Nothing is the same as it was before.
That's difficult to accept. It leaves us feeling vulnerable, exposed, confused. It can make us angry, want to fight back and lash out.
We can fight ourselves for years, trying to get back the world we knew and loved. But we should know that we are the creator of that burden, that our lives our complicated by our own complicated mind.
It is difficult to accept that things have changed, but once we do it is easier to move forward, to start living in this new world and to start creating the world of tomorrow.
Clarify your practice. Let your practice clarify you.
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Monday, December 22, 2014
Difficult to accept.
It's yours.
All of your problems, your negative emotions, your anger and frustration, your suffering and discontentment. All of it, it's yours.
I know that is hard to accept, but if we can accept that they are ours, then we can also accept our responsibility. We have a habit of shifting the blame, being the victim and not claiming any control. The consequence is we are waiting for others to fix our situation, to pick us as the fortunate one and offer us reprieve.
But we have to pick ourselves, we have to take the responsibility.
This moment is the start of our practice.
All of your problems, your negative emotions, your anger and frustration, your suffering and discontentment. All of it, it's yours.
I know that is hard to accept, but if we can accept that they are ours, then we can also accept our responsibility. We have a habit of shifting the blame, being the victim and not claiming any control. The consequence is we are waiting for others to fix our situation, to pick us as the fortunate one and offer us reprieve.
But we have to pick ourselves, we have to take the responsibility.
This moment is the start of our practice.
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