There are many different attitudes or orientations that we might hold toward our life. In Buddhist practice, we see that the human condition creates a basic self-centered attitude which is unsatisfactory and causes suffering — this is the first noble truth.

With continuous practice, or "Gyoji," as described by Master Dogen, there is a shift in the basic attitude towards our life. Norman Fischer says "Bodhisattvas don’t mind much what happens to them. Their lives are larger than the plans they may have had for them.” In other words, we radically accept everything.

What happens when we don't resist anything and actively embrace everything in our life? When we enter into a fully participatory relationship with the Universe?