Sublime

I saw that I needed diligent awareness to slowly develop the capacity to not grasp or have aversion towards anything that I recognize inside or around me.

We’re not attempting to become some sort of saint, but to be real people, with all of our stuff going on and allowing it to go on in others. And when we can’t do that, then we know a signal has been given: time to practice.

acknowledging the emotion and not suppressing it or acting on it, then transformation occurs and we are able to find more joy, peace, and awareness.

Thay calls this “selective watering,” watering the beneficial seeds and choosing not to provide nutriment to the things that at this moment in time bring suffering to ourselves and to those around us.

Li Wen-hui says, “His mind is pure. Whether speaking or silent, he is always truthful. When conditions arise, he acts. When conditions end, he rests.”