thought is limited

Let our thoughts fulfill their proper place as a tool to function in the world. We take our thoughts to be the truth too often- irrevocable and absolute. If we begin to observe ourselves closely, we see that thought is inherently limited in its ability to create lasting peace and happiness; no matter how complex, creative, or compelling they may seem.

Arising from what we know (or think we know), it promises to end once and for all the suffering in our lives; never now, but always later. When we understand deeply that our thoughts, motivations, and ideas cannot bring about a lasting state of love, peace, or equanimity, we learn to see things as they are- and let go of our ideas about them.

This action of absorbing the present entirely with all of the pain, joy, and dullness it contains is the beginning of freedom. Not as an idea, but a living truth which has no destination.

-S.L