We are familiar with the practice of compassion, but what does self-compassion look like?
Self-compassion is the act of giving yourself space. Space to breath, space to experience strong emotions, space to fail. It looks like tenderness and humility. It means not taking yourself so damn seriously.
But self-compassion is a slippery slope.
Are we being tender and humble, or are we closing down and protecting our self? Are we giving ourselves space to work, or are we not engaging for fear of failure? Are we allowing ourselves to be wrong and to not beat ourselves up about it, or are we caught up in how right we really are?
Truly the greatest act of self-compassion that we can enact is to cut through the root of self-grasping. That is a bold act, and one that is simultaneously compassionate for oneself and others.
That is compassion as it abides and manifests.
Clarify your practice. Let your practice clarify you.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Why healing? Why purpose?
Why healing?
We all have this notion of healing ourselves and even healing others.
The human condition is one of suffering and strife, feelings of guilt and inadequacy.
The focus is always on 'I', ego.
Paradoxically, it is we who cannot forgive ourselves out of our own self-grasping.
Out of self-grasping, we seek healing,
because of self-grasping, we are not healed.
Why purpose?
We all have this notion of fulfilling the purpose of ourselves and even others.
The human condition is one of seeking to overcome all the suffering and strife,
that is said to be buddhanature ripening.
The focus is always on 'I', ego.
Paradoxically, it is we who cannot accomplish our own purpose out of our own self-grasping.
Out of self-grasping, we seek purpose,
because of self-grasping, our purpose is not fulfilled.
Cutting the root, self-grasping,
we find that we are simultaneously healed and fulfilled.
All the qualities once sought have become fully manifest.
We have arrived at the citadel,
surrounded by the noble riches of those thus gone.
We are the womb of suchness,
in which worlds of opportunity unceasingly unfold.
We all have this notion of healing ourselves and even healing others.
The human condition is one of suffering and strife, feelings of guilt and inadequacy.
The focus is always on 'I', ego.
Paradoxically, it is we who cannot forgive ourselves out of our own self-grasping.
Out of self-grasping, we seek healing,
because of self-grasping, we are not healed.
Why purpose?
We all have this notion of fulfilling the purpose of ourselves and even others.
The human condition is one of seeking to overcome all the suffering and strife,
that is said to be buddhanature ripening.
The focus is always on 'I', ego.
Paradoxically, it is we who cannot accomplish our own purpose out of our own self-grasping.
Out of self-grasping, we seek purpose,
because of self-grasping, our purpose is not fulfilled.
Cutting the root, self-grasping,
we find that we are simultaneously healed and fulfilled.
All the qualities once sought have become fully manifest.
We have arrived at the citadel,
surrounded by the noble riches of those thus gone.
We are the womb of suchness,
in which worlds of opportunity unceasingly unfold.
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