 Don’t Go to War
We come upon our greediness, jealousy, or impatience, and the next impulse is to go to war with it. We don’t realize that all the while we’re strengthening the thing we’re fighting against. It’s like trying to push a beach ball into the water. Holding it down requires a huge amount of energy, and inevitably it pops back up with equal force, taking an unpredictable direction. But if you give the beach ball space and let it be, it will float effortlessly along the surface. – Aura Glaser, “Into the Demon’s Mouth” |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best,
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The Zen Teachings of Father Eli
