All sacred

Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are me. I plant with all my heart and mind. I clean this teapot with the kind of attention I would have were I giving the baby Buddha or Jesus a bath. Nothing should be treated more carefully than anything else. In mindfulness, compassion, irritation, mustard green plant, and teapot are all sacred. Thich Nhat Hanh, "Miracle of Mindfulness"

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Jul 01, 2008

Elaine said...

My dear cousin Shelley put in a way I love: I am not my feelings; they are not me. I treat them as honored guests that come and go as I experience them. "I feel tired." "I feel elated." "I feel sick." "I feel bored." Rather than I AM tired, elated, sick, bored or any other temporary and exaggerated those things. I am none of those things, but they are all of me.

This helps me embrace detachment.

Jack/Zen

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