Making a Joyful Effort - Christina Feldman

Christina Feldman

https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/article/making-a-joyful-effort/

"How is our mind shaping our participation in life?" ~ Shelly Graf

...being able to lean into the power of choice, and recognizing our powerlessness when facing our craving. ~ Christina Feldman

Ehipassiko - a blog

Ehipassiko a blog

Seeing for oneself.

Hugh Byrne on Dec 27, 2020

Frank Herbert on Right Speech

“Whether a thought is spoken or not, it is a real thing and has powers of reality.” - Frank Herbert

Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment. ~ Ajahn Chah

The Middle Way

"The beatings will continue until there is an improvement in the morale."

...  John Thomas and Anon.

Wondering if 'right meditation, right effort, right mindfulness' and the grasping for peace, feels like that quote?  If so, it's time to seek the Middle Way.  If so, I have the wrong view, a frozen view.

Grasping, spiritual materialism, the constant pursuit for intellectual understanding.... yep, this is basically the sense of 'the beatings will continue until there is an improvement in the morale,' and it is often the kind of effort I put into this practice...so .... lighten up?