We Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

I often say, that “I am (or you are) the only one who can change the world.” No one else can do it. No need to wait for a new political order, a new age, a new philosophy or religion. When we shed our judgment and fear; when we greet the world with compassion, joy and happiness, our inner world shifts, and simultaneously the outer world, the world directly around us, shifts to reflect these qualities.  We also hold up the mirror for others if they wish to join us.  We create what I call “the field of possibility.” This is love as a subversive activity: no proselytizing or conversion, no teaching, no pride or arrogance of accomplishment, just example.

You may know this Tibetan blessing. It worth repeating, asking the blessing for oneself; for “all beings” or for an enemy or someone with whom we are having difficulty. To Tibetan Buddhists, kindness, peace, happiness and good health are worthy and respected goals as well as markers of spiritual progress.

May I be filled with loving kindness

May I be peaceful and at ease

May I be happy

May I be well

‘Letting Go of the Judge – A Doorway to Happiness’, ‘A short while ago, I was working with my Waking Up Study group. We were reviewing a chapter from my book entitled Polishing the Mirror, Saying Goodbye to the Judge. As we were beginning our conversation about judging tyrants, murderers, we heard the news about the Boston Marathon bombing. In the blink of an eye, the energy shifted from compassion to judgment.