#289 Conscious Wise Choices bring Happiness

     We tend to think of ourselves as rational, mature adults, behaving precisely as we choose. But how much of our life is actually governed by: aversion - fears and anxieties from our infancy about failing to please our parents or tribe and thus being abandoned to die alone; or craving - relentless striving to possess or achieve something that will (magically) solve all our problems and make us happy?
     As long as we automatically run from demons and chase pots of gold, we perpetuate a delusional state of suffering.
     As we practice mindfulness, we become progressively more psychologically-minded, seeing our actual motivations with increasing clarity, and thus becoming increasingly more rational, mature and wise in choosing our behaviors.

See also: http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/2012/11/215-whos-side-are-you-on.html