Unveiling :: Coping with difficult people
When we have people in our lives we find difficult, the veil metaphor can help us relate to them more skillfully.
Category: difficult person
It’s not the load that breaks you down
Lean Horne said “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” This dharma post explores how to handle life challenges from a wiser perspective, making wiser choices and lightening the load.
Grudges, pet peeves and other tangled mental knots
One of the greatest benefits of meditation for me has been to be able to see thoughts and emotions
Exploring our relationship with the ‘enemy’
On especially hot days I am reminded of the summers I spent in Philadelphia when I was in my late
Is Somebody Pushing Your Buttons?
Years ago I began to notice a mental pattern of getting annoyed and aggravated by women who were powerful. No
Loving Kindness Shifts Relationships
In exploring metta, the practice of sending loving kindness, we come to the challenge of sending it to a ‘difficult’
Meta-Metta
Immense compassion springs forth spontaneously toward all sentient beings who suffer as prisoners of their illusions.– Kalu Rinpoche This political
Sending Loving Kindness to Difficult People
Most people struggle at first with sending metta (loving kindness) to difficult people. Who is a difficult person? It could
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