All of a sudden the importance of that hit me like a ton of bricks. We have a choice most of the time about this, the direction in which our mind points. It sounds simple and obvious, I know. But when you really contemplate this, you realize why you sit in meditation every day and train the mind. And it seems powerful, the potential that we may not recognize in daily activities.
I've been largely focused on my daughter and meeting her needs most of the time. And trying to find some escapism to ease the stress the rest of the time. I'd like to point my mind to dharma in all of my activities (ideally).
Where is your mind pointed right now?
Samsara isn’t a place, it’s an attitude: “I’m real and everything’s for me.” With mindfulness we become aware of this attitude and begin to change it.
--Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche
May effort destroy the cycle of suffering
May I enter the path to liberation
And learn to cherish others
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