“When you struggle with your partner, you are struggling with yourself. Every fault you see in them touches a denied weakness in yourself.” ~ Deepak Chopra The keyword here, my friend, is denied. We all have our shortcomings — some more prominent than others. But it’s the ones that we deny about ourselves that bother…
“Traditionally it is said that the root of aggression and suffering is ignorance. But what is it that we are ignoring? Entrenched in the tunnel vision of our personal concerns, what we ignore is our kinship with others. One reason we train as warrior-bodhisattvas is to recognize our inter-connectedness — to grow in understanding that…
“All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm, which is in your power to do, and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.” ~ Swami Vivekananda We project out onto others the thoughts and feelings we harbor about ourselves deep down inside. Realize this and you’ve found the key to transformation. Inner awareness…