Im not averse to helping Wall Street when it helps Main Street.
Find a gap between a trigger event and our usual conditioned response to it and by using that pause to collect ourselves and shift our response
The movement of the heart as we practice generosity in the outer world mirrors the movement of the heart when we let go of conditioned views about ourselves on our inner journey. Letting go creates a joyful sense of space in our minds
We need the compassion and the courage to change the conditions that support our suffering. Those conditions are things like ignorance, bitterness, negligence, clinging, and holding on.
Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.
In contrast, compassion manifests in us as the offering of kindness rather than withdrawal. Because compassion is a state of mind that is itself open, abundant and inclusive, it allows us to meet pain more directly. With direct seeing, we know that we are not alone in our suffering and that no one need feel alone when in pain. Seeing our oneness is the beginning of compassion, and it allows us to reach beyond aversion and separation.
Resilience is based on compassion for ourselves as well as compassion for others
About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell. . . I defy anybody to read the first page and not keep going to the last.
The masters thought they were loved until one day one of their favorites farted loudly while serving dinner and the next day was gone. The very first manifestation of the classless society is the disappearance of the servant class.
Vee said," I'm trying to read the title he's holding…hang on…How to Be a Stalker. " "He is not checking out a book with that title. " But I wasn't so sure. "It's either that of How to Radiate Sexy Without Trying.
As a consequence, I think of the idea of 'common practice' at any time as something that can only be seen by looking backwards. Maybe around the turn of the 20th century there might have been some kind of common practice but now it looks to me like the boundaries have come down.