Lessons Along the Path

“The path is like a busy, broad highway, complete with roadblocks, accidents, construction work, and police. It is quite terrifying. Nevertheless it is majestic, it is the great path. ‘From today onward until the attainment of enlightenment I am willing to live with my chaos and confusion as well as with that of all other sentient beings. I am willing to share our mutual confusion.’ So no one is playing a one-upmanship game. The bodhisattva is a very humble pilgrim who works in the soil of samsara to dig out the jewel embedded in it.” ~ Chögyam Trungpa RinpocheEverything changesbe kind and grateful as much as possibleeat local, wholesome foods, mindfullyconsume ideas that are wholesome, nourishing, and in alignment with nature.be in touch with your precious breathtake time each day for a yoga and meditation practicecultivate loving relationships with all beings including yourselfchoose to slow downchoose to let your emotions arise and pass away, even the difficult ones, even the excruciating ones, even the ecstatic blissrelease the delusion of “I, me, mine”(Buddhist teacher Joseph Goldstein says, “Nothing whatsoever is to be clung to as me or mine.” This isn’t easy, since it happens multiple times per minute. My bed. My house. My body. My child. My pet. My happiness.)watch life as it unfolds and remember that “I” am nothing but a collection of ever-changing molecules in human form who has been given this day to live, breathe, love, and make mistakes[Read original post on elephant journal]