Let Common Sense Be Your Guide

No matter what #news you are following today. It's always best to trust in your own #commonsense

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter it I said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."your own common Sense

We all have our own path's to follow in life. We all choices's that we make. Sometimes that divides communities, families, and friends.

I feel it's important to not be distracted by news, government, or individuals. Who would like to cloud our judgment or common sense.

I am not a political person, I have never posted anything political on my blog before.

BUT, my common sense tells me ....... and this is just my opinion.

1st) I am an American born and raised, I was once very proud of that statement.

2nd)  I believe the recent drone attack on the Iran general was a distraction created by the Trump Administration hoping it would get the News media and democrats off his back and stop Impeachment. (Killing someone for your own personal gain has to be a crime) I can't condone this behavior as an American Citizen. (Common Sense)

Reducing Suffering In Your Life

Stupa Karma Ling (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

How to reduce your suffering

In Buddhism, there is a practice called Mind Training and within this practice, there is a section on reducing one’s suffering. Now, suffering here means dissatisfaction with life, an unease, discontentment and a feeling that life could be better. The following four methods are described in mind training as the best way to stop the suffering of all beings, and bringing them, and ourselves, happiness. Of course, we have to be realistic and understand that life is not always going to be happy, and it is an unsatisfactory part of life that suffering is always lurking around the corner. However, these four practices will help to reduce our suffering and give us the tools to be able to cope with whatever comes our way.

Accruing Mental Stability
We have to take responsibility for our actions and ensure we act in a way that will help and not harm ourselves and others. This can be achieved by practicing the ten helpful acts and refraining from the ten harmful acts. These acts are listed below:

Harmful Acts
• Killing or causing others to kill
• Stealing/taking what has not been given
• Sexual misconduct – harming someone with the sexual act
• Lying
• Divisive speech – speech that divides people
• Harsh words
• Idle talk/gossip
• Covetousness – a desire for things we do not have
• Ill will – thinking harmful thoughts about someone
• Inappropriate view – not understanding impermanence, cause & effect, non-self, and suffering

Helpful Acts
• Compassion
• Generosity
• Self-control
• Truthfulness
• Kind speech
• Pleasant words
• Helpful words
• Contentment
• Goodwill
• Appropriate view

If we adhere to the ten helpful acts we will be helping ourselves and others. We will also be mentally calm, as we will not be tormented by past unacceptable behavior.