Peace of mind
Sunday, July 10, 2011
'There are both positive and negative aspects to our personality. On the one hand, we have love, wisdom, joy, and generosity, but on the other, we have anger, selfishness, laziness, and a long list of other problems. All these traits are just mental experiences, waves on the ocean of our consciousness; all have the same basic, clear nature. They are not static and permanent, but constantly in a flux, coming and going.
There are, however, two important distinctions to be made: positive states of mind are productive, beneficial for ourselves and others, whereas negative states are harmful, and bring only confusion and pain.
Peace of mind is achieved by cultivating what is positive, and abandoning what is negative.'
- Kathleen McDonald
Jacqueline on 11:45 AM