We have a lot of examples of human rights violations, forcing people to leave their home countries searching for Asylum somewhere else. His holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, is a vivid example of it. He left Tibet at a young age, living in India for a long time, escaping prison and atrocities he could suffer if he had stayed there. The moment we realise leaving our home country, the comfort of the established friendships, the culture, the language, and the community, could be a fundamental step to our personal growth, it is the moment we understand why Shakyamuni Buddha left the palace to live a meaningful life.
Change, that is what personal growth is all about. We have to learn how to tap into our consciousness in order to know who we really are. Our consciousness says our nature is love instead of hate. We have to learn how to love the small things about our self, being conscious to not get attached to anything or anyone in the process. It does not mean we have to ignore people and assume a careless posture about the life of another. It means we have to enhance the self, being aware and awake about the differences between what is inside and what is in the surroundings. The external does not define us, and what is inside does not control the former.
The attitude of letting go is nothing more than extracting knowledge about suffering without getting imprisoned within its closed room. It is realising our DNA is always with ourselves, implying that our home, our foundation, our strong safe house is within, deep inside, no matter where we are. Letting go is understanding we cannot change another from the outside no matter the circumstances. Changes are always generated from the inside, and the violation of that fundamental rule configures a clear and vivid promotion and experience of suffering itself.
The more we understand who we are, the less we are afraid to face what cannot be faced out of consciousness.
Namaste 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
Written by Jeferson Souza (thejefecomp).
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