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Alejandro Serrano

Alejandro Serrano is a communicator, marketer and meditation instructor from Mexico City. In his spare time he writes at activedharma.com.

AIM FOR BUDDHAHOOD IN THIS LIFETIME

Go for the highest goal, the real deal: full buddhahood in this lifetime. I’m not saying lower goals aren’t needed. The simplest meditation attainments help, of course. However, going for the highest goal opens more possibilities and yields more benefits you are probably not aware of.

REFLECTIONS THAT TURN THE MIND

True practice involves changing thick habits of body, speech and mind. Sounds simple when you say it. It even sounds romantic and heroic: I will transform my thoughts, words and deeds to become enlightened for the benefit of all sentient beings. A hardcore dharma practitioner soon realizes that this particular resolve is hard.

HOW TO MAKE ROOM FOR AWAKENED MIND

The space where wholesome action can flow is felt as a willingness to do the most wholesome. That’s the sign we are doing it right: inside ourselves there is open space to act differently.

FROM RECOVERY TO TAKING REFUGE: A TESTIMONY

I was struggling with anger and resistance to accept I was being an asshole to my loved ones, my sponsor asked: “have you kneeled to God lately?”. I was utterly surprised by that question. “What in the world is he talking about?”, I thought. I felt offended. I couldn’t believe he had the nerves to ask me to kneel.