We Can Spend Our Whole Lives Escaping

Most Of Us Do Not Take These Situations As Teachings. We Automatically Hate Them. We Run Like Crazy. We Use All Kinds Of Ways To Escape - All Addictions Stem From This Moment When We Meet Our Edge And We Just Can't Stand It. We Feel We Have To Soften It, Pad It With Something, And We Become Addicted To Whatever It Is That Seems To Ease The Pain.

Resisting What Is Happening Is A Major Cause Of Suffering.

Allow Situations In Your Life To Become Your Teacher.

The Most Heartbreaking Thing Of All Is How We Cheat Ourselves Of The Present Moment.

Tonglen Is A Way For You To Be With People Who Need You - Beginning With Yourself.