The Moment We See the Problem, Practice Gains Direction
On the path of seeking the ox, seeing the ox's traces or seeing the ox is very important. If we only search without seeing, we can keep wandering; but once we see it even once, direction appears.
Mind study is the same. If we do not know we are angry, we are dragged along by anger. But when we see, "There is anger in me," a way to care for it begins from that moment. Greed and attachment, too, can be tamed only when we notice them.
Seeing does not mean everything is solved immediately. Like a wild ox, old habits are not easily caught. Yet from the moment we see, practice changes from vague wandering into right effort.
Today, do not turn away from the problems within you. May you see and notice them clearly, and establish the direction of practice.
Mind study is the same. If we do not know we are angry, we are dragged along by anger. But when we see, "There is anger in me," a way to care for it begins from that moment. Greed and attachment, too, can be tamed only when we notice them. Seeing does not mean everything is solved immediately. Like a wild ox, old habits are not easily caught. Yet from the moment we see, practice changes from vague wandering into right effort.
