We are all faced with difficult and powerful karmic situations. Often, we have a psychological tendency to feel trapped by hang-ups from our past, which we feel that we can’t get rid of. You say to yourself, “I was born this way. I was brought up this way, so there’s no hope.” But that isn’t valid. The past situation may have brought you to this present point, but beyond that, it is up to you to relate with your present situation. Where you go from here is purely up to you.

From “Choiceless Choice,” in The Future Is Open: Good Karma, Bad Karma, and Beyond Karma, page 110.

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