Don’t we know,
only too well, that protection from pain doesn’t work, and that when we try to
defend ourselves from suffering, we only suffer more and don’t learn what we can
from the experience? As Rilke wrote, the protected heart that is “never exposed
to loss, innocent and secure, cannot know tenderness; only the won-back heart
can ever be satisfied: free, through all it has given up, to rejoice in its
mastery.”
Showing posts with label pain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pain. Show all posts
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Your Pain
Whatever you do, don’t shut off your
pain; accept your pain and remain vulnerable. However desperate you become,
accept your pain as it is, because it is in fact trying to hand you a priceless
gift: the chance of discovering, through spiritual practice, what lies behind
sorrow.
“Grief,” Rumi wrote, “can be the
garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain
can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and
wisdom.”
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Monday, 18 June 2012
Accepting your pain...
Whatever you do, don’t shut off your
pain; accept your pain and remain vulnerable. However desperate you become,
accept your pain as it is, because it is in fact trying to hand you a priceless
gift: the chance of discovering, through spiritual practice, what lies behind
sorrow.
“Grief,” Rumi wrote, “can be the
garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain
can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and
wisdom.”
-Rigpa Quote of the Day
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