All of the lower instincts invite us to ascend the throne and proclaim the desires of the mind; thus overcome by the lower instincts, the normal state of mind, or what we can call our higher nature, cannot manifest. People continue to busy themselves in search of sustenance according to their lower senses, or that which we call the “physical.”

– Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu –

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From “FOOD FOR THOUGHT,” translated from the Thai by Grant A. Olson.