Let yourself become that space that welcomes any experience without judgement.

Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.

Be kind to yourself as you proceed along this journey. This kindness, in itself, is a means of awakening the spark of love within you and helping others to discover that spark within themselves.

The true bodhisattva spirit grows out of this personal sense of freedom. You discover that you don't feel so needy anymore. You don't crave another refueling - with shamatha or with other people's love and attention - because you know within yourself how to be free, how to be confident. With this sense of security and freedom, you begin to direct your attention to the needs of others. The compassion expands.

True freedom comes about through confidence in liberating any and all thought states.

Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free

We believe deep down that we've lost something precious and are seeking it outside ourselves, never realizing that we are carrying it within us wherever we go.