Summer is drawing to a close, and with it the Vacation Season . Teachers and students are returning to the Realm of Academia, like it or not, ready or not, and so it is that We, as Planetarians and Global Citizens, must also find our way to a Better INTERIOR World that is in Harmony with the Exterior World of every-day and commonplace Activity .
I have touted the so-called "Clear Mind" as not only 'preferred' but Essential, if We are to navigate the Ocean of Suffering that IS 'every-day Life' and COSMIC Existence, I insist, "You can't have one without the other", as the Ancient Melody chides . To this End [the Attainment of Clear Mind] We will begin with the first three of Buddha's "8-Fold Nobel Path" : Right View ; Right Thought ; Right Speech .
Straight away we can see that these three are part of the Inner Workings of Mind, specifically, what we See, what we Think and what we Say but they manifest as What we see in our surroundings, what we THINK "about" those surroundings and what we Say to Others "regarding" those surroundings . These initial Three are DIRECTLY CONNECTED to the 7th of the 8-Fold Nobel Path > "Right Mindfulness" . There is in Buddhism the so-called "Mutual Interpenetration of all Phenomena" and here "IT" is, in "plain Sight" .
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