Wednesday 08 September 2010

Acceptance was the last blog, but today I think I would like to write about responsibility.  Without a sense of responsibility and without taking responsibility for our own actions or non-actions (think about it) then we could also be causing more unhappiness.  The "3 poisons" I mentioned in my last post may be inherent in humans beings (or all life) but that does not mean we have to succumb to it.  The acceptance of these traits is merely for us to not get frustrated and find blame.  We can however try not to act on the impulses when they arise in our self or others.  A great teacher once said that Global Responsibility will never happen until all people can take self-responsibility.  Once the majority of people become self-responsible, then gradually Global Responsibility can emerge.  By training our minds, we are starting our own path to self-responsibility.