In the Quest to Self-Realize, and find our Inner-Peace, it is a common mistake to point outward at things around us, discriminating them with labels such as 'Irritating', 'Noisy', 'Evil', and 'Debilitating'.
Yet, those are labels we are guilty of putting on what we perceive as the sufferings of Samsara. In actual fact, the greatest enemy of Self-Realization and Inner-Peace is the boulder-strewn road of our egoic mind. Far too many Self-Realizing Cultivators tend to work hard at isolating themselves from the Maya of Existence, the fabric of the world around us, classifying it as nothing but an illusion to be avoided - which is inherently wrong.
We MUST experience; and learn from that which brings us suffering in order to transcend it, and the suffering comes from the attachments we make to the illusory fabric of our perceived world. Those attachments are formed in the egoic mind.
Even if one wishes to transcend the mundane world of illusion and attachmentism, it will not be possible until one recognizes that it is the mundane egoic mind that makes the attachments firstly. It is with the liberation through Cultivation of Meditation and experiences of Samadhi that the mind is unleashed to the state of Pure Mind. Then full transcendence can occur and a soul can be Enlightened to liberation from the trappings of Samsara and mundane existence. What you dread, or fear, you give power to. What you desire, or become addicted to, you give power. What you covet, and jealously guard, you give power to.
These are the attachments that will bring you suffering up until the time you draw in your last breath. It is chaining yourself to the mundane life. Realizing this is taking your first step towards Enlightened Liberation.













