When the world and our emotions are going up and down like a roller coaster, a stable foundation helps to keep us grounded. Awareness, the ability to be present, observing everything without grasping anything while suspending judgment, is a wonderful foundation. When that is too difficult, bring to the foreground our ethical dimension, thinking, speaking, and doing no harm. At least do the best we can. When we get stuck, please remember all the other millions and billions of people who are also stuck. Send them glue! Send them “unsticking solvent” beams of light filled with joy, some of which land back on you.
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Don’t get stuck
The more we love ourself without arrogance, and the more we love others without attachment, the happier we are and the happier others are. So, what’s holding us back? Kleshas (negative harmful emotions) hold us […]
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” This popular saying about courage and strength is very true. From a dharma perspective it means to take whatever comes our way into the path. When […]
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Let the flow go by itself
Often we get stuck in a funk. We are paralyzed and taken over by insecurity. We cannot accomplish anything. Nor can we just relax and be. Trying to push out of it just drains us. […]