The classic instruction to "regard all beings as your mother" or the realization that you've lived through so many lifetimes that every being has been your mother at some point and therefore is worthy of love and respect doesn't work today...
For the rest of my lifetimes and Even beyond I vow to do my best to do no harm And in times of doubt i can think on the dharma And the enlightened ones who've graduated Samsara.
If I choose to own hybrid cars, recycle twice as much trash as I throw out, swap out my light bulbs and faucets, and wrap my pipes and myself up in multiple layers all winter long to be a responsible energy consumer, can awareness of the damage...
If you do not give yourself peace, how can you share it with others? If you do not begin your peace work with yourself, where will you go to begin it? To sit, to smile, to look at things and really see them, these are the basis of peace work. Thich...
We must not be cowed or intimidated by the weight of authority or traditions if we are to be enriched by them rather than be oppressed by them. Christina Feldman
Seeing how my investment in grievance was the very same thing that drives all the hatred and violence in the world catapulted me into a process of soul searching and inner discovery. John Welwood
By observing your brain at work and play, you become more aware of judgments bubbling up. And when you are aware of them, you can choose whether to act on them.
I imagine that if he knew I was sending him lovingkindness, he would mock it. Loudly. With a distinctive heh-heh-heh. Sarcasm is a deadly defense. It keeps people at an arm's length because they won't risk handing you the dagger you'll use to stab...
