If you can't see the path, you aren't going to be able to walk it.
This path that we are on, this way of life and the intention that we carry day to day, its all really new to us. We look around our family, our workplace and community and we don't see a lot of examples of how to walk the path.
So you need to search out the path. You need to find those that have gone before.
Read the life stories of past masters. Read the life story of present day practitioners. Listen to the stories others share.
There is a wealth of inspiration and wisdom in these stories. Experience and wisdom that shed light on our own path so that we can forge ahead.
Your path won't be like theirs, and it doesn't have to be. But if you find yourself totally lost and without aim, maybe reach for a biography or two.
Here are a few I have enjoyed:
Longchen Rabjam
Jamgon Kongtrul
Padmasambhava
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