The Antidote for Avarice

Where there is great avarice, are the fetters of the tortured spirits.

Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa,
Poet Saint of Tibet

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Avarice amounts to an uncomfortable longing for that which can never be attained. Acceptance is the antidote for avarice. I can’t see through to the enlightened mind if I am in bondage to my desires. Desire is another word for it… unattainable desire. What am I willing to give?  I can’t look at reaching out with an open hand as a duty or a sacrifice. In order to be affective, my hand has to have no strings attached to what it offers. Love is how acceptance is activated. The Heart of Compassion sees all, knows all and is the rhythm of release. To dance with life… to come away from being a wallflower and to participate in richness and diversity of life… to let go and let God… to mourn in victory and rejoice in defeat, is the sage’s advice.

On yesterday’s election: This is a time for healing for the other forty-nine percent of the country… to see where the other side is right and to accept the criticism as constructive wherever it is, does not translate not to accepting where the other side is wrong. Where we agree is more important than where we disagree. To be gracious in victory is to see that we all want what is best for our children. To be gracious in defeat it to see where we can also be helpful for the future.

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