The Way beyond

The moment we make the cultivation of love and awareness the most important thing in our life, we will find our way to peace, harmony and freedom.

But the training is subtle and we can only let go of the different manifestations of our desire and fear, when they appear in front of us. Until that moment they lie dormant, perhaps for a very long time, waiting for the right conditions to arise so they can show themselves.

Therefore, we have not failed when anger or frustration and our endless desires stand before us, because we need these things to show us the way beyond their power.

And so it is said, ‘without our suffering how could we be free from our suffering?’

When these different qualities of mind appear, we have not stepped of the path, it is only our past habits come to show us the way beyond them and so arises the wonderful opportunity to see, know and finally let go of our attachment and identification with them as being who and what we are. This is how we train.

With awareness we see.

With love we accept.

With wisdom we respond.

This is the whole of Dhamma.

May all beings be happy