Book of Equanimity, Case 79: Changsha's "Advancing a Step."  The test of our spiritual practice is how it functions off the cushion. Are we stuck in our ideas about practice? Do we use it as an escape from the complications and disappointments of our job, family, or relationship? When we stop drawing lines between what happens on and off the cushion, between this and that, self and other, we begin to experience a freedom that is not dependent on anything, and a joy and peace that is always available.