The Universal Mother vs The Personal Mother

Deer Mom… The tonglen practice is a method for connecting with suffering —ours and that which is all around us— everywhere we go. It is a method for overcoming fear of suffering and for dissolving the tightness of our heart. Primarily it is a method for awakening the compassion that is inherent in all of us, no matter how cruel or cold we might seem to be. Pema Chodron Today is one of the most difficult days of the year for me.... Read More