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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

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"What do I think? I think that today's catchy tune is as follows - use it if there EVER comes a time when you are not in a fabulous mood - Doo-diddle-doot-doot-doo. Doo-diddle-doot-doot-doo. Doo-diddle-doot-doot-doo-diddle-doot-doot-doo-diddle-doot-doot-doo!"
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac

It's Hard to Love Difficult People

Do you ever have to interact with difficult people? Yeah, me too. Whether it’s challenging co-workers, family members, bosses, or friends, we all have relationships with difficult people. It’s inevitable and as Christians, we are called to love them. Does that seem impossible? If so, we’d like to share 5 truths to help you love difficult people.

5 Truths About Loving Difficult People | Ask About My Faith

We all have relationships with difficult people and as Christians, we are called to love them. But how? Here are 5 truths to help you love difficult people.
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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
For the kind thread? -

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Helpful Words

Insights and Reflections from Buddhist and other Spiritual Traditions
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Use the search box for even more quotes - some gems already ...

Cheers!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Just as bright sun causes ice cubes to melt, in the moments when we feel connected and kind, we create a warm environment that encourages others around us to relax and open up. Each time we widen the circle of caring - with a smile, a hug, a listening presence, a prayer - the ripples flow out endlessly. When we offer comfort to the person sitting by our side, our kindness spreads through the world. Whether offered inwardly or to others, the bodhisattva’s compassion is a gentle rain that touches, without bias, all of life.’"

Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance, Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame Within Us.
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"For instance, even in the rock-hardness of rage, if we look below the surface of the aggression, we’ll generally find fear. There’s something beneath the solidity of anger that feels very raw and sore. Underneath the defensiveness is the brokenhearted, unshielded  quality of bodhichitta. Rather than feel this tenderness, however, we tend to close down and protect against the discomfort. That we close down is not a problem. In fact, to become aware of when we do so is an important part of the training. The first step in cultivating loving-kindness is to see when we are erecting barriers between ourselves and others, The compassionate recognition is essential. Unless we understand - in a nonjudgmental way - that we are hardening our hearts, there is no possibility of dissolving that armor. Without dissolving the armor, the loving-kindness of bodhichitta is always held back. We are always obstructing our innate capacity to love without an agenda.

So we train in awakening the loving-kindness of bodhichitta in all kinds of relationships, both openhearted and blocked. All these relationships become aids in uncovering our ability to feel and express love."

Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times.
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"The power of the paramita of patience is that it is the antidote to anger, a way to learn to love and care for whatever we meet on the path. By patience, we do not mean enduring - grin and bear it. In any situation, instead of reacting suddenly, we could chew it, smell it, look at it, and open ourselves to seeing what’s there. The opposite of patience is aggression - the desire to jump and move, to push against our lives, to try to fill up space. The journey of patience involves relaxing, opening to what’s happening, experiencing a sense of wonder."

Pema Chodron, Comfortable With Uncertainty.
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Patience antidote to anger

Shantideva started the patience chapter of his Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by explaining the terrible destructiveness of anger. Anger is the opposite of patience, and so, in order to develop patience, we need to first see the disadvantages of anger and the advantages of patience. When we understand this, it becomes easy to decrease and eliminate the former and develop the latter.

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1. Anger Destroys All Peace and Virtue: Verses 1–11 - The Wisdom Experience

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All the best!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Buddhist Tips for Dealing with Anger

Buddhists might talk about love, compassion and tolerance a lot, but when even great masters like the Dalai Lama admit to getting angry sometimes, is there any hope for the rest of us? Science might say that feeling anger is totally normal, psychologists advise us to express our anger, and some religions might even have righteous anger. Buddhism, on the other hand, says that anger is always bad.

The 8th-century Buddhist scholar Shantideva described anger as the most extreme negative force, one with the capability of destroying the good we’ve worked so hard to create. Think about that. One moment of anger combined with access to a gun can completely change someone’s future from a life of freedom to a life behind bars. A more everyday example would be how anger can destroy friendship and trust that might have taken decades to build up. Ultimately, anger is more dangerous than all of the world’s bombs and guns and knives put together.

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8 Buddhist Tips for Dealing with Anger

Tips to help us overcome anger, and provide inner peace when times get tough.
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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
The Dalai Lama's guide to happiness tenpercent.com

Dalai book summary Zen flow chart

YouTube how to achieve flow?

Positive Psychology happiness - huge article!

livinglifefully.com Anne Wilson Schaef!

Enjoy!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
"Balance will never be attained once and for all. That's just the way life is. That is the human condition. We can either accept it or keep trying to live in illusion. The most balancing thing we can do for ourselves is accept the joy of feeling balanced when we do, recognizing that the balancing and rebalancing of ourselves is an ongoing process that offers us a minute-by-minute opportunity."

Anne Wilson Schaef

Plenty more quotes at his site -

Quotations on balance

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Enjoy!
 
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