Dec. 25th, 2018

Bodhicitta

Dec. 25th, 2018 11:10 am
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“In the gentle garden of sanity, may you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.”

At some point, I decided I did not want to hide from reality anymore.

I have this quote in my office, placed so that when I look up from my work, I see it.

I know I will do my work more effectively if I see how things really are,

but then I suppose I struggle to deal with all I see.

I see my insignificance. I see how others hurt and make mistakes.

I see my own compassion.

I see how my inaction fails me sometimes.

I see how I suffer and I see how my actions also sometimes cause me to suffer.

I feel wrong often and am frustrated by all of it.

I see how imperfect we all really are.

Why do I expect perfection?

The quote reminds me to be gentle with myself.

I remember from other Buddhist works to find the Bodhichitta,

my soft place and allow it to be.

My heart breaks and breaks.

It is part of life.

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