MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
One of the most dangerous things on the spiritual path is blaming causes and conditions — or blaming other people — for our inability to practice. For our inability to function freely in our own lives.
We have to mind our own business.
The distinction between inside and outside is constructed. There isn’t something “out there” stopping you, and there isn’t something “in here” that’s broken. Everything you encounter is a reflection of your true nature. Which means it’s always about cultivating wisdom and practicing skillfully — working with causes and conditions to manifest compassion and bring suffering to an end.
But the second you say, I can’t because of this — or I can’t because of them — you step down off the throne of your original nature and collapse into the idyll of the small self.
That’s the move.
So today, look carefully at what you’ve labeled impossible.
What you take for granted.
What you’ve decided you’re stuck in because of something outside yourself.
Take it in.
Practice with it.
Transform it.
Have a wonderful morning!
#zenpractice #dailyzen #nonself #sotozen #oneriverzen
