the mark of a successful life is not the elimination of bad things happening
it is the ability to be unaffected by the circumstances of one’s life.
Perhaps the secret to happiness is ….as Krishnamurti says…the attitude that says
“I dont mind what happens”
How to be at peace now?
By accepting whatever is happening right now,
and stopping the mental chatter that is telling you that “it” should be different to how it is
It is only the ego that is telling you that life is not fair, not right, shouldnt be like this…whatever “this” is.
Life IS – Budha calls it TATATA – and it is pointless arguing with the LIFE that is flowing through you.
Feel the emotions that arise in response to whatever life is presenting to you, and move on !!!
Hanging on to the emotion creates a story in the mind, and a perpetuation of the story, much to the delight of the ego -
the ego loves to suffer!!!!
Be unaffected by whatever life is delivering to you and remember that the purpose of life is not to avoid crises and disappoinements -
it is rather to arrive at each moment unaffected by the dramas of “”BEFORE” and “LATER”.
Arrive in the moment loving yourself and the life flowing through you – whatever that looks like !!!
[the secret is... that it is all an illusion, and in particular my reactions are illusions based on inaccurate and distorted stories that I tell myself... and that everything will pass away - and tell me - what is it that remains???]
