By the indefatigable Pema Chodron:
"As we train in opening our hearts we gradually feel more joy, the joy that comes from a growing appreciation of our basic goodness. We still experience strong conflicting emotions, we still experience the illusion of separateness, but there is a fundamental openess that we begin to trust. This trust in our fresh, unbiased nature brings us unlimited joy - a happiness thats completely devoid of clinging and craving. Thats they joy of happiness without a hangover.
How do we cultivate the conditions for joy to expand? We train in staying present...we stay with our little plot of earth that can be cultivated, that cultivation will bring it to its full potential. Even though its full of rocks and the soil is dry, we begin to plow this plot with patience"
"As we train in opening our hearts we gradually feel more joy, the joy that comes from a growing appreciation of our basic goodness. We still experience strong conflicting emotions, we still experience the illusion of separateness, but there is a fundamental openess that we begin to trust. This trust in our fresh, unbiased nature brings us unlimited joy - a happiness thats completely devoid of clinging and craving. Thats they joy of happiness without a hangover. How do we cultivate the conditions for joy to expand? We train in staying present...we stay with our little plot of earth that can be cultivated, that cultivation will bring it to its full potential. Even though its full of rocks and the soil is dry, we begin to plow this plot with patience"
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