Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (Shambhala Classics)

down there was another step, while his shadow kept up with them without the slightest difficulty. He attributed his failure to the fact that he was not running fast enough. So he ran faster and faster, without stopping, until he finally dropped dead. He failed to realize that if he merely stepped into the shade, his shadow would vanish, and if he s

There was a man so displeased by the sight of his own shadow and so displeased with his own footsteps that he determined to get rid of both. The method he hit upon was to run away from them. So he got up and ran. But every time he put his

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. —CARL JUNG

Out of this arises a sense of purpose, a sense of meaning so strong in our lives that no matter what the circumstances, no matter what the situation, our goal or our greatest desire at any moment is to express genuine love.

This is a very powerful stage in the practice, because the enemy, or the person with whom we have difficulty, stands right at the division between the finite and the infinite radiance of love. At this point, conditional love unfolds into unconditional love. Here dependent love can turn to the flowering of an independent love that is not based upon

The answer I had given was indeed considered the correct one for the intensive practice of metta.

We see that all beings want to be happy, and that this impulse unites us.

Joy has so much capacity to eliminate separation that the Buddha said, “Rapture is the gateway to nirvana.”

“May I have ease of well-being.”