Words of Wisdom for Aug. 2, 2019: How to Free Your Mindby Thubten Chodron

"Attachment resembles a flood; we are powerlessly swept along by its current. When our mind is attached to something, it has no space for anything else. We are obsessed with the object of our attachment; we worry about not getting it and fear losing it once we do. Drowning in the flood of attachment, we cannot breathe the fresh air of satisfaction and peace. We may want to get to dry land, but not seeing a life raft, we continue to be swept along uncontrollably. The Dharma is our life raft. Let’s make sure we hold on to it and not let it float past us."

— Thubten Chodron
How to Free Your Mind:
The Practice of Tara the Liberator

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