Peace Is Not A Thought, Not A

We Usually Do Not Look Into What Is Really There In Front Of Us. We See Life Through A Screen Of Thoughts And Concepts, And We Mistake Those Mental Objects For Reality. We Get So Caught Up In This Endless Thought-stream That Reality Flows By Unnoticed. We Spend Our Time Engrossed In Activity, Caught Up In An Eternal Flight From Pain And Unpleasantness. We Spend Our Energies Trying To Make Ourselves Feel Better, Trying To Bury Our Fears. We Are Endlessly Seeking Security. Meanwhile, The World Of Real Experience Flows By Untouched And Untasted.

The Buddha's Message Was Simple But Profound. Neither A Life Of Self-indulgence Nor One Of Self-mortification Can Bring Happiness. Only A Middle Path, Avoiding These Two Extremes, Leads To Peace Of Mind, Wisdom, & Complete Liberation From The Dissatisfactions Of Life.

No Problem. You Are Not Crazier Than You Were Yesterday. It Has Always Been This Way, And You Just Never Noticed.

They Have No Power Over You. It's All A Show, A Deception. Your Urges Scream And Bluster At You; They Cajole; They Coax; They Threaten; But They Really Carry No Stick At All. You Give In Out Of Habit. You Give In Because You Never Really Bother To Look Beyond The Threat. It Is All Empty Back There. There Is Only One Way To Learn This Lesson, Though. The Words On This Page Won't Do It.

Each Step Along The Buddha's Path To Happiness Requires Practising Mindfulness Until It Becomes Part Of Your Daily Life.