Rokuzan Kroenke, Rev. Master

For some time I have found myself reflecting on the Buddha’s Teaching of anatta or ‘not-self’ and how it might be applied in daily life—willingly opening ourselves to radically changing our perspective on ourself.

In my experience, a good start in beginning to develop this practice is to do your best to work on not believing everything that you think. Although this is very simple to state, I have found that it is extraordinarily difficult to do, so if you wish to grow in this, I urge you to start now, today.

If you are familiar with our practice of Serene Reflection meditation, then you are already familiar with this idea of perspective change. We are taught from the very outset of our practice to try to allow our thoughts and feelings to arise and to allow them to pass; to not hold onto them or push them away. This opens us to the experience and appreciation of not allowing them to control our actions.

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