…Impermanent are all conditioned things. So it is that the gripping fear that seemed to be as solid and heavy as a mountain has lessened and transformed into something new and less oppressive. I have said it many times before but my ability to forget (or, inability to remember) the truth of the Dhamma and to get completely swept away by the flood of delusion is something which always astounds me. It’s hard to believe that I can be so easily duped time and again by the same tricks of Mara but if this blog shows anything it’s that I am not nearly as sophisticated as I would like to believe.
So, where am I now? Encumbered as I am by anxiety and worry I can at least count on my faith in kamma and try as ever to limp towards goodness and purity. I have been feeling particularly low of late but can yet see that these afflictive states are as if storm clouds passing through. This I am not. This is not me. This is not myself.
May we all find freedom from suffering in the dispensation of the Lord Buddha!
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Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
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