Pema Chodron "This Lousy World"

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Pema tells us how our suffering inclines us to blame others and the external world rather than change our relationship with our suffering by wearing leather shoes

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[oneirishpoet]

"Want to know my secret? ...I don't mind what happens!" ~ J. Krishnamurti

[lgarvey]

@HigherPlanes Shakespeare wrote in one of his plays "Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so", and Epictetus, the ancient stoic philosopher said "men are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take on things." It isn't about denying the problem but rather realising that the "problem", which causes you suffering, only exists only in your mind.

[jxms74b]

@anyplace4u2 Much of what Pema Chodron writes about is based on compassion, so I don't believe she would endorse ignoring injustice at all. This, at least to my eyes and ears, is a call to cultivating personal strength and endurance amid the inevitable trials of life, rather than covering them up or living in denial. That inner strength can then be used to enter situations honestly with a clear, compassionate heart and mind, rather than focusing on creating personal "comfort".

[jxms74b]

@anyplace4u2 I understand your good point. I believe the point being made relates to how we as imperfect humans try to make the world conform to our ideas of comfort, instead of seeking equanimity and working on ourselves to cultivate a heightened, more flexible perspective on life. We cannot control everything, nor should we seek to. Sometimes, what may make a situation comfortable for you is at odds with the well-being of another. Is it still justified to make such an action?

[aek1928]

You all have (including this lady rapped in cloth) a long, long way to go before you even start using analogies and even more so even longer to be like the Great Hellenes! I won't even dare make the comparison.

[mikefiftynine]

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[SkyJamMusicVideos]

it's based on the stream of constant thought and what we attend to in our own minds

[PhysiologicAli]

Thank you.

[anyplace4u2]

my putting leather on the glass, u also allow the other person to walk through... that's why i can never be a buddhist, when there is unjust in the world, everyone is resposible to to speak out and to stop it.