You aspire to be more generous, more patient and kind. You value kindness and compassion. You put effort into cultivating right view and understanding.
What holds you back from practicing those all the time?
Negative emotions. Stressful situations. Difficult relationships and interactions. Our own self judgement, hope and fear. Our thoughts and ideas about how things should be or could be.
There are lots of reasons why we start to close down. It is easy to slip into narrow and confined states of mind.
Our daily practice of meditation gives us an opportunity to rest in open presence, to familiarize ourselves with our values and inner qualities. If we can learn to rest in open presence, even for a moment, then we will have more opportunity to recognize those qualities in our daily life.
It's a simple question, with profound impact.
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