i really value this insightful *quote, from spiritual friend and teacher, Susan Piver. i think it contains some really needed wisdom. 

so often, we meet our feelings and emotional states with judgement and criticism. we feel that somehow we aren’t living up to the saintly standards we’ve set for ourselves, but we aren’t saints. we are human beings – messy and beautiful, experiencing this mystery, learning and growing.

instead of greeting our emotions with harshness, we can meet our emotions with gentleness, with love, with an open heart. we can make friends with them. when we meet what we feel with gentleness, with love, with an open heart, we allow for spaciousness to arise. in that spaciousness, we have the opportunity to see clearly, to learn, to grow, to care, to be compassionate to ourselves, and then to others as well.

when we begin by judging ourselves, by criticizing ourselves, we narrow, we close up, and we can get stuck. when we are closed, we are not able to see in a wider view or with clarity. we are likely unable to fully learn or grow. how is this beneficial? 

meeting our emotions as friends, with an open heart and love, can be a path and practice we choose from moment to moment. the path and practice of an open heart.

~j

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*quote from Susan’s book, “The Wisdom of a Broken Heart”

befriend yourself. allow the space to hold yourself and all you are feeling with grace and gentleness. allow space for nonaction and then mindful, compassionate action when and where appropriate. this is a practice.
~j

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Posted @withregram • @sharonsalzberg

We need to honor the dignity of every feeling that arises within us. This doesn’t mean we necessarily act on every feeling, but we knowledge them, without suppressing or repressing them.

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eventually, if we want to suffer less, we have to come to the realization that life doesn’t bend to our comfort level.

instead, it provides the opportunity to grow in our capacity to open to life as it is in this moment, to open our heart, and act from awareness and compassion for ourselves and others.

it’s a life long practice.

still practicing…

~j

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#TheLongArc #ForeverOpening #path #practice #OpenHeart #PlantingSeeds #life #mindfulness #EngagedBuddhistm #Zen #Buddhism #enso #JinpaLhaga #JMWart #art

in so many ways we have been taught that being brave is being tough and to be tough means to harden ourselves up. but this isn’t true. when we harden and close up, we aren’t living out of bravery; we are living out of fear. 

instead, we can open our hearts, allow ourselves to be vulnerable, raw, receptive, open, present to life. this is true bravery, this is love, and fear has no hold on love. living love is how we are set free.

~j

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#freedom #soft #OpenHeart #love #bravery #path #practice #EngagedBuddhism #JinpaLhaga #JoelLeonQuotes

beyond birth and death, since beginningless time.

love.

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#love #BeginninglessTime #AbsoluteReality #UltimateTruth #beyond #OpenHeart #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #CynthiaBourgeaultQuotes #ChristianMysticism

what else is there?

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there is beauty. there is love. may we awaken to it, may it be our refuge, may it move us into tenderness of heart and compassion.

~j

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#beauty #love #life #OpenHeart #tenderness #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #KurtVonnegutQuotes

hi friends 🤗

here is some of the artwork and photography i’ve gifted my Patreon members as digital art print downloads for them to use and print as they like 👍🏻

these digital art prints are in addition to the other benefits each of the seven contributor tiers already receive. they’re a way of saying thank you for such generosity and are given to every level 🤩

for the price of a coffee (just $3 or $5) a month, you can have all of these digital prints, plus future ones, plus tier benefits ✨

please consider supporting my art and my ability to offer free/by donation meditation instruction, as i also provide full-time care for my father who has Parkinson’s/Lewy Body Dementia.

Thank you!
Patreon link: http://www.patreon.com/jaysenwaller

~j
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#generosity #giving #dana #Patreon #contributors #art #meditation #path #practice #JinpaLhaga #JMWart

interested in original zen ensos and calligraphy contemplative art?
let’s collaborate – great for gifts and home decor. please see example of commissioned and gifted art attached. DM for pricing if interested. see samples above.

~j
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love it all.

this doesn’t mean we have to like it all.
rather, it is an orientation, an approach to life that says, “no matter the situation, i can offer my open-heartedness, my empathy, my tenderness and compassion.” it is an understanding that we can choose to arrive at each moment of our life with authenticity, without pushing anything away.

~j

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