Our entire assortment of wearying neuroses are related with all other beings. All our wearying experiences are founded on our association with all sentient beings. Without the sense of our practice being involved with the entire sentient situation, there is no compassion – and therefore no enlightenment. Every detail of this ‘wearying world’—these seeming obstacles—are essential to realisation. Without this ‘wearying world’ we cannot find enlightenment. Without the responses we receive from our world, we would be bereft of the fabulous friction which illuminates our Buddha nature. p43, Emailing the Lamas from Afar, Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9653948-5-7