I like today's daily message, thank you, Indira. "A truly spiritual path ought to be a practical path. If your path does not help you have better relationships and function better in the world, of what use is it? Because this is where you live your life. At the same time you must recognize that you are in the world and you are not of the world."
Yes, it is so important to recognize that a spiritual path is not some airy fairy blissful thing. It is hard work. It is applying the teachings in day to day life. It is practicing awareness exercises. It is practicing being present. It is being actually kind to other people. It is going against so many of the ways we have learned to be, which have not taken us to happiness.
It is following the teachings, not just reading them, to see what happens, what changes. It is staying open and committed to the lessons of our school as well as the lessons of daily life. It is not hiding from the pain, but allowing myself to see how much pain there really is inside of me. And remembering that all negativity is pain. I am grateful for our school and all I am receiving.
Yes, it is so important to recognize that a spiritual path is not some airy fairy blissful thing. It is hard work. It is applying the teachings in day to day life. It is practicing awareness exercises. It is practicing being present. It is being actually kind to other people. It is going against so many of the ways we have learned to be, which have not taken us to happiness.
It is following the teachings, not just reading them, to see what happens, what changes. It is staying open and committed to the lessons of our school as well as the lessons of daily life. It is not hiding from the pain, but allowing myself to see how much pain there really is inside of me. And remembering that all negativity is pain. I am grateful for our school and all I am receiving.
Yes, Kevin, We need a path with heart and a path that is practical. And we need to show up and do the work ourselves.
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