The practices of loving kindness, compassion and equanimity offer no promise of a happy ending. These practices are not about avoiding uncertainty and fear, but how we relate to discomfort. They teach us how to practice with everyday difficulties, and with our emotions.
We are taught to accept only the tangible, the scientific and the material, but the key to understanding everything we need is the practice of contemplation and meditation establishing a connection with those deeper aspects of ourselves and the universe.
If you want love and respect from people treat everybody with love and respect. If you compete with no one, no one will compete with you. If you are not guided by your ego and emotions and let yourself be guided by wisdom instead, you will be able to respond to your needs and those of others.
Our task in life is full of responsibility, it is nothing less than leading the world out of confusion and back to order. We must first investigate the nature of the forces in question and ascertain their proper places. If we can bring these forces to bear on the right place the desired effect will be achieved.
Quote: Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction. Rumi