Today is the official release date of our newest project! Get yours today!!! /postsfromthepa… 3 years ago Hey FB - our friend Barry Shaeffer is launching a really cool project and I think you should follow along on his… /i/web/status/1… 3 years ago So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. “Do you taste the salt?” asked the master.Īt this the master sat beside this serious young man, and explained softly, “The pain of life is pure salt no more, no less. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, “Now drink from the lake.”Īs the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the master asked, “How does it taste?” The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake. When the apprentice returned, the master told him to mix a handful of salt in a glass of water and then drink it. One morning, he sent him to get some salt. “An aging master grew tired of his apprentice’s complaints.
When I’m sad, lonely, happy, emotional, angry– I need bigger perspective– it changes me so quickly– it’s really hard to consider a problem a problem when you look at it thru a the lens of our global humanity…… If I’m feeling board and restless ( danger! danger! ) I need to expand my playground, make stuff happen. That helps me figure out in a hurry what I really need to focus on. When the inevitable struggle overwhelms me, the best tool I’ve found is to expand– if I’m feeling stressed and too crazy busy, I add more work, not less. The combination drags me from the darkness into the light all the time…. That’s why a mindfulness practice, a serious commitment to wisdom teachings and a circle of noble friends are so essential for me. When I emerge for the darkness, I’m amazed again how easy it is to forget. On the not so good, I’m like a stumbling around old man with dementia. that “this too shall pass”… ( both good and bad, crap! ). The great wisdom teachers tell us everything changes, that it’s inevitable. I’m humbled daily by how something feels in one moment, and how different if feels in the next. Even after mountains of evidence and example, I am still stunned how much perspective changes things.
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