If we never do anything, nothing gets done. But it needs to be balanced with switching off – with walking away and letting go. This feels lazy. It’s something we’re not very good at; but we need to be. Here’s why.
I’m not on holiday and I should be. Yet there’s a valuable lesson there about things that just won’t happen no matter how hard I push, try, or control.
The spiritual attainments of a Buddha may seem frivolities in the modern world; but undistracted focus and deep understanding are possibly even more valuable today than thousands of years ago.