Do you need medicine to be healthy? Medicine is only necessary when one is ill. If you aren’t sick, you don’t need a prescription which means you’re healthy. In the same way, if you aren’t suffering, it means happiness is already with you. First and foremost, don’t...
If you are swayed by your likes or dislikes, you can become a slave to them. Mindful practice is acting without hesitation even if you don’t want to, listening to someone even if you don’t want to, or stopping what you like to do now if it will bring you losses later....
Being the master of your life is like being the grass on the side of the road which is not stirred by praise or criticism. Illustration by MaseolGlass on the roadside, Master of your life, Pomnyun, Wisdom...
To make others happy, you must first make yourself happy. Your happiness is the first step to mankind’s happiness. Illustration by MaseolBe happy, Pomnyun, Wisdom Note, You...
When you are going through some hardship and you encounter an even bigger problem, you suddenly realize that the original hardship wasn’t that bad. You say to yourself, “It was pretty good back then.” If you’re having a good time but later it gets even better, you...
People with lots of worries create a train of thought about the past and future. That is why you need to be awake to the here and now. What others think of you is not important. “I” is important. Be mindful of the here and now solely as yourself. Illustration by...
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