Cattāri Brahmavihārā

Lately it seems as if there is little to no time to myself as my days are filled with work or familial obligations. Were it possible I would love to work less and spend the difference of the time in reflection and contemplation but it just isn’t so. I guess my whole point here is simply that I feel sometimes like I’m losing touch with the heartwood of the practice. It is as if I am allowing myself to succumb to the pressures of daily life and forgetting my practice. It has gotten to the point where I am not always doing my evening practice and I have long since halted my nightly recitation of the Dhammacakkapavattana sutta. I simply tell myself that I don’t have the energy.

So, it occurs to me now that if I really believe the voices telling me that then I need to listent to them. If, in fact, I am too tired I will go directly to bed. No watching a program, no reading. Directly to bed. This is my aditthana to help reconnect me with the only thing that has ever given me a sense of purpose: the Dhamma.

Sukhi hotu!