last night, my most excellent yoga teacher summer shared with us a
wonderful sutra:
By cultivating attitudes of friendliness towards the happy,
compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and disregard
toward the wicked, the mind stuff retains its undisturbed calmness.
i was thinking of who the people are in my life that are happy,
unhappy, virtuous, and wicked, and realized some key wicked people--
not evil, but people who are constantly complaining, you offer them
advice, help pick them up, listen to them, offer more advice, listen
to them--yet they do not change. we cannot help everyone, and
therefore we must disregard them.
this has stuck with me since last night. i am thinking of the ways
in which i need to cultivate a peaceful life, and how important it
is to me.
namaste.
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