Ideal Versus Actual

Most people suffer over the discrepancy between the world they’d like to see and the one they do see. Judging something as wrong because it’s not in alignment with your preferences is common, but self defeating. It often causes you to blame, shame and...

There’s a Way Out

Suffering is a fact of life. It’s the first of Buddha’s Four Noble Truths. According to him, you suffer when you crave something or have aversion to it. This psychic discomfort results from wanting something you don’t have or wanting to get rid of...

Be Mindful of What You Judge

Under the right circumstances, you’re capable of exhibiting the very faults you find in others. Anything you don’t accept out there, you won’t accept in yourself. Eventually, you’ll commit the same transgressions that you won’t forgive in...

Holding Contradictions

When you acknowledge that your personal belief system determines not only your preferences but the way you see life, you have the capacity to accept the reality that your notion of right and wrong & good and bad are subjective. Once you cross the bridge departing...