Brilliant Sanity 👻

Basic Goodness

“ Buddhist psychology is based on the notion that human beings are fundamentally good. Their most basic qualities are positive ones: openness, intelligence, and warmth.”

~ Chogyam Trungpa Rimpoche

Everyone is born with basic goodness regardless of their actions. We judge others easily based on their outer appearance and actions. For instance, if a person is seen drinking alcohol all the time we should not judge all the time. It may have become their habitual pattern rather than trying to haunt or appreciate their basic goodness.

In my case, I display basic goodness in several ways. In-depth, I never noticed that talking less in the group gossip could be my one basic goodness. For instance, if I see gossiping about other people's bad character. I usually ignore them and think that they may have a reason for being in bad character. Another goodness could be I am a person with unconditional positive regard toward people; I always give a helping hand to others without expecting anything in return. For instance, filling the barrel all the time for the benefit of all. So, I look forward to cultivating basic goodness and creating awareness through mindfulness practice.