A Practice that Works

If we don't have a practice that works, that we can call upon in the midst of our desire, anger and frustration, ignorance, pride, and jealousy then we will act on them. We won't be able to see the suffering of the other person.

Rinpoche sometimes talks about a wonderful man he knew who was always very fair in his dealings with everyone. But also, he wasn't a pushover and he never let anyone cheat him.

Sometimes when we see the suffering of another clearly, a side effect is that we see how, in their pain, they try to manipulate you to ease their pain.

I think the seed of wisdom is seeing all this and understanding how to help them best.

My Mother-In-Law is here for Thanksgiving so I'm getting a lot of chances to put my practice into action!

I'm failing miserably, but I am doing much better than I used to. I'm also starting to see some of her good qualities.

When I started my practice this am, my negative emotions got washed away.

Better late than never :-)

I'll try to do better today.