The joy of mindfulness
To take this posture [the lotus posture] is the purpose of our practise. When you have this posture you have the right state of mind, so there is no need to try to attain some special state.
Careful, Tiger.
...There may very well have been a tiger in that driver when he was driving. To the Chinese the negative traits of the Tiger are being: moody, reckless, hot-headed, selfish, impatient, impulsive, opinionated, rebellious. Road rage attests that some aggressive identification is going on. While we may understand that there is no self, people do create constellations of identification which demonstrate recognisable patterns across large groups of people...
Experience
...Some say that the cycle of rebirth is rooted in attachment to experience. But it seems to me that it leads us to compassion for ourselves and for others. In freeing ourselves from attachment we are lead to want to free others. What are we letting go of? It seems we're all letting go of something...