CULTIVATING COMPASSION
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Body, Mind, and Spirit Psychotherapy: A Synergistic Approach
On opening their eyes, I invited them to examine the bowl that held the wa- ter. I asked them to think of someone they had met and how they had made certain judgements or assessments of that person, based on how they were dressed, etc. Each participant was then invited to look into the bowl, observe the water, then imagine that water is the same water that makes up the per- son they had judged. They were then invited to do the same exercise by vi- sualizing a different person. I was sur- prised at howmany tears were shed on that day. As Thich Nhat Hanh said, “Our true home is right here, but sometimes we can’t find it because it is hidden by the tension and pain in our bodies and minds.” So, we have to practice com- ing home to ourselves through breath, mindfulness and opening our hearts. Another helpful practice is to recog- nize the five components of thought formation. • The creation of Form, leads to us to judge and feel separate from others. So breathing in and breathing out we can cut through form to connect with our Emptiness and Openness. • Feelings can feel concrete and fur- ther separate us from others. Yet, feel- ings are transient and if we watch them
and what you must embrace. Compas- sion is the ground we must each stand on for a better world. It is the ground upon which we stand and from which we can cut through our harmful pro- jections of speech, thoughts and forms. As we cut through these projections we get in touch with our ability to be fully awake. When we are awake, something beautiful happens, we see the fragile beauty of the world. An- drew Holecek, author of Tibetan Path of Awakening Through Lucid Dreaming puts it so well – when we are awak- ened we “see everything as a rainbow body, which is a more poetic render- ing of illusory form.” He continues, “Imagine how your relationship to re- ality would change if you realized ev- erything was just the transient play of light and space, luminosity and emp- tiness.” This state is like a good cozy house we can all enjoy. It inspires us to do better and better. What is a good practice to develop compassion? There are so many good practices out there. I remember I de- livered a seminar on Racial Trauma healing through mindfulness. I did a simple compassion exercise where I passed a bowl of water around a circle and each participant closed their eyes and took some deep relaxing breaths.
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Tune and listen to yourself in a state of homeostasis.
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