Contributed by Evelyn Leonard Wright
Now consider this: Life is the tea; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life. The type of cup one has does not define, nor change the quality of life a person lives. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the tea. The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly...... And enjoy your tea.
Now consider this: Life is the tea; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life. The type of cup one has does not define, nor change the quality of life a person lives. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the tea. The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly...... And enjoy your tea.
Lord Buddha mentioned that doubt or scepticism is one of the poisons. Most people are doubtful by nature due to ignorance or lacking of knowledge or wisdom. At the same time people made use of your ignorance to con you especially most advertisments are not truthful nowadys. As a result people are more careful with things happening around them. If you have the confidence with someone or something, you need to clear your doubt, and trust him and follow your practice faithfully. For instance, if you want happiness, you make others happy. So if it is true, then you need to practice it. If you find the path of Buddha or Jesus is true and suitable for you to practice, you need to follow it through and get rid of our scepticism together.
Accumulate good merits and cultivate compassion will lead you to where wisdom is. Wisdom which is like a bird will fly high once the wings of merits and compassion are strong and enduring enough.
The pride that Lord Buddha was saying is quite subtle. The moment you feel that your teacher's knowledge is questionable, you already have a pride in you. When you choose what to hear from your friends and ignore them, you also have the pride. So as a spiritual seeker, you need to be cautious about your own attitude towards your friends and also reflect upon yourself. I always prefer to read whatever my friends are posting carefully and pick up all the gems. Once my feeling thinking I could write better and my posts are more meaningful than others, I will fall into a pit of prideness and may lead me astray. This subtleness of being proud needs to be checked and reflected all the time.
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