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We are surrounded by sadness. In some ways, I feel buddhist entirely because of this. I don't want to reflect on it, or use my perceptions or actions as vehicles of identification, I want to see through these waters, to part them in some final and irrevocable way.The Buddha said that this could be done by following the eight-fold path:Right view Right intention Right speech Right action Right livelihood Right effort Right mindfulness Right concentrationI can't say that I consider these things hourly, daily, weekly, monthly. What I tend to consider is my relationships with others and the manner in which I communicate (through action, perspective, thought and word) and the effects it may have on the world as it is manifested around and through my being.YoursJonathan