Kiesha Battles

[Kiesha Battles]

Thank you for sharing this resource.

1. This Precious Opportunity

Here, now, I have a chance to make something of my life.
I have health.
I have energy.
I have the ability to think and feel freely.
I have enough food and enough money to meet my needs.
I live in a country that free of war, and many of the other difficulties people can face.
I’m not trapped in a negative state of mind like madness, craving, hatred or depression.
All of these things can change, but while I have these advantages I have a great opportunity.

I have had the great good fortune to meet the Dharma.
The Buddha taught it.
It has been practised down the generations.
Thanks to my teachers it has come to my country and my life in a form I can understand and accept.
I’ve had the good fortune to meet an effective Sangha, whose members offer me guidance and friendship.
All these conditions have made the Dharma a presence in my life, and made its practice possible for me.

Am I making use of the opportunity this offers?
How much time I waste!
How much of my life passes in unawareness!
How strongly my habits constrain me!
I would be foolish to waste this chance.
So let me commit myself to practising as fully as I can.

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Thank you Betsy. I often wonder what my 76 year old mother thinks. So many things to be grateful for at her age. Her children aging, her grandchildren blossoming. Joy at the same time the hints of decaying. Right view: be present with her and continue to enjoy the bond we have.

[Kiesha Battles]

I wish you well on you healing. “Those impulses are the delusion.”

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“There are opportunities to practice all day long.“ 🙏🏽

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Hi Everyone, Kiesha in Charlotte, NC. I am here because of Susan continuously being open to share the teachings with us. I resonate with her approach to meditation and buddhism. Thank you for affording me a scholarship to financially participate.

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