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The mind can completely eliminate all discontent feelings such as sadness, anger, frustration, irritation, annoyance, guilt, shame, fears, boredom, loneliness, shyness, jealousy, resentment, stress, anxiety, etc. on The Path to Enlightenment.
Through learning and practicing Gotama Buddha’s Teachings with guidance from Maitreya, the mind becomes Enlightened in that you can observe the improvement in the condition of the mind as you eliminate all discontent feelings where the mind can reside peaceful, calm, serene, and content with joy - permanently.
The Struggle is Real:
Keep in mind that to live with an unEnlightened mind is truly a real struggle each and every day…..and every moment of every day.
Things will come easy for you, as the mind becomes more Enlightened, that are not easy for others.
We can have loving-kindness, compassion, and patience for all the beings who are struggling. This is a really important aspect to your life practice that will help you immensely.
1.) Loving-kindness (Pāli: mettā) is active goodwill towards all beings without judgment. A genuine interest in seeing all beings be well.
2.) Compassion (Pāli: karuṇā) is concern for the misfortunes of others.
3.) Patience is the ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties, without complaining or becoming annoyed.
Be grateful each and every day and every moment that you have found The Buddha’s Teachings in this life to help you see clearly and to see “true reality”….so that you can work towards the elimination of discontentedness.
Because for so many others……they are not so fortunate and continue to struggle.
An Enlightened mind will have been trained to extinguish the primary problem discovered by Gotama Buddha, which is Craving/Desire/Attachments to impermanent conditions.
