![]() Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, we are each endowed with a certain measure of that cosmic pain, and are called upon to meet it in compassion instead of self-pity. Quote from the Jack Kornfield meditation: “The Sufi say, “Overcome any bitterness because you were not up to the magnitude of the pain that was entrusted to you. In the meditation, Jon quotes the poet Rainer Maria Rilke: I am the rest between two notes. –gratitude to Celia Landman for sharing this in an email Kaira Jewel Lingo A Meditation for Connecting to the Body. I offer the perfect sanctity of this very moment. 2 quotes from Kaira Jewel Lingo: Ajahn Chah, the Thai Forest monk and teacher, asked his students one. To those who still feel somehow incomplete, Kaira Jewel Lingo Quotes (Author of We Were Made. I send a gentle breeze to caress your brow. I remind you that a part is born only by bisecting a whole.įor those who have forgotten the tender mercy of a mother’s embrace, To those who see only division and separateness, I remind you that the angels sang in celebration of you on the day of your birth. I hold you in the bosom of your original mother. To those who must frighten into submission, 2 quotes from Kaira Jewel Lingo: 'Ajahn Chah, the Thai Forest monk and teacher, asked his students one day when they passed a big boulder, Do you think that boulder is heavy His students said, Yes, it’s extremely heavy. To those who vent their rage on small children, I promise more abundance than you could ever hold onto. ![]() I remind you of the invincibility of Spring. To those who need to cut, slash, or burn, I offer the limitless expanse of the sky. ![]() To those who would confine, suppress, or deny, We open to our experience of anger and allow it to be here. I remind you that you shine with the purity of a thousand suns. Lingo continues: Once mindfulness recognizes anger, it begins to accept it and give it space. I grant you the freedom to express your own choked agony. I cradle you in safety at the core of my Being. Kuan Yin’s Prayer for the Abuser (author unknown) When Savoring a Pleasant Moment Is a Radical Act Kaira Jewel Lingo is a Dharma teacher who has a lifelong interest in blending spirituality and meditation with social justice. Links and resources from this week’s sessions Monday June 1stħ5 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice Tuesday June 2nd
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