We have to be different things to different people ... - Dhamma by Ajahn Jayasāro
We have to be different things to different people - mother, father, brother or sister; friend, colleague, employer, employee; we have roles to play as members of a community and citizens of a country. But all these things that we must be, occupy only one dimension of life.
In meditation, we develop a very direct relationship with our body and mind. We learn to access a new dimension of our being, one which is free of the sense of being anything or anyone. It enriches our perspective on life in the world, just as a picture of three dimensions exceeds that of two. Without this perspective we take everything too seriously; with it, we can live our life with sincerity and integrity, but also with a certain lightness

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