Seeing Clearly in Difficult Times

I’m finding that right now, practice can be challenging. It’s hard to get up an hour early in the dark. But that’s often the case. The bigger challenge right now is not the early dark mornings. It’s the lack of clarity that arises when anger, impatience, and fear take over my sit, or my day. That’s why right now, I’m understanding a little bit better the wisdom of all the great teachers, who counsel us to befriend these difficult states of mind. I’m noticing that bef...