Sometimes it just takes the luck of life growing up. I saw a tremendous amount of the shadow of humanity in the first seventeen years of my life, excluding war and mass murder, but then I was lucky enough to enjoy a magical year abroad where the rules changed, I fitted in and wondrous things happened.
It left me with an inner certainty that change is possible, even if you don't know exactly when. It is just a matter of circumstances conspiring to make it possible.
I guess those that haven't lived the life I lived use 'faith' as a mechanism to believe that, since they may not have had any personal experiences yet to prove that it definitely can happen.
Re ‘inner work’, American Roshi, Joan Halifax, writes
‘It takes a tremendous amount of emotional and spiritual maturity to witness in full force the collective shadow of humanity and keep your heart open’
Sometimes it just takes the luck of life growing up. I saw a tremendous amount of the shadow of humanity in the first seventeen years of my life, excluding war and mass murder, but then I was lucky enough to enjoy a magical year abroad where the rules changed, I fitted in and wondrous things happened.
It left me with an inner certainty that change is possible, even if you don't know exactly when. It is just a matter of circumstances conspiring to make it possible.
I guess those that haven't lived the life I lived use 'faith' as a mechanism to believe that, since they may not have had any personal experiences yet to prove that it definitely can happen.