Loving kindness towards ourselves doesn’t mean getting rid of anything. Accept yourself as you are, we can still be crazy, angry, jealous and have feelings of unworthiness. That’s what we study, that’s what we come to know with tremendous curiosity and interest.
When you come to the end of a cycle a new one will begin. It means you have achieved more understanding of yourself and the world around you. Completion of something means fulfillment, but don’t stop there. You can now reach out for new vistas with wisdom and assurance.
There is no greater illusion than fear, no greater wrong than preparing to defend ourselves, no greater misfortune than having an enemy. Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe. If you understand this, peace and harmony naturally arise.
It may be impossible to counteract the conditions of the time. It is not cowardice but wisdom to remain quiet, avoid action and wait for an appropriate time. A law of nature is at work, evil is not destructive to the good alone, but inevitably destroys itself as well.
Quote: Peacefulness is the natural seed of a violent world.