Spiritual Activist | Brother Troi Nguyen Luc

When I was an environmental activist,

my energy was directed outwards.

I thought that I was helping many people.

I was helping the environment,

but at the same time I was not able to have good relationship with the people closest to me,

my family, my friends, my colleagues and even within myself.

So I felt ashamed.

I felt that I needed to set the priority right and

with me being an activist,

I had this strong habit energy of looking outwards,

and see things that's not right.

I tried to fix it.

But I did not look inside myself.

What is wrong in here?

There's something that maybe need to be looked at, also.

So to become a spiritual activist is to look inwards, not just outward,

to look inwards more and to see what is in here that needs to be paid attention to.

And with Thầy's teachings, there is no separation.

Looking inwards is also taking care of the things outside.

But that doesn't mean they stop outside activities completely.

It's more about taking care of what is going on inside here more,

and when inside is more peaceful, is more calm than whatever action we do,

it's going to be based on understanding and love, not on anger or negative emotions.