Review of 'What's In the Way is the Way' by Mary O'Malley What’s in the Way is the Way a great title. It says that what we think is in the way of our life, is actually our life. It’s the way we have to go. The author deepens this idea to tell us that rather than running away from the things we dislike and always wanting to change and fix things, which puts us in a constant state of struggle, we should simply accept what is and work with it to further our development into fully conscious beings. Her teaching is about being present with life as it presents itself. We can’t avoid difficulties in life, but by dropping the struggle to control the uncontrollable, we can avoid making things more painful. This is the point of this book. The author stresses that our problems come from living in the clouds of our thoughts and emotions, rather living in our natural state of awareness, which is free of entanglement. She calls this the meadow. And she gives exercises throughout the book to … [Read more...]