There's a concept from Buddhism.
Known as the three poisons.
And I think it's a nice kind of overarching,
All-encompassing.
Concepts.
And it's been translated in a few different ways,
But I'll offer it in this way.
So the three poisons being attachment,
Aversion.
And ignorance.
Attachment,
Aversion,
And ignorance.
Holding on.
Pushing away.
And essentially.
.
.
Being asleep.
And those are sort of umbrella terms.
Attachment could be things like.
Greed.
Or clinging to a relationship.
Attachment in all the various ways that we find ourselves attaching,
You know,
Like this.
And then aversion can also refer to a variety of things.
Judgment.
Avoidance.
Distraction.
And other things that I can't think of,
But you probably can.
And then.
.
.
Ignorance.
Which in Buddhism it is the ultimate fundamental truth.
Underlying ignorance.
Be ignorance of our interconnectedness.
And the blindfold of separateness,
The fundamental false assumption that you are a separate entity,
That I am a separate entity,
That is Charles,
That is an ego.
That is separate from the world around me and from other people.
And that ignorance leads to.
.
.
Attachment,
And aversion based on the sense of a me who is separate.
And the wisdom.
I fast forwarded,
So those three.
Poisons can be transformed into through like Zen practice,
Buddhist practice,
Presence practice,
Mindfulness practice,
We can purify these poisons.
One by one,
From attachment into generosity.
Aversion,
Into compassion.
And ignorance.
Into wisdom.
Attachment into generosity.
Aversion into compassion.
And ignorance into wisdom.
And that fundamental thing is the ignorance transforms into the wisdom that we are,
Of course,
All connected.
Yes,
There is a certain uniqueness to me.
But I am an expression of the underlying oneness in the same way that you are and the sky is.
And the water is around me and the animals and the trees.
This is all the multiplicity of oneness.
And when I feel into the underlying oneness,
Then naturally my attachment transforms into generosity.
My aversion transforms into compassion.
Of course,
I wouldn't be judgmental towards you.
Because I feel that you are me.
I don't think it,
But I can actually feel it.
And I feel that you are me,
So I am naturally generous.
Willing to give completely,
Not out of a sense of righteousness or morality,
But out of a sense of It just makes sense,
Because I feel into the interconnectedness,
Like a tree feeling into the roots under the ground.
Connect with all the roots of the other trees,
And we all receive the same sun and the same rain.
And contribute to the same oxygen.
So if that's helpful to you,
You could consider that in any moment,
Maybe when you find yourself like this or like this.
Am I in attachment?
Am I in aversion?
Am I in ignorance?
And maybe,
Could those possibly be transformed?
In a beautiful way.
Like soil transforming into a beautiful flower.
Attachment into generosity,
Aversion into compassion,
And ignorance into.
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