Guest guest Posted July 22, 2000 Report Share Posted July 22, 2000 Hi All, I live reading Sharon's posts, and thought i would share this one: Love, Mark Sat, 22 Jul 2000 08:20:11 EDT "Sharon H." <shar_63 Buddhaviharas To: buddhaviharas "The basic ground of compassionate action is the importance of working WITH rather than struggling AGAINST, and what I mean by that is working with your own unwanted, unacceptable stuff, so that when the unacceptable and unwanted appears out THERE, you relate to it based on having worked with loving-kindness for yourself. Then there is no condescension. This nondualistic approach to true to the heart because it's based on our kinship with each other. We know what to say, because we have experienced closing down, shutting off, being angry, hurt, rebellious, and so forth, and have made a relationship with those things in ourselves." - Pema Chodron, "Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living" May this be of benefit. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame. Dhammapada 81 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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