“Conditions” in our thinking – the identification of all things, of ideas, all of life, by their opposite – is the cause of trouble. We say, “This is not that,” or, “This is the absence of that,” rather than “This is just what it is.” So, contrast becomes conflict. Difference and comparison become desire, and desire is so easily thwarted, so primary in our emotional balance, and it is never satisfied. Unconditioned acceptance of life is a clear sky, a smile, a melody.
Nick Hilton - Reflections 