That may sound obvious, but don’t we often postpone something because we’re not where we think we should be? We sit snugly in judgment on ourselves. Accepting where we are opens the door to taking the next step. How can one take a step from any other place?
Perhaps the wisdom is that being where we are is a gift not only to ourselves, but also to others.
In his book, After the Ecstacy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield tells a story of complaining to his teacher, a very wise and revered man, that he didn’t always act completely enlightened. His teacher, Ajahn Chah, laughed and told him that was a good thing “because otherwise you would still be imagining that you could find the Buddha outside of yourself. And he is not here.”
Tags: Ajahn Chah, Buddha, Jack Kornfield
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