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There's a thing in the Buddhist teachings called right understanding.

That can be interpreted so many different ways.

One thing that you will find is that your mind, the proper mind, the clearer mind, is your friend.

I know the mind can be a problem.

It is a problem.

It's out of control.

It causes all kinds of issues. But mind itself can help you tremendously on your journey. So right understanding can mean that. It can mean just basic understanding of what is going on.

Because it's very confusing every moment every day there's

all this stuff judgments fears desires problems issues it's just very confusing very overwhelming

it's kind of like you're drowning.

If you're thrown into the water and you're drowning,

you thrash around you do anything you can to try to find some solidity.

That is where most of humankind is.

They are drowning or they're trying not to drown.

Some people are better at it, appear to be anyways.

Some people are not so good at it. And you just have to keep struggling. It's a struggle. I think it's hilarious nowadays to watch. Nowadays, a lot of very rich people. Maybe you noticed, right? They have just many problems. Everybody else. People turn on them. They have enemies. They have this. They get sued and cord. I don't know if I want to be the rich you want to be the rich i don't think you want to be the rich it just doesn't stop everybody's got it

if you're a beautiful woman you get old or somebody doesn't like what you look like or the handsome

men you know people aren't interested in you anymore when you turn gray. It's just endless.

So what right understanding is, okay, for example, I used to work on cars when I was in high school.

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