Ajahn Chah (ajahnchah.org) via Ven. Sujato, Ellie Askew, Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly
I need my own island...with them. |
In every home and in every community — whether we live in the city, countryside, forests, or hills — we are the same in experiencing happiness and suffering.
Many of us lack an island of refuge, a field or garden where we can cultivate positive qualities of the heart. We experience spiritual poverty, and why? It's because we don’t really have commitment.
We have no clear understanding of what this life’s all about and therefore what we ought to be doing.
From childhood to adulthood, we only learn to seek enjoyment and delight in sensual things.
We never think that danger will threaten us as we go about our lives making a family and so on. [Isn't life about sensuality in general and sex in particular?]
Poking a Big Red Nest
Secretive creepy crawly ants (rangerrick.org) |
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