the unknown.

One of the most important aspects of our Dhamma journey is the cultivation of the 'don't know mind', for herein lies peace.

'Not to know', is the reality of every moment and although we make hundreds of assumptions every day, the truth is that life can change beyond recognition in a single breath, and we can never say with any real certainty exactly what can or will happen.

Naturally, before Awakening, this is an uncomfortable feeling simply because what we really crave in life is certainty, the knowing that if I do this, I will get that. But it's just an idea, comforting perhaps but never reliable. So, we make our Dhamma determination to no longer be distracted by the minds persistent demand for security and comfort, and for that to happen we need to cultivate awareness, love and a clarity of intention. 

To no longer grasp at the mind, but to flow with it, to no longer direct our anger at the world, but to surrender into what we cannot control and respond with wisdom and to no longer fight with others, but to love them beyond our limited perceptions of how they should be. 

Even in the best company we are alone and our real home is only this mind with its endless thoughts, moods, feelings and emotions. Our safety arises then, when we are secure in our own personal isolation. When our world is a world of love.

Life itself is formless and to be free in this open environment we too must be formless - like water.

May all beings be happy.