Difficult People Are The Greatest

As We Practice, We Begin To Know The Difference Between Our Fantasy And Reality.

When We Practice Generating Compassion, We Can Expect To Experience Our Fear Of Pain. Compassion Practice Is Daring. It Involves Learning To Relax And Allow 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.

The Idea Is To Develop Sympathy For Your Own Confusion.

If You Work With Your Mind, That Will Alleviate All The Suffering That Seems To Come From The Outside.

The Most Fundamental Aggression To Ourselves, The Most Fundamental Harm We Can Do To Ourselves, Is To Remain Ignorant By Not Having The Courage And The Respect To Look At Ourselves Honestly And Gently.