Dear Friends,
Let me begin by extending a special bundle of Master’s love and grace to the world, as we move into February, the month well known here in the West for celebrating loving relationships. While Valentine’s Day was originally seen as pertaining only to relationships of romantic love, today we celebrate the love we share with dear friends, special relatives, kind neighbors, and indeed, all sentient beings.
As we receive the freshness of a new month, may we all take time to experience joy in all our relationships. May they truly sustain us as we journey through these perilous times of uncertainty and radical change. May we ever be mindful of our brothers and sisters struggling in war zones where basic amenities are greatly limited, or completely absent. Food may be scarce, and because so many homes have been demolished, warmth and protection against the elements may not be possible. For all of these, may we keep the flame of hope burning brightly in our hearts and in our generosity.
As we begin our core work for 2026 on liberating the mind, Master has chosen to begin with the afflictive mental state of anger. As you likely know, this klesha (or affective mind state) is rather complex, having a very broad base and generating many offshoots. Master offers quite a list of them in the teaching, and they will comprise the focus for our work this month. Depending on what arises for each of us during the month, some of us may find we get through the entire list. I, for one, am very grateful to Master for working with us in this way. While we all surely want to purge all traces of anger from our precious minds, we may not have had a very practical way to approach doing so. This is what Master will be offering us all year and I invite everyone to join the great purge!
Master also asked that I remind you of how He advises us to use the Daily Thoughts. Rather than casually skimming over the offering of the day, He recommends that we write them out (perhaps in our journals) and reflect upon them several times each day. He advises us to contemplate them every three hours over about a15-hour timeframe. In this way, they will stay with us all day, allowing us to learn from them as we “chew” on the wisdom they provide. Thus, we can internalize the vibration of each deeply to provide a buffer for those moments when a little irritation or frustration arises. In effect, they become our “mantra for the day,” so to speak. This process should be particularly meaningful in our work this month since there are so many manifestations of the anger klesha that we simply may not catch them as they move through our consciousness in their subtler forms. Click here to subscribe to the Daily Thoughts.
Looking forward to a month of pleasant surprises,
Kathlyn
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