Guest guest Posted November 19, 1999 Report Share Posted November 19, 1999 A message to pass on... We heard recently from someone who returned from India. Her group met with the Dalai Lama for several days. The meetings focused on dialoguing what they believed were the 5 most important questions to be considered moving into the new millennium. The group were asked to come up with five questions before meeting with the Dalai Lama. They asked: 1. How do we address the widening gap between rich and poor? 2. How do we protect the earth 3. How do we educate our children? 4 How do we help Tibet and other oppressed countries/peoples? 5. How do we bring spirituality - deep caring for each other - through all disciplines? The Dalai Lama said all the questions fall under the last one. If we have true compassion, our children will be educated, we will care for the earth, and for those who "have not". He asked the group: Do you think loving on the planet is increasing or staying the same? His own response was, "My experience leads me to believe that love IS increasing." He shared a practice with the group that will increase loving and compassion in the world, and asked everyone attending to go home and share it with as many people as possible. The Practice 1. Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the same thing (to be happy and loved) and we are all connected. 2. Spend 5 minutes cherishing yourself and others. Let go of judgments. Breathe in cherishing yourself, and breathe out cherishing others. If the faces of people you are having difficulty with appear, cherish them as well. 3. During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet - we are all the same and I cherish myself and you. {Do it with the grocery store clerk, the client, your family, co-workers, etc.]. 4. Stay in the practice, no matter what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 1999 Report Share Posted November 19, 1999 Dear Xan: Thank you for passing this on to us. Such a simple technique....one that is a total win/win practice. Not only does one get the opportunity to heal within himself, others in his personal circle get to heal and the general vibration of the planet gets raised. I agree with the Dalai Lama that love on this planet is increasing.....no matter how CNN reports life on our planet.....it is practices like these that are pivotal to the increase. Linda >A message to pass on... >We heard recently from someone who returned from India. Her group met with >the Dalai Lama for several days. The meetings focused on dialoguing what >they believed were the 5 most important questions to be considered moving >into the new millennium. The group were asked to come up with five >questions before meeting with the Dalai Lama. >They asked: >1. How do we address the widening gap between rich and poor? >2. How do we protect the earth >3. How do we educate our children? >4 How do we help Tibet and other oppressed countries/peoples? >5. How do we bring spirituality - deep caring for each other - through >all disciplines? >The Dalai Lama said all the questions fall under the last one. If we have >true compassion, our children will be educated, we will care for the earth, >and for those who "have not". >He asked the group: Do you think loving on the planet is increasing or >staying the same? >His own response was, "My experience leads me to believe that love IS >increasing." >He shared a practice with the group that will increase loving and >compassion in the world, and asked everyone attending to go home and share it >with as many people as possible. >The Practice >1. Spend 5 minutes at the beginning of each day remembering we all want the >same thing (to be happy and loved) and we are all connected. >2. Spend 5 minutes cherishing yourself and others. Let go of judgments. >Breathe in cherishing yourself, and breathe out cherishing others. If the >faces of people you are having difficulty with appear, cherish them as well. >3. During the day extend that attitude to everyone you meet - we are all the >same and I cherish myself and you. {Do it with the grocery store clerk, the >client, your family, co-workers, etc.]. >4. Stay in the practice, no matter what happens. All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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