A cold front blew in its strong winds the other day, and tore tan beech leaves off the trees. The wind raked leaves across the lawn and into the woods, then changed its mind, switched directions, and blew them across the lawn to the other side. The air was thick with flying dead leaves.
Sometimes our cold heart rakes old, dead wrongs back and forth across our mind. The winds of blame and pain blow strong, and it seems we are at the mercy of our changeable mind.
Stop.
Don't blame the trigger.
Let go.
Substitute the opposite.
Loving-kindness warms the heart and cools the mind.
Stopping the mind from the rampage of the cold front is a hard assignment. We may want to present our cold aloofness to the world with an unfeeling "Whatever."
Dare to feel that unpleasant oh-so-uncomfortable emotion.
Find the sensation in the body.
Sink into it.
Press into it like an acupressure point.
Watch the mind/pain let go of its own accord.
Apply the balm of loving-kindness.
No comments:
Post a Comment