What I’m saying now does not apply only to the work; it applies to everything, to every desire, to anything, any part of your life. For example, when you’re in bed with your lover, if there’s an effort to have pleasure, there is no pleasure. If there is a desire for pleasure, then that by itself will reduce the pleasure. There is only what is at any second, not just when you are doing the work, but when you are driving your car, making a sale, talking to your friend, taking a shit, eating, going to sleep, washing your face, brushing your teeth, punching somebody, it’s always the same. – Diamond Heart Book Two: The Freedom to Be, ch. 5