School

Korean Zen Buddhist teacher Haemin Sunim said,

"Earth is a great school for the growth of our spirit, not a courtroom where we are judged and later punished. Our purpose here is to break free from self-imposed restraints -- often shaped by the stories we tell ourselves -- and to rediscover our innate true nature of love.

We don't need to live at the level of the ego, which feeds on the illusion of separation and the struggle for survival. Instead, we can rise to the level of spirit, embracing the truth that all life events, even the painful ones, serve our growth and evolution."

To consider, even for a moment, that life could be a school versus a courtroom, a curriculum versus a punishment, is an invitation to explore something broader than instinctual survival and deeper than transient pleasure.