“The present moment is sometimes unacceptable, unpleasant or awful. “Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.” ~ Eckhart Tolle, The Power of NOW…
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ~ Kahlil Gibran You see, my friend, we’re just building our strength. If you just keep in mind that everything serves a purpose in your evolution, it makes it easier to make it through the struggles. Tell yourself, “I’ll…
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~ Buddha Compassion comes from the heart and, feeling the suffering, desires to alleviate it. All suffering comes from feeling disconnected from Spirit, our Infinite nature. Compassion recognizes that the only reason we or someone else might do something intentionally that hurts or harms you or another is because…
“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…
“Man often suffers loss through lack of appreciation.” ~ Florence Scovel Shinn Don’t let this be you, my friend. Look around you. There is so much to appreciate. Heck, you have a roof over your head, water to drink, food to eat and clothes to wear. And you have access to the internet! Right? Take…
“Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it and see through your resistance.” ~ Deepak Chopra Next time you find yourself getting impatient, irritable, frustrated, or upset, recognize that you’re resisting something. All suffering is the result of resistance. So, when you’ve had enough of…
“I am a lover of what is, not because I’m a spiritual person, but because it hurts when I argue with reality. We can know that reality is good just as it is, because when we argue with it, we experience tension and frustration. We don’t feel natural or balanced. When we stop opposing reality,…
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~ Buddha Compassion comes from the heart and, feeling the suffering, desires to alleviate it. All suffering comes from feeling disconnected from Spirit, our Infinite nature. Compassion recognizes that the only reason we or someone else might do something intentionally that hurts or harms you or another is because…
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” ~ Helen Keller Though we hate it, suffering brings clarity of purpose. And the desire for change coupled with the determination to make it real will follow on that clarity’s…
BeneFIT by Struggle Spirit wants us to know that, while we may not always like it in the moment, struggle always beneFITs us in the end. It’s simply a part of the growth cycle. What follows struggle? Relief. Surrender. Bikram has a line in the dialogue we teachers are supposed to use while teaching. It’s “struggle…