In the Shambhala tradition, as taught by Chögyam Trungpa, Great Eastern Sun describes the essence of why we, as human beings, continue to live at all. It is the Great Eastern Sun that inspires each of us get up in the morning, to brush our teeth, to change our clothes, to go to our jobs, to go to some amazing celebration, to help our dying lover, to humor our irritating relative, or to say good bye to a dear friend. Great Eastern Sun is the essence of the human heart—it is our inspiration to reach out and live. Great Eastern Sun is connected with our basic goodness as human beings. Basic goodness, the essence of our humanity, means that whatever is happening is workable. We can connect to whatever is going on; we can keep moving forward with it and keep leaning into it. As Trungpa said, "We don't need to be afraid of who we are." It is the wisdom of basic goodness and Great Eastern Sun that teach us that obstacles are temporary, that they dissolve into space, which is the essence of the feminine principle of accommodation, openness, and inquisitiveness.