Sunday, June 13, 2004

13 June 2004 10:45 AM

I think I finally know why people do become associated with and some even join the monastics way of life, as they begin to realise the dhamma, you realise the negative in the world, and how people are struggling to keep there head above the water, I myself have even been a part of this in the past but now just tend to keep my mouth shut, but people are so judgemental of people, and are constantly putting others down, whether they know them or not, but they still feel the need to tell everyone what they think of that person, who really cares how smart, beautiful, or talented, shouldn’t it just consist of whether that person is a good person or not, shouldn’t honesty, compassion and love be a guide for people, not such shallow emptiness, and to get away from such behaviour would also be a relief, its also daunting thinking about what one will do with the rest of ones life, and I know I couldn’t do the one job for the rest of my life, which could also conflict with the monastery, but in hindsight, there would be happiness and far far far less grief being in a temple


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