230411 What I learned in my studies this morning 3

Teach of the Buddha. 

A soulful navel gazing.

Shed evil, do good.

Thoughts:

Noise, vices, evil — all inhabit my meditations today. It's a handy hook for today's thoughts . . . .

Noise blocks me from hearing. Hearing the way of Nature guiding my reason. Hearing the voice of conscience that evil is coming, that there's time to change my path. Hearing the worthy criticism, from without and within.

Vices build on one another, sapping my energy, sapping my will, draining my time away. One leads to another, to another, to it's just a tiny bit worse, noonewillevennotice. Until towering depths yawn before me.

Evil is . . . easy? dead? beige? neutral? unremarkable? Persistent. Persevering. Ubiquitous.

It's a fight I can never win permanently. It must be fought every day. 

Today's Meditation:

Today's Meditation II:

Today's Meditation III: