The Eight worldly winds of pleasure/pain, gain/loss, fame/disrepute, and joy/sorrow seem to present us with the never ending problem of attachment to some of them and aversion to the others. Can we see this problem as beautiful?
Drawing on a talk by Michele McDonald, Eric guided our reflections this week. One of the beautiful aspects of problems is that there are so many skillful teachers in the world, past and present, that are there to help guide us. The best teachers don’t just show us how to solve a problem, but how to relate to them more skillfully and thus live more skillfully.
You can listen to the talk here: https://dharmaseed.org/talks/33308/
Eric also recommended a book / movie combo:
