Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us. The trick to doing this is to stay with emotional distress without tightening into aversion; to let fear soften us rather than harden into resistance.
“Rather than harden…”
January 24, 2008 by Sandra Wells
Posted in Listening, Pema Chodron, Photo Canvases, Photography, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing, Yoga, Zen | 5 Comments
5 Responses
Leave a comment Cancel reply
Blog Stats
- 194,871 hits
Archives
- March 2015 (1)
- January 2015 (1)
- December 2014 (3)
- January 2014 (2)
- December 2013 (1)
- November 2013 (7)
- October 2012 (2)
- June 2011 (3)
- May 2011 (2)
- April 2011 (4)
- November 2010 (2)
- October 2010 (8)
- September 2010 (1)
- March 2010 (10)
- February 2010 (2)
- January 2010 (2)
- December 2009 (1)
- November 2009 (7)
- October 2009 (7)
- July 2009 (2)
- June 2009 (1)
- May 2009 (3)
- March 2009 (3)
- February 2009 (4)
- January 2009 (4)
- December 2008 (4)
- November 2008 (4)
- October 2008 (11)
- September 2008 (6)
- August 2008 (9)
- July 2008 (7)
- June 2008 (5)
- May 2008 (6)
- April 2008 (11)
- March 2008 (13)
- February 2008 (28)
- January 2008 (31)
- December 2007 (26)
- November 2007 (29)
- October 2007 (31)
- September 2007 (30)
- August 2007 (31)
- July 2007 (31)
- June 2007 (30)
- May 2007 (32)
- April 2007 (30)
- March 2007 (31)
- February 2007 (5)
Categories
- Allen Ginsberg
- Anne Sexton
- Antonio Marchado
- Ariel Gore
- Charles Simic
- Charles Wright
- Dad
- David Waggoner
- David Whyte
- Denise Levertov
- Derek Walcott
- Dialogue
- Family
- Friends
- Gary Snyder
- Giac Thanh
- Inspiration
- Instructions
- James Wright
- Jane Hirshfield
- Jane Kenyon
- John O'Donohue
- Katagiri Roshi
- Kerouac
- Kinetic Learning
- Language
- Leadership
- Listening
- Margaret Atwood
- Marriage
- Mary Oliver
- May Sarton
- Mothering
- Naomi Nye
- Natalie Goldberg
- Nature
- Neil Douglas Klotz
- Neural Pathways
- Obsessions
- Pema Chodron
- Photo Canvases
- Photography
- Poems
- Poetry
- Prayers
- Richard Wright
- Rilke
- Robert Frost
- Roger Keyes
- Rumi
- Russell Edson
- Sharon Olds
- Social Constructionism
- Spirituality
- Stanley Kunitz
- T.S. Eliot
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Wedding
- Wendell Berry
- Wholeness
- William Stafford
- Writing
- WS Merwin
- Yoga
- Zen
Thank yo my friend.
LikeLike
Wow… that was a well-timed message for me…
LikeLike
[…] Here also in a quotation on Inner Edge. […]
LikeLike
[…] February 6, 2008 in culture shock Tags: aversion, belonging, culture shock, fear, horror, Inner Edge, recrafting A good saying here on Inner Edge. […]
LikeLike
[…] I came across this quotation on Inner Edge on how to maintain some mental balance and perpective when life […]
LikeLike