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Blossom within the New 12 months!


The reality will not be all the time stunning, nor stunning phrases the reality.

No mud, no lotus.~ Buddhist proverb

Coming into a brand new yr offers us the chance to replicate on our path. Whereas life affords many items, we inevitably face challenges alongside the way in which. Lao Tzu reminds us that “the reality will not be all the time stunning.” We may have to just accept truths about ourselves and the world that really feel painful or overwhelming for the thoughts. One of many highest non secular abilities is disciplining the thoughts to stay current and acutely aware within the midst of discomfort.

However the rewards of that self-discipline are wealthy. Buddhism evokes the picture of the lotus flower, whose radiant magnificence is fed by the thick mud at its root. The mud represents our shadow, our struggling, and our challenges on the trail — the certain power of the ego thoughts. However dealing with our life consciously steadily transforms our interior world, and we more and more replicate the transcendent radiance of our true nature.

Finally, the non secular path leads us past duality itself: past good and dangerous, past mud and lotus, and past ideas or phrases. As you enter into the brand new yr, ask for the braveness to maneuver via the mud and inhabit the blossom ready on the opposite aspect!

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