what if i told you i was in love with this?
how to break down potential anxieties that cause so much suffering:
grasp the nature of thoughts and trace them to their very source.
a feeling of hatred, for example, can seem very solid and powerful-completely changing the way we behave. but if we look at it we see it is not brandishing any weapon, it can't crush us like a boulder could, or burn us like a fire. in reality the whole thing began with a tiny thought, which has gradually grown and swollen up like a storm cloud. from far away, summer clouds can look very impressive and solid. you really feel you could sit on them.but when you get inside them there is really hardly anything there. they turn out to be completely intagible. in the same way, when we look at a thought and trace it back to its source, we can't find anything substantial. at that moment the thought evaporates. this is called "liberating thoughts by looking at their nature", meaning to recognize their emptiness. once we've liberated a thought, it won't set off a chain reaction. instead it'll dissolve without a trace, like a bird flying through the sky.- matthieu ricard
grasp the nature of thoughts and trace them to their very source.
a feeling of hatred, for example, can seem very solid and powerful-completely changing the way we behave. but if we look at it we see it is not brandishing any weapon, it can't crush us like a boulder could, or burn us like a fire. in reality the whole thing began with a tiny thought, which has gradually grown and swollen up like a storm cloud. from far away, summer clouds can look very impressive and solid. you really feel you could sit on them.but when you get inside them there is really hardly anything there. they turn out to be completely intagible. in the same way, when we look at a thought and trace it back to its source, we can't find anything substantial. at that moment the thought evaporates. this is called "liberating thoughts by looking at their nature", meaning to recognize their emptiness. once we've liberated a thought, it won't set off a chain reaction. instead it'll dissolve without a trace, like a bird flying through the sky.- matthieu ricard