When mindfulness is grounded in wisdom, zeal arises. From zeal springs joy; from joy, serenity; from serenity, faith; and from faith, equanimity. These are not separate attainments but the natural unfolding of realization.
Joy is their current and their power: the living fuel of enlightenment. It is the laughter of emptiness within the play of forms, the recognition that every phenomenon, from galaxies to thoughts, is a ripple upon the same luminous sea.
To live by the Dharma is to rest in that sea: unmoved yet ever moving, empty yet overflowing. The world, seen rightly, is not an illusion to escape but an ineffable wonder, a ‘magic show’ .
Light does not compete with darkness; it simply shines.
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