Not being afraid of the reality of self. All our unhappiness and suffering comes from ourselves. It is always the reaction to a situation that causes our suffering, never the situation itself. The situation is just the situation. It is the reality of the moment. Our reaction or response to that reality will dictate our experience of peace or anxiety, happiness or unhappiness. In other words: The world we experience is the one that we create for ourselves, moment after moment, and this world is unique and personal to us. No-one has the power to make you angry. Anger arises within us. No-one has the power to make you happy. Happiness arises within us. It is the same with all our mental states. With the cultivation of the practice of Loving Awareness we can begin to experience anger as something that is happening in the moment, but is not what we are. We can experience anger and not be angry. We can experience fear, and not be afraid. We can experience depression and not be depressed. Loving Awareness is the path we each have to walk. To see the mind and not be afraid. To know the mind and not to judge ourselves for its content. To let go of our continual, habitual and limiting identification with this mind as being who, and what we are. The mind is not what we are, it is only that which we become. When we stop ‘becoming’ these endless and ever changing mental states we will be free, and our lives will express that freedom. A life where we no longer feel ourselves to be the victim, but rather the master. A life of love, joy and peace. A life that is a blessing to ourselves and all the beings, human and other that we share the world with. May all beings be happy.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:56:37 +0000
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