In experiencing and expressing serenity, be good in your heart but do not allow your heart to be overly moral and rigid, so that you miss the fire in life. Goodness and morality are two different things. Morality adheres to rigid instructions and rules, while goodness knows the nature and rightness of all things and acts accordingly. Goodness can frighten those bound by morals, for it is a hugely powerful force rooted in serenity and the greatest destroyer of fear. If you adhere to any rigid moral code without true goodness in your heart, you may cheat yourself of much of life.
Instead, rise above the two-faced morality of the world; to the unique inner code of your highest consciousness. Do not be good just for the sake of it; be good because serenity fills your life with compassion.
Do not rush to change others. If you wish to convince someone to change their life and see that they are unskilful in their thoughts and actions, then do not try to persuade them but rather practice skilful thoughts and actions yourself. People believe what they see with their hearts, and in this way you create serenity around you.
To live with peace of mind, ease and acceptance requires serenity in the living of your life from day to day.
Love and serenity go hand in hand, healing and transforming all obstacles, no matter what or who they are. In loving as much as you can, so serenity will increase. As the power of love heals all things, so the power of serenity brings complete and utter understanding of your own life and of other people's. In this understanding there are no obstacles. All things become complete.
Let yourself walk to the music of your heart, which you can always hear, when you are in the state of serenity, however far away it may appear to be. Remember that you were born knowing that you are the creator of your own delight and in that delight you will find kindness and know that kindness in the only investment that never fails.
Remember too that all things are, in their essence, at agreement and in harmony, with a unity and a bond of trust, regardless of how things may appear to be. All things are in accord.
In times of discord and frustration your serenity will show you how to release inner accord and trust, so that the hardship and discord will cease and contentment will take the place of negativity. When you are connected to your own serenity, you know how to reveal and release the harmony of things, even when others cannot see a way forward.
Ultimately the simple things in life will bring you happiness. These are the enduring things of life. They are the markers, the strong posts, to which you can tie the threads of serenity that you weave from your heart. They purify you. You will find that if you examine what they truly are, they will be few. They might include friendship, beautiful music, listening to the rain. They are yours and special to you. These are your important human experiences in which you can ground your serenity so that it will grow and stay strong. When the world seems demanding and everyone is on top of you, look to these markers of serenity to help you access the inner and endless serene state. In knowing serenity, life becomes simple.
Serenity is the body of love that makes life.
Do you have the courage to surrender to that body of love, so becoming the soul that inhabits life?
'The Tibetan Art of Serenity'
Christopher Hansard
Salam,
Cherine
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