Purify YOUR Mind!!!!

The Whole World is in Flux!

◊This is the Way the World is,

This is the Way the World is.

With BANGS & WIMPERS.

This status of bangs & whimpers is a reminder that the conditioned world is materially based.

For the most part we have been trained to follow the path of the conditioned world. Sometimes it works out and sometimes it does not. It is inevitable that the world is in a constant flux and constant change. All we have to do is to look at history and we are able to see how worldly ways are constantly changing.

BUT…YES! There is a BUT. History is only one third of the understanding of our human situation.

There is also present moment awareness which also changes with the past & future. The past is already past. The future has not showed up.

Present moment awareness has an apparent appearance which inevitably slides into the past. 

1.  Past is already past. 2. The future has not yet come. 3. The present is a brief awareness of spiritual seeds that fall quickly into the past & often ressurects in the future.

We cannot neglect KARMA. It leaves a trace. When we take action or work or do something we run up against cause & effect. See for yourself. Making a loaf of bread is taking action which is work. Cause & effect are part of karma known in everyday life as the law of existence in a physical body. It includes mind, intellect, ego & body.

There is a caution for each of us to remember. Each one of us are responsible for our karma. It is not a negative energy, it is merely the nature of our existence. Karma keeps track of our actions.

Those of us who practice Buddhism know that everything we do is tied to our karma. This is a sobering TRUTH. The basic tenet of Buddhism is to do NO HARM to yourself or others. The others include the forms, feelings, perceptions, impulses, conscious thought, animals of every ilk; including earth, water, fire, air, & ether. A seeming endless array of life.

Each action brings up one or more of these karmic deeds. Sometimes it is helpful, but we know that even the helpful deed dissipates. We too change & vanish from the conditioned world.

IS THAT THE END?

No. It isn’t. Before we get to an end we are encouraged to accept what shows up. It is NOT the same as going after things in the physical world. It is a path of enlightenment. It takes time. Effort. Constancy. Commitment. A willingness to sit still and let what comes into your life as your life with the strength of ALL ACCEPTANCE. It requires that we take up an ability to sit in emptiness.

This is just a small part; a place to start. May it encourage all.

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Don’t Give Up! Keep Going.