A Shift to Love

A new way

A new way

A new way

 

I

cannot destroy evil out there. Evil doesn’t exist out there.

Evil is an idea that exists in my own heart.

It’s the anger I have toward those who hate. Toward those who harm my family. Or who harm innocent beings. Or who harm the planet. Or who harm justice. Or who harm whatever I care about.

Evil is anything that threatens my identity, threatens my existence or gets between me and what I want.

I feel it inside of me. And I become angry. I want to destroy it. Because it feels more potent than this fear I experience.

Anger is a powerful motivator.

It is what drove me to the Zen monastery where I trained in the first place.

You see, I didn’t go there because “I was so in love with my life.” But love is what kept me there all those years, and it gave me a voice to express a new way.

Love as my creative force.

I learned that I could hate suffering, or I could love freedom. I could beat myself into overcoming resistance, or I could love myself into living my dreams.

You may call it a matter of semantics, but for me, I say that how you do what you do is everything.

It either poisons or nourishes. Separates or unifies.

Holds together or dissolves.

Evil into love.

 

In lovingkindness,


If you enjoyed this article, you can find a version of it in my book, Living the Zen Life: Practicing Conscious, Compassionate Awareness (Volume One).

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  Alex Mill trained in a Zen Buddhist monastery for nearly 14 years. He now offers his extensive experience to transform people’s lives and businesses through timeless Zen principles.

He is the creator of three powerful 30-day programs, Heart-to-Heart: Compassionate Self-Mentoring, Help Yourself to Change, and Your Practice, as well as the online Zen meditation workshop, Taming Your Inner Noise (now offered as The FREE Zen Workshop).

Alex has also written seven books on Zen awareness practice. The latest are entitled A Shift to Love: Zen Stories and Lessons (Get it for FREE here) and the 3-book series Living the Zen Life: Practicing Conscious, Compassionate Awareness.

He is a full-time Zen Life Coach who offers guidance and life-changing support to his private clients worldwide. Book a call.