Listening to my ancestors helps to soothe me. These days feels like a valuable time to turn to them; not just because it was likely worse for them, but because we have also inherited their perseverance and determination toward survival. Paralleling my life with theirs I am reminded that there is always a way through and the suffering is not at the

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“Tonglen: The Key to Realizing Interconnectedness

PEOPLE GENERALLY eat up the teachings, but when it comes to doing tonglen, they say, “Oh, it sounded good, but I didn’t realize you actually meant it.” In its essence, this practice is: when anything is painful or undesirable, breathe it in. In other words, you don’t resist it. You surrender to

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