We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.

When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart.

It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without harshness, without deception, can we let go of harmful patterns. Without maitri (metta), renunciation of old habits becomes abusive. This is an important point.

Inner #‎ peace begins the moment you choose not to allow another person or event to control your #‎ emotions

It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately filling up space.

Whatever is happening is the path to enlightenment.

By the way that we think and by the way that we believe in things, in that way our world is created.