The spiritual path is a path of the purification of heart and mind. We can use every opportunity for it and need never interrupt this learning process. Every time we get a chance to practice what is beneficial, we'll feel a sense of relief. Hating, rejecting, getting irritated is burdensome and depressing. It's impossible to be happy when you're angry. Being happy when we love is quite simple. Unfortunately we have a false notion of loving. Deep down we believe that it means being loved. Dropping this idea is itself a process of purification and an exercise in letting go.
---Ayya Khema, in her commentary on the Samannaphala Sutta, Visible Here and Now---
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