Trials in life are one of the most important things that we will ever get.
And trials in life really are only positives.
For it is those trials that bring about great spiritual growth.
The more difficult the trial,
The greater the spiritual growth.
Sometimes it is misunderstood in Buddhism the idea of suffering.
Suffering has sometimes been seen as a very negative way to look at life.
But Buddha understood the golden rule that applies to the nature of reality,
Which is the rule of duality.
Without suffering there can never be enlightenment.
And it is this duality that Buddha was trying to teach.
When we look throughout history we start to see that the greatest human beings were those ones that had to undergo difficult and heartbreaking trials.
People such as Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela who spent 25 years in jail.
We can continue this list for a very long time,
But we will always note that all the greatest people ever to walk the face of the earth had undergone incredibly difficult trials.
We also need to pause for a second and think of ourselves,
Of how many ordinary people around us that you look up to,
Or you think is a bit of a mentor,
Or you think they are a special human being.
And when you start to look at their story,
The reason why they have become like this is because they too have undergone great trials.
We must never forget this law of reality,
This golden law,
Which is the law of duality.
Without suffering there is no enlightenment.
Without difficulty there is no gain.
Without sadness there is no happiness.
This is why for many many hundreds of years the great ancient masters said,
If you see something as bad,
Then you have just created something that is good.
If you see something as good,
You have just created something that is bad.
This is the rule of duality.
And therefore one needs to look at the trials of life as opportunities for greater spiritual growth and enhancement.
