RIGHT VIEW
Understanding the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering
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What is the origin of
suffering? It is craving, which brings renewal of being, is accompanied
by delight and lust, and delights in this and that; that is, craving for
sensual pleasures, craving for being, and craving for non-being. (MN 9)
When one does not know and see consciousness as it actually is, then one
is attached to consciousness. When one is attached, one becomes
infatuated, and one’s craving increases. One’s bodily and mental
troubles increase, and one experiences bodily and mental suffering. (MN
149)
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Continuing to
cycle through all five aggregates, our text comes to focus on
consciousness as a source of the craving that leads to suffering. The
mind can take anything within its scope as an object of awareness, and
you can bring mindfulness even to awareness itself. What does the
experience of knowing actually feel like? Learn to regard the act of
awareness itself even-mindedly, without getting caught or attached.
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Work at
bringing a posture of equanimity to the experience of consciousness.
Awareness itself is not attached; attachment arises alongside it,
coloring the awareness with a trace of favoring some things and opposing
others. Back away from these subtle forms of craving and see if you can
simply be with the experience of knowing something in a balanced and
even way, with an evenly hovering awareness.
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Tomorrow: Cultivating Compassion
One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering
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