In the Buddha's first teaching—called the four noble truths—he talked about suffering. The first noble truth says that it's part of being human to feel discomfort. Nothing in its essence is one way or the other. All around us the wind, the fire, the earth, and the water, are always taking on different qualities; they're like magicians. ...
​Stealing Time
Posted by Paul DiSegna
on May 12, 2015
By ArianaSkyHorse RanchPeople often ask me, "How do you do you do everything you do?" I say inquisitively, "I don't know, I ask myself the same question."As I have been studying myself under the microscope during my healing, looking for clues to how I manage (or rather accumulate) stress, I figured out that I actually steal time...
I often wondered why it is that when I get hooked, when I'm resentful for example, and I breathe with it instead of acting out, it feels like I'm sitting in the middle of the fire. I asked Kongtrul Rinpoche about this. He said, "Because by not doing the habitual thing, you're burning up the seeds of aggression." As each individual works w...
