Sweeter and Sweeter

As Geshe Kelsang says in the first sentence in the Preface of Modern Buddhism, "The instructions given in this book are scientific methods for improving our human nature and qualities through developing the capacity of our mind." Many of us know this line, and I'm sure some of you have even taught about it.
I appreciated Gen-la Dekyong's explanation of what makes it a scientific method, which she gave at the public talk in Vancouver as a prelude to the Western Canada Dharma Celebration this January.
She described two key attributes of a scientific method:
* It is reproducible.
* It works for everyone.

Throughout this public talk, she encouraged us to find a Buddhist concept that resonated and test it out: Does it make my life better? Does it solve my problems?
I love that Buddhism supports our personal explorations of its teachings, rather than just telling us to rely on the authority of scriptures and teachers. When Gen-la Khyenrab was General Spiritual Director, he was explaining these experiments of Buddhist teachings at US Festival one year, and he noted that we didn't need to run a control experiment, because we'd been doing that our whole lives and knew the results.

As an analogy, Gen-la D described an ordinary experiment of adding sugar to coffee or tea. We know our drink is going to get sweeter. We don't wonder what effect it's going to have. You get the same results I do. The more sugar you add, the sweeter your cuppa gets.
With Kadam Dharma, my life is getting sweeter and sweeter. I know the more Dharma I incorporate into my life, the sweeter it will get. Sweet!