When sunlight shines,
it helps all vegetation grow.
When mindfulness shines,
it transforms all mental formations.
Without sunlight, life would not be possible. The Earth would not be in its place. All that the sun has to do is be present to make life possible.
In order for transformation to occur we need to be present. It is through mindfulness that we can be present in the here and the now. When we are present we can recognize manifestations and bring about transformation.
There are three ways we can deal with negative mental formations. One is to plant seeds of positive mental formations. When we do this we are creating conditions for positive mental formations to manifest.
The second way to deal with negative mental formations is to look deeply at them when they arise. To recognize the conditions that are making them manifest. Each time we do that we shorten their manifestations and weaken the seeds that give rise to them.
The third way is to recreate conditions, which caused negative formations to manifest, in our mind. We can then look deeply to understand their nature.
Mindfulness helps us connect to the present moment. The present moment is the real world. The rest is memory or imagination. The more we dwell in an imaginary world, the more suffering we create.
Practicing mindfulness we can touch the real world. It is not only a positive mental formation but also one of the five powers that all of us possess in varying degrees (faith, diligence, mindfulness, concentration, insight).
(Based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.)
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