The Guest House, by Jelaluddin Rumi
This being human is a guest house. Each moment a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, a momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. They may be clearing […]
Suffering or Joy
“Nothing is either good or bad. It’s thinking that makes it so.” ~William Shakespeare
Pain is not a punishment. Pleasure is not a reward.
October 2010 at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond CA, Pema Chodron shared a story about Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. He blessed a bride and groom at a wedding ceremony by taking out a paper fan and hitting them gentle over the head, back and forth saying to each, “pain is not punishment, pleasure is not a […]