A guided meditation on emptying the mind with Buddhist teacher Gil Fronsdal.
"It's ok, and if it's not ok, that's ok too."
"You don't have to be equal, you don't have to be better, you don't have to be worse. You can just be at peace."
"The third form of patience is acceptance of truth. It is the willingness to see deeply, without resistance, the truth of the moment and the truth of the deepest levels of reality. This includes living in accord with the insight that at our core there is no self to build up, hang onto, or defend. Seeing the luminous emptiness at the center of all things means that we can begin to let go of grasping to a self-conscious and fixed idea of who we are. This requires a kind of patience, because deep spiritual insight is an affront to the ego. Most of us orient our lives around a limited view of ourselves; it can be quite frightening to let this view go. The patient acceptance of truth that allows us to let go is a personal strength developed together with the strengths of virtue, discernment, wisdom, resolve and loving-kindness."
~ Quotes by Gil Fronsdal
"Clearly, all fear has an element of resistance and a leaning away from the moment. Its dynamic is not unlike that of strong desire except that fear leans backward into the last safe moment while desire leans forward toward the next possibility of satisfaction. Each lacks presence.
~ Stephen Levine
I leave you with a dedication:
Throughout the world, beings suffer.
May I be at peace.
May all beings be at peace.
Free from clinging and attachment,
May we all find true happiness in our hearts and minds.
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The gift of the Dharma excels all gifts;
The taste of the Dharma excels all tastes;
Delight in the Dharma excels all delights.
The eradication of Craving overcomes all sorrow.
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