If, famous friends come around, don’t drop other family and friends to be in the lime light.
So, people will be people: loving, hateful, spontaneous and compulsive, compassionate and indifferent
Maybe, love the community but not every person you meet.
If you need to go bankrupt, be willing to change when you start from scratch.
So, use that muscular will, if it can grow, so can you.
Maybe, chitchat with everyone,but don’t do it to manipulate.
If, the truth is being sold to the highest bidder, let it go till you are ready to use it in a decent manner.
So, debt consolidation is tempting, try a term loan when you are ready to use credit in a functional way.
Maybe, risk when it is a way to thrive, rather than survive.
If, you can visualize without becoming impulsive.
So, meditation practice doesn’t stop when you are bored and tired.
Maybe, success and failure are both worth celebrating and don’t blow the budget on it.
If, lying and cheating get on your nerves, look in the mirror.
So, when someone storms into a rage, don’t follow suit.
Maybe, practice more humility and respect to replace that fat ego pining to get out.
If, you can stay calm when everybody (including yourself) is trying to harm you.
So, you believe but everyone else is out to lunch.
Maybe, take a minute to breath when change becomes too frustrating to power through on your lunch hour.
Through meditation, any student can be taught to find safety inside themselves.
Don’t run, don’t fight, don’t look for it outside yourself…
To make this immense safety, a lot of baggage needs to be stopped released from use.
To grow enough through meditation, the practice will diminish instant gratification.
And slowly, the consequences of poor judgement will release you from your bad habits or consequences.
So, sincerely, systematically, sustained enthusiasm…
If you can practice, you will transform your view of life, find inner peace and compassion.
You will learn to have an experience that you are part of a vast consciousness.
Your culture will show you the way to a good life.
Your attitudes will grow to allow you a very healthy lifestyle and belief system.
This is sometimes called ‘doing no harm’ or ‘living the good life’.