Bamboo Forest, Japan
We
must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love,
to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow
our hearts to open.
The
unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are. To follow
a path with heart, we must understand the whole process of making war
within ourselves and without, how it begins and how it ends. War’s roots
are in ignorance. Without understanding we can easily become frightened
by life’s fleeting changes, the inevitable losses, disappointments, the
insecurity of our aging and death. Misunderstanding leads us to fight
against life, running from pain or grasping at security and pleasures
that by their nature can never be satisfying.”
To
bow to the fact of our life's sorrows and betrayals is to accept them;
and from this deep gesture we discover that all life is workable. As we
learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and
compassion than we could imagine.
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