...cycles of success...cycles of failure...one cannot exist without the other...in every succes lay the seeds of failure, and vice versa...all forms are impermanent...the thing is to not be identified with these forms as they are illusions...they remain illusions because they are subject to impermanence...Tolle suggests that it is important to offer no resistence to life and thus to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness...sounds wonderful!...basically it's comforting to realize that all "things" will pass...the joy of Being is the vibrant peace you find within as you enter the state of non-resistence...being at peace, feeling a deep inner core of peace, free of depending on forms, is more essential than being happy...sometimes this is tough to "get", but truth is not always so easy to understand, especially by the mind...so, just simply be the peace that you already are! ...peace, habs