“One definition of practice is the willingness to be with our life as it is. But this is a difficult concept to comprehend: that practice is not about having a particular state of mind, such as calmness, or being free from problems. Furthermore, understanding this intellectually is very different from understanding it with the core of our being.
This is not to deny that through practice we will, in fact, experience more equanimity, and that problems will not seem so burdensome. But, ironically, when we demand that life be a particular way it almost guarantees the opposite – a continuing state of unease and dissatisfaction.
Here’s something to consider: Can you imagine the possibility of having anxiety and not being anxious about it? Or having depression and not being depressed about it? In other words, can you imagine feeling discomfort without trying to get rid of it? The question is, how do we learn to live in this way? There is no easy answer, but the key is to learn how to welcome – with curiosity – whatever our life is in each moment.” Ezra Bayda
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