People often ask what the fast track is in Buddhism. How do I cut to the chase and avoid suffering? One take is keep it simple.
In that spirit, here’s mindfulness in a nutshell. Go do this…

Of course the catch is this.
If someone were to tell us, stop acting in such a way that causes suffering, AND we were able to spontaneously change to do this, we’d be done.
But, that’s not how it works. We’re wired to do otherwise. We have to wake up every day, remember this important fact, AND act on it.
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Dialectic Two-Step is an ongoing series of my thoughts on questions that come my way.
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. - Octavio
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Published on October 31, 2016 06:30