Lightly and Patiently...
“If you lose your home because of a flood, is it possible to not lose your mind?” We’re getting at a subtle point here: There’s no question that hard and difficult things happen to us. The question is, what is our reaction to it? What is our relationship to what happens? The Buddhist teachings are both revolutionary and simple in that they attempt to change our relationship to our life experience, whatever that is. We move away from our tendencies to always, out of ignorance, either grasp or push away our experience, toward a better understanding of our actions and what they can lead to in the present moment and beyond.
