Hunter Cat on Nostr: When you are young and haven't suffered enough yet, you think that stress and ...
When you are young and haven't suffered enough yet, you think that stress and suffering are caused by the outside world. You see the world and the others in it as unfair, horrible, dark and selfish. Even when you practice a spiritual path or sit in meditation every day, you think that if you get away from the world enough, everything is better.
But you don't know or understand that the world you see is painted by your own mind, represented and interpreted by yourself.
And you don't realize that most of the suffering and stress comes from the way you relate to that world on your own mental screen. It is your own behavior and thinking that is the true source of the anguish and restlessness that eats away at you throughout your life.
That's why, after years of sitting in Zazen, reading all kinds of shitty books and attending all kinds of meetings and events, you finally realize that the ethics with which you relate to life and the world are fundamental and that there is no progress possible without them.
#zen #dharma #zazen #spirituality #ethics #actuallyautistic
But you don't know or understand that the world you see is painted by your own mind, represented and interpreted by yourself.
And you don't realize that most of the suffering and stress comes from the way you relate to that world on your own mental screen. It is your own behavior and thinking that is the true source of the anguish and restlessness that eats away at you throughout your life.
That's why, after years of sitting in Zazen, reading all kinds of shitty books and attending all kinds of meetings and events, you finally realize that the ethics with which you relate to life and the world are fundamental and that there is no progress possible without them.
#zen #dharma #zazen #spirituality #ethics #actuallyautistic