In this world we travel from dream to dream, hope to hope. It is very disconcerting when these fall away and we do not know what to dream next. Where we would like there to be the firm ground of a certain future, there is nothing. We know that tomorrow will happen, but we do not know what direction it will take.

We are afraid that if we let go of the consciousness of our desires and wants, then things will not happen, focus will be lost, and outcomes not achieved. This is because we believe that we are responsible for holding things together. Yet you are being given the opportunity to let go of this responsibility. Become mysterious to yourself – let them flutter away, all those old scripts you have written for the future. Discard them all. Let go completely, irrevocably, let it all fall from your arms, all that you have held.

Like crystal lattices, like snowflakes, these burdens are breaking up and melting away. All the encoded expectations about your future, the...