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Involve Yourself with Society

We have to develop an attitude of openness. That will create an entirely new approach to working with situations such as life in the city. Then the city will reform in its own way. We can’t really think that we are going to do this and that thing, and then the city will reform according to our wishes. We have to relate to a much bigger world that includes everyone, including the cowboys and the cops. They are a source of inspiration, definitely. They are beautiful people, unique. We should work with them. In fact, at a certain stage, we won’t be able to escape working with them. They will appear on our path, definitely so.

The more you involve yourself with society, the more experiences you have, the more workable situations will become. The intensity of your engagement brings space. The more intensity there is, that brings out more space. When you involve yourself with situations such as the overpopulation and the overpowering experience of being in the city, your involvement acts as a guardian. It helps to protect them, because you refuse to abandon them. You can find inspiration within work, within sex, within money. Within those things, you can find a connection to the sacredness of society.

From Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness, pages 10 to 11. Published by Shambhala Publications.

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