Reality itself just comes from our mind.

At the end it is all just our mind !

So as a buddhist what we try to do or to find out is what is the projection of our mind and what is mind itself.

Looking at both the projections and your mind you can find out the nature of  it. But the reality itself is just you !

We need words to teach about and explain the truth, but for the experience we have to go beyond the words. As long as we look at the words we become so solid, and we are not conecting reality to people, we are caught by the words…

So my point is NOT to put a blind solid box over our head, but be FREE, be HAPPY,

Just be HAPPY !

any system,  any structure,

be it material, politic or religious ,

first  it brings hope, happiness and stability.

Then comes confusion, and for sure at the end of the road corruption .  It is just a matter of time.

Spiritual truth ,

as long as kept on a personal connection ;

a 1 to 1 connexion, not a 1 to a 1000 ; cannot be corrupted  !

Please be wise  !!

Buddha did not teach Dharma to make an institution; his point was to give advice to help individuals in the moment of their confusion.

He just shared dharma naturally, as a family. Just sharing the truth made him a natural teacher or advisor.

Even if you wish 100% to help beings, you will be able to do only maximum 50% of what you think and really benefit 20%… maybe…

You can only reach a certain number, approach a certain number, but most important is to be close to them and do not let them fall into confusion. You can’t and should not classify, judge or compare students with each others. No rich or poor, no black or white, no eastern or western, no educated or not educated, no this dharma practice or that dharma practice, not this religion or that religion, nor this great master or that great master, this lineage or that lineage. This is exactly what we are all trying to free ourselves from !

Please release yourself from the idea of comparing. As long as you stick with comparing, even if you can fly I won’t beleive you are a true dharma practitioner. If you stop comparing you are a great master. Good or bad, move on with your responsability, move on with your life, move on with your practice. thats all .

Openness is accepting the guidance of a spiritual teacher. It also means a willingness to embrace reality – the reality around us and the reality of our own confusion – and to embrace others as a part of our path.

As we become aware of our selves, we then need to learn stability, develop stability in the qualities of our awareness and in our values – motivation.

And this allows us to finally look directly and realize the true nature of our own mind.

In fact don’t ever try to be a spiritual advisor or a lama, it doesn’t work like that. Just keep practicing with your life responsability and with your meditation training practices, then it will come naturally .

When you have a true practice as a student of Buddhism, you will find yourself naturally able in real situations to share some spiritual advice. It will come from your  truthful and happy personality,  you will share your life understanding and your natural warmth with anyone around you.

Well, is happiness for everyone?  Or rather, are truth and happiness for everyone ?

Many people confuse the establishment of Buddhism as a cultural or religious structure with Buddhism itself,  its essence.

Buddha himself shared so much advice for the many different people of his time. He did say that as time and culture change, as lifestyle or means of happiness change, teachings will have to adapt to each changing reality, to each generation and culture.

Many people are so attached to the old idea and style of Buddhism that they forget the advice of the Buddha himself !

If we would dress in the 1940′s style , people will find it odd, but if we dress well and fashionably for your time, people will appreciate it. As the way of thinking and the way of being has changed, so Buddhism has to change and real Buddhism should communicate at that level.

It is not about learning something specific or some lifestyle, it is about being happy, true to ourself  as well as understanding and benefiting the world around us!

Karma is more like an example that permits us to understand ourselves, to change and improve our lives.  At the end karma is all about us, it’s about improving and facing our responsibility on this planet !

We can’t just download anything we want ,  even if we have the money, it won’t work, wont be useful !  Learning about ourself is like increasing our capacity. The more we learn about ourself,  the more dharma will make sense for our life.

Most people think practice itself will change their life. Actually practice will not change our life. To change our life we have to study ourself and our own emotions. Based on that,  we can fit the practice to address our personal reality , it will give it meaning and get to the main points that preoccupy us or need our attention .