..续本文上一页ike this for the time being, in order to give myself encouragement.
This is how I got over unpeaceful times, giving myself the advice that it”s all not sure, and that in the future I might come to peace. I was tricking myself like that, many times, over and over. Keeping it up, I gained encouragement and finally became calm. Surely, this is difficult, but if you keep saying it is difficult, of course then it is difficult. If you say it is easy, then it is easy. It”s really easy. I don”t know how to call it -it”s all a problem of not developing the point where it is just right. If you have found it though, everything comes down to being well balanced in itself, One can”t know really before where the point of just-rightness lies. But if one really does the practice, the right balance will becomes self-evident. Talking about the middle way is so difficult, because for one person it may be a certain way but for some other person it may be different again. It depends on the inpidual. Everyone has got to go and find it for himself, one can”t tell someone else where the balance lies. Everyone has to try out on his own until he knows. But if you don”t do the practice, you won”t know. And when you do practice, you also need to practice fully to the limit. You can”t just practice without doing wholeheartedly and then go saying: "I”ve already tried it out and don”t seem to get anything out of it", and if somebody else says he does you go arguing with each other without end. Isn”t that how it goes
Take somebody who learns easily when studying and passes the exams, whereas another person fails them. The one who fails the exams will complain: "I have studied, but I didn”t get it. It was so hard, I nearly died." The one who passed will say: "I didn”t find it hard, all the questions were really easy". So what to say
It”s difficult to talk about how people feel about things. Whatever standard that lies in the middle should do. That means not to force things too much and not let it be too lax. This is enough.
It is not a question of whether or not you will become peaceful. This isn”t the problem. The problem is not to give up practicing. Continually keep on practicing, and you will attain peacefulness. But right now, whether you”re a monk, novice or layperson, when you don”t become peaceful, you don”t want to practice. This is exactly what destroys the peace, what prevents peacefulness from developing. If you”re not peaceful, you need to go for it, each and every day. That”s it. You really don”t need to be worried if it”s not calm - it doesn”t matter. Tomorrow you can start again, no problem. We can restart over and over, that”s how to do it. If you all practice in this way, I believe for sure, that each and every one of you will find peace. Don”t give up too early, everyone of you. You are worried that you”re not peaceful, that you don”t have the barami the krooba-ajahns had, like Luang Poo Mun - they have built up huge amounts before -they really had it easy. All they needed to do was to sit down, and in no time they were already gone beyond, not experiencing anything any more..." If you think like this, you can give up straight away. You might as well stop practicing at once. You have to practice fighting to the last. No peace - never mind. Try to encourage yourselves over and over "...it doesn”t matter if it”s not peaceful - tomorrow it”ll work, it”s going to become peaceful..." Keep going on and on, that”s the way, fighting relentlessly, unremittingly. The more you practice the better. Even if you are about to fall asleep, when you”re drowsy or agitated -so what! Always bring to your mind that you can begin with a fresh start again and again. You shouldn”t give way to moods of happiness and frustration, thinking, "peaceful enough for to…
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