Renee Jones, Another Field, Philadelphia, PA, USAsays
I’m not used to having feelings like this. I’ve always been a pretty confident person. I have studied Buddhism and mindfulness for nearly 20 years. I try to watch appropriate videos and meditate regularly.
But something has happened recently. I’m not sure if it’s being caused by the turmoil in the world and the inhumanity of our government, but a change has happened in my outlook and behavior. I’m inpatient, I blow up at people. I even shouted at a poor homeless person the other day because he was hassling me. I feel I’m not doing enough for other people and protesting injustice.
The Ukraine war is still blazing. In Gaza we were partly responsible for the destruction and deaths of thousands of innocent people. We now have another war that is costing $1.0 billion a day, but there many homeless people sleeping rough in Center City Philadelphia and people are being thrown off their benefits’ lifelines to pay for tax cuts to the rich.
Please know that your talks and advice are incredibly helpful to us to get back on a more compassion path. But all this sadness is so overwhelming. It has forced many of us into a state of feeling helpless.
I loved this. I practice RAIN regularly and I saw elements of the RAIN practice in this video message. It helps me every time. By bringing kindness to my pain and fear, I feel more relaxed inside, gentler, and more accepting and compassionate toward myself (and others). Thank you, Tara. I also wanted to say that your sharing of your personal experience helps make me feel safer in recognizing my own pain.
I’m not used to having feelings like this. I’ve always been a pretty confident person. I have studied Buddhism and mindfulness for nearly 20 years. I try to watch appropriate videos and meditate regularly.
But something has happened recently. I’m not sure if it’s being caused by the turmoil in the world and the inhumanity of our government, but a change has happened in my outlook and behavior. I’m inpatient, I blow up at people. I even shouted at a poor homeless person the other day because he was hassling me. I feel I’m not doing enough for other people and protesting injustice.
The Ukraine war is still blazing. In Gaza we were partly responsible for the destruction and deaths of thousands of innocent people. We now have another war that is costing $1.0 billion a day, but there many homeless people sleeping rough in Center City Philadelphia and people are being thrown off their benefits’ lifelines to pay for tax cuts to the rich.
Please know that your talks and advice are incredibly helpful to us to get back on a more compassion path. But all this sadness is so overwhelming. It has forced many of us into a state of feeling helpless.
Thank you Tara for all you do.
With gratitude………Renee Jones
267-514-5302
renee@scggroup1.com
I loved this. I practice RAIN regularly and I saw elements of the RAIN practice in this video message. It helps me every time. By bringing kindness to my pain and fear, I feel more relaxed inside, gentler, and more accepting and compassionate toward myself (and others). Thank you, Tara. I also wanted to say that your sharing of your personal experience helps make me feel safer in recognizing my own pain.