Why Do Beings Live In Hate?

Has there ever been a time when the world was not filled with fear and violence? Millenia ago just as now, humans have been bound in a cycle of delusion, fear, and harm. The way out is within us – learning to find the still-point in the mind, where fleeting conditions subside. Awake to the present, anxiety and clinging bow to an inner contentment and peace. We are on the Middle Way. A talk given at a Satipaññā Insight Meditation Toronto (SIMT) retreat, November, 2015.