Ajahn Chah
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You have your own duty and responsibility.
You don't have to take on those of your family.
And don't take on anything else.
Let it all go.
This letting go will make your mind calm.
Your sole responsibility right now is to focus your mind and bring it to peace.
Leave everything else to the others.
Forms, sounds, odors, tastes.
Leave them to the others to attend to.
Put everything behind you and do your own work.
Fulfil your own responsibility.
Whatever arises in your mind, be it fear of pain, fear of death, anxiety about others or whatever,
Say to it, don't disturb me.
You're no longer any concern of mine.
Just keep this to yourself when you see those dharmas arise.
What does the word Dharma refer to?
Everything is Dharma.
There is nothing that is not a Dharma.
And what about world?
The world is the very mental state that is agitating you at the present moment.