WHEN TO USE: When you would like to wish someone well, but you believe or feel that their best interests will put you at a loss.
PURPOSE: To cultivate goodwill and kindness in situations we feel strongly invested in.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Think of the other person.
- Consider how you want them to be happy, and you want them to be free of suffering. Say:
“May you be free of suffering,” or “May you be happy and content.” - End with the following statement, and know it to be true:
“It’s okay, God will take care of me.”
Use whatever term you like to refer to the divine, the flow of existence, emptiness, Brahma. This statement is the key to putting your whole heart into goodwill. - Put your deepest faith in that statement, and allow it to free you so that you can wish well to this person without any constraints or fears, without feeling as if you must experience pain in order for them to be well.
“mindjob” Heh!
I love this: “The more confused you are, the better.” Than I’m doing great
Thanks for giving us another way to view love relationships. I struggle a lot like your sociology student did, wanting something tangible, but when I can drop that love just becomes a field we swim in, with no reason to attach to anything. Another lovely post!
-M
Haha, yes, I went with the non-obscene synonym. There seem to be some situations for which profanity says it all just right.
mindfudgesomething that messes with your head a lotstupid thesaurus *!#^@You are the most beautiful person I have ever had the honor to know. thank you for the gifts you give to us all every day.
scott
Aw Scott, thank you, but go look in a mirror. And, can you send me your address again? ;-D
“when I choose to love, that love is divine”
LOVE that. ok, i don’t think in terms of divinity, but i get it.
my emphasis is always on the quality of the love. i had never thought of the moment, that nanosecond of choosing love, as the perfection.