Seventy Percent Doing Things, Thirty Percent Watching Our Minds

We all have experienced emotional impulses in our lives.

When we see others bursting with rage, we feel it is truly not worth it. How can someone be so serious about something so trivial? At those times, we could preach to them earnestly. However, when moments later we hear or encounter something unpleasant, our once peaceful mind can turn into a fury instantly. We might become agitated and start to lash out.

We are used to attributing our anger to the faults of others. But even if we can find hundreds or thousands of reasons to complain, repel and hate others, we cannot bring relief, peace, and joy to our own hearts. Our hatred will continue to grow like a balloon. We will become exhausted and resentful, and will acquire nothing other than a scarred heart and a deeper spiritual gap between yourself and others.

It is very difficult to contain this anger when it arises.  One approach to deal with this anger is to remember the merit of the person in question.
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In a moment, our tempers can explode. Yet, if we take a moment to switch our thinking, we can see a situation may not be as terrible as we first thought. More magically, when we allow ourselves this process, a sense of inner relief and ease will naturally follow. We should aspire to spend seventy percent of our time actively doing things and the other thirty percent of our time watching our minds. This way, our minds will become clearer and more powerful and eventually, good times and good things will happen. 

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