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The Path
In the fourth noble truth, we are introduced to the path, the way of life, that leads to freedom from suffering and the reactive patterns that generate it.
Reactive patterns have been in place for a long time. Much of life is the product of their operation. To dismantle these patterns we must take apart our lives. Attention works to dismantle patterns the way the energy of the sun melts ice. The directed energy of attention dissolves the structure of patterns, releasing the energy locked in them. We experience the freed energy as awareness and presence.
To cultivate and apply attention, we travel the eightfold path: right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right attention, right view, and right cognition.
In the context of the eightfold path, "right" does not mean right as opposed to wrong. The path is not a prescription for behavior that is deemed "right" by any authority. An action is right, in terms of the eightfold path, when the action comes from attention and presence rather than from reaction.
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The information on these pages is excerpted from Ken McLeod's book, Wake Up To Your Life.