owning nothing not even your clothes could make you happy?

A face shining like this is clear evidence that the person inside it is happy!

Most of each day is spent looking after possessions isn't it?  We got that body out of bed, wash it, feed it and then set about thinking about what job it will do today and what it might need not only today but in the days ahead.  It requires a car to get it to the shops of course and a house to put the acquisitions in and a fridge to fill with food before the mouth gets to work on it!  Your life (my life too) is mostly predicated on the idea that my body is the reality and the spirit is an optional extra.  Not so my heroine of today whose example inspires confidence that the spiritual life is worth the effort

I want to introduce you to Lama Zangmo whose focus is on that spiritual life,  She said recently that "when you go deeply on a spiritual path, your values change. You don’t focus your whole life on having a job so you can make money to pay for all your material possessions, that's not your focus in life." 

She is an example of the happiness that can be felt in this way of life, she just exudes a deeply satisfied sense of joy.  The most interesting thing about meeting her is that you wouldn't feel she lacked anything because of her simple approach to life.  For her discipline isn't harsh, it is a way of life which repays what might seem to us to be a sacrifice.

Why don't you meet her too?  She will be a speaker at St Martin-in-the-Fields on November 23rd for Just this Day or click on the sparkly globe on the home page at 9.30 and join many of us there via the live stream.