Often we find ourselves going "against the
grain" of the flow of daily events. Unconvinced that the Divine is
truly present in the interactions, challenges and occurrences of the
day, we resist and complain, wishing things were different. A
sign of this resistance is a feeling of tenseness in our body. One
good way to deal with this tenseness is through the Tibetan practice of
tonglen. Here, we inhale the physical feeling of tightness, and then
exhale peace and spaciousness into that tightness, ventilating it and
giving it a sense of transparency and flow. This allows us, as some of
the French mystics have explained, to experience "the sacrament of the
present moment."
Photo: Fallen Limber Pine trunk, a young Englemann Spruce, and Hallett Peak; Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; November 4, 2013
Photo: Fallen Limber Pine trunk, a young Englemann Spruce, and Hallett Peak; Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; November 4, 2013
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