Breathing at the Shore of Infinite Kindness

                  "These two are the same in that each,
                  from her own viewpoint, wants happiness
             and doesn't want misery.
                      From my viewpoint, this one who seems so close
                           now has been reborn as my enemy countless times.
  This one toward whom I feel hostile
                  has been reborn as my mother countless times
                    and has cared for me with love.
           Which one should I like?
            Which one should I hate?
                        I will feel equanimity and be free from attachment
                   and aversion to near and far."
                     from Asanga's Teaching of Great Compassion

Spread love everywhere you go:
first of all in your own house.
Give love to your children, to your wife or husband,
to a next door neighbor....
Let no one come to you without leaving better or happier.
Be the living expression of God's kindness;
kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes,
kindness in your smile and kindness in your warm greeting.
~ Mother Teresa ~

"Bless me to cultivate the spirit of enlightenment,
To save beings from the great ocean of existence,
Through the universal responsibility of love and compassion,
And the magic of mounting give and take upon the breath!"
Tibetan Buddhist verse supporting Tonglen practice

                             The Te of not contending
                   fight without anger
                         battle without violence
                        win without vengeance
                         lead without arrogance

                         
                      Breathe in tolerance.
                      Breathe out compassion.
                       Release your clinging to aversion.
                        Draw in the freedom of unbounded kindness.

                     
                   "I am the Force within.
                  What I am is eternal, immortal, universal and infinite.
                      What I am has beauty and strength.
                  This day is my day, and all that I pull to me
                            is for my highest evolution and growth"
                ~Stuart Wilde~

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