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Title: Recognition Post by: Jitendra Hydonus on Apr 05, 2016 04:11 am i believe for me that i must recognize my present limitations in this dimension where many people will not accept me for the way i am. It is better to just to be appreciative of those who will. No matter what we do we are unable to please many people. Sometimes because of our views we may be isolated. Early in life i recognized this but still had a strong faith in what i was doing and i still do. Sometimes we must just have faith in ourselves. Circumstances and people may not always reflect what we experience in our spiritual life. We can ask for understanding but it is best to give understanding. i am trying more and more to understand and have empathy for others even though they may not have empathy for me. It is difficult but i believe it is something i am working on. It seems to me that there are various spiritual 'themes' that come up in our spiritual training and it is best to recognize them if we are able to because these facets of our life can hold us back in our spiritual growth. Those who are our friends are trying to help us see ourselves more clearly. This is very helpful to recognize in our encounters with others. The Guru acts as a reflection of ourselves so that we are able to see more clearly our own imperfections and not concentrate on the imperfections in others.
Title: Re: Recognition Post by: SI on Apr 05, 2016 09:55 pm i believe for me that i must recognize my present limitations in this dimension where many people will not accept me for the way i am. It is better to just to be appreciative of those who will. No matter what we do we are unable to please many people. Sometimes because of our views we may be isolated. Early in life i recognized this but still had a strong faith in what i was doing and i still do. Sometimes we must just have faith in ourselves. Circumstances and people may not always reflect what we experience in our spiritual life. We can ask for understanding but it is best to give understanding. i am trying more and more to understand and have empathy for others even though they may not have empathy for me. It is difficult but i believe it is something i am working on. It seems to me that there are various spiritual 'themes' that come up in our spiritual training and it is best to recognize them if we are able to because these facets of our life can hold us back in our spiritual growth. Those who are our friends are trying to help us see ourselves more clearly. This is very helpful to recognize in our encounters with others. The Guru acts as a reflection of ourselves so that we are able to see more clearly our own imperfections and not concentrate on the imperfections in others. It also helps not to get too wrapped up with others, then it isn't so bad. Must try to help ourself ourself. Title: Patience Post by: Jitendra Hydonus on Apr 18, 2016 11:55 am I tried the tools you cite but there were no specific keywords and the last post in that thread was not recent; in a few words, it was takin too loooooonggggggggg!!! If we r patient with others-others will be patient with ourselves. If we r patient with ourselves we will b patient with others. It just takes some working on! U and i practice patience regularly when we meditate. Its helping us rite along. It really great! But sometimes we ask others to help us along or they serve us so that it is not so difficult! Sometimes though... we find others leave us because they have lost patience. We still can b patient with them by praying for them and wait for how ever long it takes! |