It's a Meaningful Life
It Just Takes Practice
Chapter One
Waking Up from the American Dream
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I feel as if I've got all the right ingredients in place for a satisfying,
enjoyable life. Bet they're not adding up in some essential
way. I still feel a sense of yearning for more, an absence
of real joy. What am I missing?
The Buddhist tradition emphasizes an element of spiritual
living translated as "right view." The idea of right view, like
the old saying "Don't miss the forest for the trees," reminds
us that no matter how many good components we may
have for a fulfilling life, those components must also fit into
a bigger picture with which our individual lives are in harmony.
In other words, if we come to some idea of what life
in the largest sense is about, then we may begin to understand
why or how our personal life falls short of fulfillment.
We may even be surprised to see that we are not so unfulfilled
as we had thought. Much of our vague yearning and
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