The World is Not Your Cupcake!
The world is not your cupcake! Please do not waste anything that can be used or used again, preserved for someone else, given away suitably (to the correct person at the correct time), or preserved for later use. Wasting is a personal karmic habit to overcome, as lack of having what we need is the karmic result. Coming into this life, we have challenges to rethink and restructure our perceptions that makes us a user, depriving others of their minimal needs in their temporary times of difficulty. Even if we do not have everything we need at the present time, we should begin now to develop the karmic habit and attitude of using carefully and respectfully that which comes into our sphere of influence. This is far reaching advice when we think about objects; such as clothing or furniture, food; such as leftovers or harvest from the garden, and even our own time, that should be used for work, non-harmful enjoyment and meditation. ~Domo Geshe Rinpoche ~~~~ ""Die Welt ist nicht Dein...