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 Wu Hsin - An Interlude in Eternity

Zen can help you develop all kinds of  self confidence.  When you are not feeling confident, you are too worried about yourself.  You are worried that you might fail, that failing might make you look bad, or that you may not be good enough in the first place. With Zen, you throw all that out the window.  Start from a belief that you are something totally separate from success and failure. You are not anything less because of your failures and not anything more because of your success. Likes and dislikes don’t even reflect on you. Understanding that your Self cannot be measured gives you freedom to be yourself.

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The path to end all suffering starts with suffering. That’s why it’s okay to suffer. In order to turn suffering into the path to end all suffering, you have to give yourself permission to suffer. You shouldn’t look for new ways to suffer, but if you find yourself suffering in one of your usual ways, then accept that suffering and use it to move along your path.

Besides not seeking suffering for yourself, you should try your best not to create suffering for other people. Everybody is on their own path and everybody will find their own particular ways to suffer without your help. When you find other people suffering, you can try to help alleviate their suffering. That is part of your path to end all suffering.