles protecting our istence,. So controlling life is one of the one mode. As we evolve, as we awaken, with a full sense of presence, a real letting be with tenderness - this is the open hearted presence. This is a presence that really gets that life is coming and life is go in.