UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

Unconditional love envelops you like the warmth of the sun. It manifests in acts of loving-kindness to yourself or to another. Unconditional love occurs between the space where one person truly sees another. Includes loving-kindness meditation

Yoga & Meditation, Self ImprovementAmanda StokerSeptember 17, 2020unconditional love, love, kindness, loving kindness, meditation, guided meditation, healing, painComment

HOLDING SPACE FOR PAIN

Sitting with our own pain and softening to the sensations arising is a teacher. It educates us on how to be with the unpleasant. What do we do when the unpleasant arises and we cannot run from it? There is nothing to do but sit with it, soften to it, and listen. This is giving space to our pain and trusting the process.

SOFTENING TO PAIN

However unwanted, pain is certain to happen in life. When we acknowledge this, we can plan for what to do when pain’s unwelcome knock comes to our door. When unprepared, we panic and respond with rejection. When we know what to do with pain, we can become better equip to handling the undesired with equanimity.

ENOUGH

There will always be someone you can perceive as better than you. If we hold ourselves to this arbitrary standard, nothing is ever enough. We become a victim to our own judging mind. Believing the story of not being enough defeated me and kept me small for so many years. I turned the emotional pain of this story into suffering until I let go of trying to meet an impossible standard.