Ontario99
04-15-2008, 07:54 AM
Being in the presence of His Holiness was at once profound and subtle and although I did not get to meet or greet him personally I felt he was with me since he arrived in Seattle. He has always been with me. And he can be with you too if he is not already, (see below). In other words I did not need to be in his presence and yet his physical proximity along with thousands of others had a profound impact on me.
The affect is at once personal, subtle and ineffable. Indeed I have no words for this except ones that you have already heard: inner peace, love, compassion, surrender and so on. I did not have grand visions nor any single truth I can convey to you or that was conveyed to me.
The subject of compassion and inner peace were the topics of the talks. He spoke on many topics including women in a prominent place in government - it is time for Mothers to rule to world.
The import of this for me was a personal message and was a good way for Bhante (0ne of my teachers) to reconnect with me in a deeper way as well. So I can say that the love and the peace that I feel now and as a result of my broadcast of love and compassion to all of you at 5 pm PDT on 4/11 has permeated my being. In doing so I feel I am rich beyond my wildest dreams. And because I feel this richness and fine inner peace I invite you into my living room to experience the love and compassion that flows through us all.
Ask for the Dalai Lama or Bhante to come and be with you. To invoke the Dalai Lama to be with you look at his photo or see a video https://www.seedsofcompassion.org/webcast/index.html (this link may only be available for a short time - meaning the streaming videos of his talks - I don't know.) Open to his message of inner peace, loving kindness and compassion. This is the message of my teacher Bhante (Dharmawara Mathahera) as well. Both His Holiness and Bhante are always available to you (for more on Bhante see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhante_Dharmawara & https://www.thekai.com/Bhante_Lives.html ).
The entire world is a "living room" when I include all of you in it. Before I left I was in my small world, a closed book. Now I've been opened for me and I'm breathing. I'm breathing love, compassion, trust, forgiveness, hope and peace. It is an illusion that we are all separate due to the visible confines of our bodies and our ego concepts. This only shows that I've work to do - but what else is new?
I hope you'll join me to explore compassion and loving kindness. Think of someone you don't get along with or someone you dislike intensely. This could be someone you know personally or someone that is known by all - bin Laden, President Bush, and the Rosenbergs for example. Can you send compassion to your enemies? If not the Dalai Lama says you have bias and not true compassion.
Right now I am thinking of two people I have "stuff" with. Initially my breath tightens - body mind heart shutting down denying them love and compassion from me. Now I may not be able to be with them as I would like to be but as I breathe passed these constrictions I find it easier to let go of the judgments I have about them and the judgments I have about me in relationship to them. Then love and compassion is freed up in me for them and for me. Inner peace happens. But then the constrictions return and I choose to work forgiveness, surrendering judgments and to be freed again. By working in this way eventually the constrictions are freed forever.
So will you join me in my living room?
The affect is at once personal, subtle and ineffable. Indeed I have no words for this except ones that you have already heard: inner peace, love, compassion, surrender and so on. I did not have grand visions nor any single truth I can convey to you or that was conveyed to me.
The subject of compassion and inner peace were the topics of the talks. He spoke on many topics including women in a prominent place in government - it is time for Mothers to rule to world.
The import of this for me was a personal message and was a good way for Bhante (0ne of my teachers) to reconnect with me in a deeper way as well. So I can say that the love and the peace that I feel now and as a result of my broadcast of love and compassion to all of you at 5 pm PDT on 4/11 has permeated my being. In doing so I feel I am rich beyond my wildest dreams. And because I feel this richness and fine inner peace I invite you into my living room to experience the love and compassion that flows through us all.
Ask for the Dalai Lama or Bhante to come and be with you. To invoke the Dalai Lama to be with you look at his photo or see a video https://www.seedsofcompassion.org/webcast/index.html (this link may only be available for a short time - meaning the streaming videos of his talks - I don't know.) Open to his message of inner peace, loving kindness and compassion. This is the message of my teacher Bhante (Dharmawara Mathahera) as well. Both His Holiness and Bhante are always available to you (for more on Bhante see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhante_Dharmawara & https://www.thekai.com/Bhante_Lives.html ).
The entire world is a "living room" when I include all of you in it. Before I left I was in my small world, a closed book. Now I've been opened for me and I'm breathing. I'm breathing love, compassion, trust, forgiveness, hope and peace. It is an illusion that we are all separate due to the visible confines of our bodies and our ego concepts. This only shows that I've work to do - but what else is new?
I hope you'll join me to explore compassion and loving kindness. Think of someone you don't get along with or someone you dislike intensely. This could be someone you know personally or someone that is known by all - bin Laden, President Bush, and the Rosenbergs for example. Can you send compassion to your enemies? If not the Dalai Lama says you have bias and not true compassion.
Right now I am thinking of two people I have "stuff" with. Initially my breath tightens - body mind heart shutting down denying them love and compassion from me. Now I may not be able to be with them as I would like to be but as I breathe passed these constrictions I find it easier to let go of the judgments I have about them and the judgments I have about me in relationship to them. Then love and compassion is freed up in me for them and for me. Inner peace happens. But then the constrictions return and I choose to work forgiveness, surrendering judgments and to be freed again. By working in this way eventually the constrictions are freed forever.
So will you join me in my living room?