Tag: Earthly desires are enlightenment

• Why Your Worst Day Is Sacred: 4 Ancient Ideas That Will Change Your Life

  

  Most of us live with a quiet assumption: that peace, spiritual awakening, or enlightenment requires an escape. We feel we must get away from our anger, our greed, our fear, and the challenging circumstances that trigger them. We search for an escape hatch from the messy, frustrating reality of our lives, believing that tranquility lies…

  William Altig

  October 19, 2025

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• What a 13th-Century Monk, Exiled and Sentenced to Die, Knew About Resilience That We’re Just Rediscovering

  

  We all know the feeling. Life is moving along, and then, without warning, a challenge appears that knocks us off our feet. It could be a professional setback, a personal crisis, or a wave of obstacles that leaves us feeling powerless and wondering what we did wrong. We strive, we hope, we pray, but sometimes…

  William Altig

  October 12, 2025

  Nichiren

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