KINDLING FOR ANGER
Posted by Paul DiSegna
on July 20, 2016
Shantideva says a lot about our mindset. The mindset of friend and foe. Like and dislike. For me and against me. And how that very mechanism of buying so tightly into this notion of the good people and the bad people—the ones that I like and the ones I don't like—and how we get so invested in this and how this is "the kindling"...
WILLINGAsk yourself: Is there something worthwhile and trustworthy in me? Of course there is! But it's so simple that we tend to miss it or discount it. When we look into ourselves we tend to fixate on our neurosis, restlessness, and aggression. Or we might fixate on how wonderful, accomplished, and invulnerable we are, but those feelings are usua...
Thread MindfulnessEven though we may actually recognize the nature of awareness, we should not hold on to that mindfulness tightly, thinking, "I have indeed recognized it." If we do hold on to it tightly, it will be like when a thread is twisted too taut: one cannot sew with it, because it knots up. In the same way, if one is too tense, ...
