The Buddha Project Reply To: Response to “start what we are dealing with”
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Amrita, I really think we are saying the same thing. I hope to meet you in person someday and we can talk a bit more. I won’t put my life story on internet. But I can say that my life hasn’t always been sugarcoated. Right now, I live in The Netherlands, have a job and I have a comfortable life.
And I hope that goes for you too. And that despite all hardship you have experienced in your life and maybe even today, that you can go back to your inner happiness or as Ven Gendun called it the first meditation sessions: the eye of the storm.
Looking forward to meeting in person someday.