Pema, cont'd

More wisdom (I think) from Ani Pema Chodron:

The next time you lose heart and you can't bear to experience what you are feeling, you might recall this instruction: change the way you see it and lean in. That's basically the instruction that Dzigar Kongtrul gave me. And now I pass it on to you.

Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and awake to our experience, not rejecting it, not grasping it, not buying the stories that we relentlessly tell ourselves. This is priceless advice that addresses the true cause of suffering- yours, mine and that of all living beings.

(Taking The Leap)

Comments

[am]

Thank you so much for this today. Something difficult has come up in the last few days that I can look at differently now and "lean in."

[Keara]

am, thank you for your kind comments and appreciation. They mean so much to me. I hope that your difficulties have eased, and that you are able to pursue your day's activities in peace. And contentment.