What is he up to?
Flowers! Yummy...
Yum...
What did you see? Did you see a beautiful ringtail possum feeding in his natural habitat? Or did you see a destroyer of the beautiful Magnolia?
Looking at this same series of pictures, everyone would have a different perspective, based on their past experience and current state of mind.
I saw a destroyer of my Magnolia. Did I sense the rise of hatred? Could I see from the possum’s point of view? Could I let nature take it course? Have I done enough to prevent this from happening? Is it worth the effort?
Back to first principles, the 3 marks of existence.
Impermanence (anicca)
Unsatisfactoriness (dukkha)
non-self (anattā)
The conditioned world is imperfect, there is unsatisfactoriness (dukkha). Possum has to eat, or go hungry. Impermanence is the existent of the flower. If there is no permanent self, who owned the flower? When there is no ownership, the feeling of hatred against the possum would not arise. Therefore there will not be suffering of the mind.
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