Entangled in The World.
#WednesdayWisdom
We must continually know what we are doing and why so that we operate with clarity and awareness. We can then protect ourselves from the suffering caused by doing things we shouldn’t. So many times we get caught up in stuff which isn’t really intended for us, situations, conversations etc. which, when we operate from a firm basis of presence and insight, we know to leave well alone.
If we don’t, then hindsight is a wonderful thing and we often learn valuable lessons determining that we will not make the same mistakes again. We usually do though. In fact we will keep on making the same mistakes until we really get it. It’s as though we have to make ourselves suffer in the same ways over and over again until it finally sinks in, the penny drops and we finally understand well enough to let go.
This is how our lives are in the world of samsara. We like to think we are ‘getting somewhere’ but we’re not. We just go round in circles, experiencing the same old things some good, others bad. What we need is the courage and determination to release ourselves once and for all. This is the liberation which can be found through the spiritual path and which will never be ours to enjoy through worldliness.
May this teaching lead you to happiness; may it help you grow in truth. May you be freed from the suffering of birth and death.
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