Wooshing Morningstar

mindmichael "| remember when I first arrived at my teacher Ajahn Chah's monastery, he looked at me and said, "I hope you're not afraid of suffering." I replied,

"What do you mean? I came here to meditate and find inner peace and happiness." He explained, "There are two kinds of suffering-the suffering we run from because we are unwilling to face the truth of life, and the suffering that comes when we're willing to stop running from the sorrows and difficulties of the world. The second kind of suffering will lead you to freedom." (excerpt "Bringing Home the Dharma")

May you have the strength and courage not only to face your suffering, but to also embrace the opportunities for love, laughter and compassion that are near you every day.

~ Jack Kornfield

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To cause yourself and your life to be intensely filled with happiness, do everything you can to give happiness to others.

Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can.

As long as ever you can.

May you be well and happy my friends.

I am grateful for your interest in Dharma and following my blog.

Chaos is what we've lost touch with. This is why it is given a bad name. It is feared by the dominant archetype of our world, which is Ego, which clenches because its existence is defined in terms of control.

“If you wish to become a philosopher, the first thing to realise is that most people go through life with a whole world of beliefs that have no sort of rational justification, and that one man’s world of beliefs is apt to be incompatible with another man’s, so that they cannot both be right. People’s opinions are mainly designed to make them feel comfortable; truth, for most people is a secondary consideration.”