a big dilemma, help!
Hello All!
So I have been wondering about something for awhile now without really being able to figure it out, So I was hoping someone on here could help me out!
I am confused about the combining of goals, achieving greatness in our "life situations" and our general ambitions for life with The Path, finding out the true nature of the mind, etc. It seems contradictory to pursue goals and such when a quieted mind seems to be more of an action-less, peaceful state.
I believe finding out the true nature of the mind is the most important thing for me to do, but I think one big thing that is holding me back is my "life situation". I feel like that is really important and I don't want to mess it up by seeing the Truth 24/7 and losing a lot of ambitions and such. Like, Tolle sat on a bench with nothing for a year or two, yes he was happy, but that kind of scares me.
So I guess I fear by pursuing goals and external accomplishment I'll never be able to totally dis-identify with the mind, and on the other hand if I do totally dis-identify with the mind I won't pursue a successful, comfortable life situation.
Can anyone shed some insight on this dilemma? I gotta pretzel in my head here!
-Chris
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