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Seeing the Truth is Learning with Right View
Now the mind can see the reality of causes and conditions in a deeper perspective. The letting go within happens for things are understood as nature happening, no one is in control. The mind can come either from an understanding or merely regurgitating what it thought it had understood. No one can tell except the one who is doing it.
The World as a Learning Classroom
The convergence of the Covid pandemic and advancing technology has transformed my room into a home retreat space over the past three years, courtesy of Zoom. While I initially believed my mindfulness practice was progressing well, it wasn't until my relocation to Saigon this year that things changed.
Making Use of Defilement for Learning
Through the Three Meditator’s Jobs (3MJ), I consistently observed to learn further. When I found myself on the receiving end of coercion, I began to question my reactions. After repeatedly responding this way, I recognized a problematic cycle and asked myself, “Why do I have to react like this?”
Do You Have What It Takes?
Beginning to see the long dark tunnel we had been in is ironically the first step towards light. When we do not yet understand darkness, we may not appreciate the beauty of light. Embarking on a journey of self discovery is the true purpose of our existence. Without a wise and clear direction to steer us through this tunnel, we may never know what is at the end of it.
Precious Lessons, Priceless Gift
Solving problems requires information about the workings of that field and the know-hows to use that information to make it work for us. The information cannot work for us if we do not know how it works in the first place. More crucial too, without the basics of you-need-to-know, we don’t even know where and how to start, what more solving problems.
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