The One Thing To Remember

The one thing to remember; it’s not an enlightened world.

We may be accused of having an ego, of having a self to improve, but we thought that was normal because of the way we were brought up and educated.

Then, one day, we find that this isn’t satisfying as it makes everyone competitive and unpleasant, even Buddhists. 😀 We realised that there were things we said and did that were idiotic because it was the way of things. It’s not all our fault.

Nowadays, we can easily see how we are being manipulated to conform to others’ standards of thinking that are contrary to wellbeing. Unfortunately, most – unwittingly – do conform.

We may think that we think for ourselves,
but what has been placed in our minds?

Is there a fear of us becoming conscious,
with the clarity to be able to reason about our reality?

We live in a world of others’ memories.
which create and maintain karma,
which creates suffering.

First, we have to recognise the suffering of discontent.